ATF & ScreenSingapore 2013 - Show Daily (Day 3)

“From documentaries to dramas, drawing on Singapore history for inspiration is now the rage.�

CONTENTS Editorial & Production Team NG Yuina Eudora CHEW LIM Shibin Michelle GOH KHOO Boo Leong NG Ek Heng Shouvik MUKHERJEE Hannah PICHAY Indra GURUNG Tiffany KHOO LIM Yue Feng Andrew LOW LEE Man Tshun

Project Management Senior Project Director

YEOW Hui Leng

Project Manager

Joyce CHUA

Marketing Senior Marketing Executive

Kas XIE

Marketing Executive

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DAY @ A Glance

HAPPENINGS

PARTICIPANTS SPEAK OUT

FROM THE MARKET

LIM Shibin

Public Relations Senior Manager

NG Yuina

Marketing Executive

Eudora CHEW

Buyers Project Sales Executive

Kathy KIM

Project Coordinator

Felicia LIM

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FEATURES

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PROFILE

Exhibitors & Participants Senior Project Sales Executive

Kathryn NG

Project Coordinator

Lynette THNG

Conference Executive Producer

Debe HOO

PROJECT COORDINATOR

Theresa LEE

Operations Senior Operations Executive

Jasmine HOO GOH Hui Wen Operations Executive

Shawn HUANG Bryan LAM Published by REED EXHIBITIONS, a division of Reed Elsevier (Singapore) 2008 Pte Ltd

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PRODUCT NEWS

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TV & FILM MARKET | MIPACADEMY & EVENTS WHAT’S HOT IN NON-SCRIPTED AND FACTUAL? 10:00am - 10:45am Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

FROM SHOWS TO GLOBAL SUPER BRANDS

SNEAK PEEKS

CONFERENCE SYNOPSIS

10:00am - 12:00pm Level 1, Singapore Pavilion - H02

LOCAL ROOTS, GLOBAL REACH

ATF ANIMATION LAB - NETWORKING SESSION

The road to success in non-scripted formats and factual programming in Asia.

11:00am - 12:00pm Level 1, Animation Lab - Hall C

11:00am - 12:00pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

FACTS ABOUT FACTUAL 1:00pm - 1:45pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

SUCCESS STORIES: FORMAT HITS MADE IN ASIA 2:00pm - 2:45pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

THE NEW GAME-CHANGERS: YOUTUBE, SOCIAL TV, SECOND SCREEN, BRANDED CONTENT 3:00pm - 3:45pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

NETWORKING COFFEE & TEA BREAK 3:45pm - 4:15pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

THE ART OF PITCHING 4:15pm - 5:15pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

Whether you are producing or commissioning programmes, whether you are creating ideas, selling or buying, the international business of entertainment is changing dramatically. But how do you develop an idea ‘from scratch to screen’ and build it into a business?

The international business of entertainment is complex, even for the most experienced players. Where do you scout for what’s hot on the international marketplace and adapt it for the Asian market?

And in return: How do you pitch and sell home-grown format ideas to international buyers? How do you develop a business case for your show and what are the potential revenue streams?

How do you do deals? How do you turn commissions into cash?

How can you own and protect your entertainment properties?

How does ‘digital’ change the game and how can you capitalise on the growing opportunities in social media, mobile and branded entertainment? How can newcomers break in to the market?

This 1-day event focusses on the essential “How To’s” and targets producers and executives from across the entertainment industry who want to learn directly from international industry experts.

MIPACADEMY is produced by Reed MIDEM (producer of MIPTV & MIPCOM) and Reed Exhibitions Singapore in collaboration with The Entertainment Master Class and will take place in conjunction with Asia TV Forum & Market, in Singapore.

WHAT’S HOT IN NON-SCRIPTED AND FACTUAL? Fresh TV from around the world - presented by The WIT

DISTRIBUTION & DEALMAKING

Virginia Mouseler

5:15pm - 6:00pm Level 3, Cassia Ballroom

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS

Chief Executive Officer, The WIT, Switzerland

Join the whistle-stop tour of the freshest formats and factual hits from all over the TV world complete with promos and all the information you need. It is also your chance to 'vote' on whether or not you think they have any chance of making it in your market!

SNEAK PEEKS THE ART OF PITCHING How to prepare the perfect pitch for non-scripted formats

ATF ANIMATION LAB NETWORKING SESSION

Ben Hall Managing Director, Chalkboard TV, UK ATF ANIMATION LAB

29 COMPANIES… COUNTRIES… A8great pitch cannot save a bad idea but it can certainly elevate 45 SUBMISSIONS…

a good idea into a great one. Self-confessed ‘Pitch Lover’ Ben Hall

35 shortlisted projects has been on both sides of the table in giving and receiving pitches to be pitched to 6 networks and will share in this session, his views on what works and what over the next 3 days!

really does not!

ABC, BBC, Disney, Nickelodeon, Turner, ZDF…Which projects will catch their eye?

Join our commissioners and other producers at: ATF Animation Lab Networking Session

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FROM SHOWS TO GLOBAL SUPER BRANDS How to format a show and turn it into a global entertainment business Rob Clark Director of Global Entertainment Development, FremantleMedia, UK

FremantleMedia is one of the biggest producers of hit formats in the world with production companies in more than 20 countries worldwide. They are the company behind global franchises such as Idols, The X Factor, Got Talent, The Farmer Wants a Wife, The Apprentice and Take Me Out. How do they work to ensure that their shows have the best possible chance of becoming these global hits?

FACTS ABOUT FACTUAL How to navigate the changing landscape of non-fiction Tom Jennings Executive Producer, 1895 Films (Tom Jennings Productions), US

The documentary genre is undergoing a significant shift with increasing challenges to get serious work on the air. But could applying documentary techniques and investigative journalism tactics, mixed with a cinematic approach, infuse innovation and depth into factual entertainment? Award-winning television and documentary movie producer Tom Jennings will share insights on how to create work that tackles relevant topics of our society and make it appealing to networks.

SUCCESS STORIES: FORMAT HITS MADE IN ASIA How to successfully develop and produce local formats Na Young Suk Producer, tvN, CJ E&M, South Korea

Beryl Yan Head of Programme Strategy Department, R&D Centre, Hunan Satellite TV, China

The current reality of the global format market is that it is dominated by English language and European businesses and ideas. But Asia is a real hub of creativity and there are broadcasters and producers working hard to ensure that their formats make it on screen and get the attention they deserve. This is your chance to hear the stories of two of the most successful.

THE NEW GAME-CHANGERS: YOUTUBE, SOCIAL TV, SECOND SCREEN, BRANDED CONTENT How to engage audiences across multi-screens and manage multi-stakeholder teams Michael McKay President, activeTV, Australia

Social media integration and brand-funded content have been heatedly discussed as new game-changers in television. However, few get it right. Driving Change, the 360° series produced by activeTV Asia and media agency MEC, is one of the success stories. Host Henry Golding travels across Southeast Asia to make a difference to communities around the region and harnesses the power of social media to rally support from the audience. activeTV’s President Michael McKay will share how the project got off the ground, how to manage and collaborate with different stakeholders, the lessons learned in producing a true multi-platform show and how success is measured beyond ratings.

DISTRIBUTION & DEALMAKING How to sell your entertainment properties around the world Matthew Ashcroft SVP, Head of Asia Pacific, International Distribution, Shine International, Singapore

Mikiko Nishiyama Director, International Business Development, Nippon Television Network Corporation, Japan

Michel Rodrigue Chief Executive Officer and Partner, The Format People, US

Ann Christin Siljan Director of Sales & Acquisition, Nordic World, Norway

Our panel of experts takes centrestage to share with you their thoughts on what is happening in the world of format and factual distribution at the moment and also to talk us through the best and worst deals that they have ever done!

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Happenings

THE NIGHTINGALE 05 DEC 2013 Southeast Asia PREMIERE MASTERCARD THEATReS AT MARINA BAY SANDS

ATF & SCREENSINGAPORE 2013 OPENING PARTY 04 DEC 2013 NORTH GARDEN, MBS SKYPARK

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PARTICIPANTS

SPEAK OUT ATF for us is like a “wrapping up” market where we finalise discussions that were begun in previous markets.

It is also the best time to once again touch base with old clients before the long holidays begin and to also meet new clients. This year, we have acquired some select toprated Korean dramas, popular Japanese anime, and quite a number of movies from various distributors. We have also seen some interesting formats and we are in final negotiations to acquire one of them.

Roxanne J Barcelona

Vice President, GMA Worldwide Inc, Philippines

I like how ATF is a very focussed We are delighted to give buyers at ATF a event where I get to meet sneak peek of our upcoming slate, including companies from this region. some of the most highly anticipated films More importantly, these are the of the coming year… a fantastic array of actual decision makers that I action, adventure, comedy and drama. am meeting and it is definitely Paramount works with some of the most worth the 24-hour flight! talented directors, actors and writers in the Thom Chapman industry. This exceptional calibre of talent Territory Manager, dhX Media, Canada combined with compelling stories allows us to deliver quality films that appeal to a broad range of viewers.

Julie Jenkins

Senior Vice President, TV Licensing − Asia Pacific, Middle East & Africa, Paramount Pictures, US

The difference with ATF is that, with a year-round production schedule at Fox, we now have another forum to meet face-to-face with our valuable clients with plenty of new programmes to talk about. [With] eight new series announced for the first half of 2014, the company has never looked better from a production output perspective.

Brendan Zauner

Vice President of Sales, Asia, Twentieth Century Fox Television Distribution, US

This is our second year participating in ATF. So far, the market has met our needs in terms of supplying programmes for our news channel. We meet with a lot of independent distributors, which is refreshing for us as we are able to choose quality programmes in line with the thrust of our news channel.

Chum Cornejo

Vice President, Acquisitions & Programming, Solar Television Network, Philippines

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This is my 14th year attending ATF. As an industry professional with 25 years of experience in content buying, this is the major market in Asia where I can see the most content from Eastern and Western countries, and that is why I keep coming back.

James Chang,

Executive Vice Pesident, Tempo International Mass Media, Taiwan

I have attended ATF for the last six years.

I find that it is a great opportunity to catch up with my clients and meet new broadcasters and producers from Asia.

Our formats business in Asia has increased dramatically in the last year or so, and there is a lot of interest in big studio-entertainment shows.

We’ll be showcasing our brand new entertainment formats… as well as factual formats.

Naomi Koh Vice President of Sales, Zodiak Rights, UK

ATF offers me the opportunity to This is our first time at ATF catch up with my regular suppliers and we are surprised at the and plan for the following year’s number of companies that are programme schedule. ATF is held interested in our offerings. We yearly in Singapore and because of its have never even met some of proximity, it encourages more Asiathese companies at the other based broadcasters and suppliers to events! We believe that ATF visit. I acquire sports programmes would be a great platform and the three things I look for are: and stepping stone for us to relevance to territory; production establish business relationships quality and format in HD; and fees in this part of the world. attached to the programme.

Will Yong

Assistant Vice President Sports Business, Astro Malaysia, Malaysia

Tuija Snellman

Head of Sales, Marketing The Finnish Broadcasting Company, Finland

Thanks to ATF, we have been making good progress in our business development in Asia. We are back for the third time this year and while it is only the first day, we already have more business meetings than the past years, and we look forward to meeting more different companies that may not travel to the other events.

Sandrine Frantz

General Manager, Lukarn, France

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FROM THE MARKET FIRST JAPAN-S’PORE SERIES FOR ASIA – FIND THE WASABI!

TVT TO OFFER CREATVTOON’S ZERO HERO IN EUROPE European production firm TVT Ltd has obtained the rights to distribute Zero Hero, an original animation owned

by MSC Malaysia status company Creatvtoon Studios Sdn Bhd, in Europe.

This is Creatvtoon Studios’ first relationship with an European production firm.

The Zero Hero 2D animated series (26x11 minutes), produced by Creatvtoon in collaboration with Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC),

is set to complete in 2015. TVT has expressed interest to co-produce the second season of Zero Hero.

“This achievement is very much in line with the aspiration of the… Malaysian government [who] will assist any local company to develop content that can travel the world and on as many multimedia platforms as possible,” said Kamil Othman, Vice President of MDeC.

The French Cocktail

TBS Holdings Inc and MediaCorp TV Singapore made a joint announcement yesterday for the launch of their international co-production series Find the WASABI!, where three young Asian celebrities battle to find the secret spice of Japan through challenging missions touching on Japan’s history, food and culture. This competition-based reality TV series adds elements of Japanese comedy shows and targets broadcasts in multiple countries in Asia. The show’s theme song, Time Will Find a Way, was produced through a collaboration between Japanese band WEAVER and Thai band Instinct, whose vocalist is a contestant in the series.

Present to mark the launch was Bernard Lim, the Managing Director of MediaCorp TV; Ishihara Toshichika, President of TBS Holdings & TBS-TV; MediaCorp Artiste Seraph Sun; Japanese band WEAVER; and Soma Nobuyuki, Managing Director of Amuse Inc, a Japanese integrated entertainment company, who brought about the collaboration of the theme song.

Old friends caught up and new friends were made at the French Cocktail held at the France Pavilion on the second market day at the Asia TV Forum & Market.

The casual networking session held in the late afternoon was the perfect way for market attendees to end a productive and profitable day. The event was well attended and guests took the time to network and mingle as they had a taste of France through the classic French favourites of wine, cheese and cured sausages.

This year’s France Pavilion, led by TV France International, brought together over 30 French production, sales and distribution companies, including AB International Distribution and ZED.

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SCREENSINGAPORE, MDA PLAY MATCHMAKERS The Business Matching Session by ScreenSingapore and the Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) has enabled partnerships, encouraged co-productions and fostered relationships.

Back again this year and improved by being more focussed, the networking event attracted a sizable crowd in each of the separate sessions held for commissioners, buyers and producers in the television and the film industries.

Kick-starting the Business Matching Session for television yesterday morning was Erika North, Head of Programming & Production, HBO Asia. North shared insights on HBO’s newly formed production arm, giving the scoop on the company’s production strategy and what they were looking for in partnerships.

“There are some very talented creatives in the region,” said North, who hoped to reach out to them at the session.

Also in attendance were representatives from major commissioners including FOX International Channels, MediaCorp’s XinMSN, Shine International, and Yle, the Finnish broadcasting company.

Opportunities and optimism filled the air as the session saw a full house, with 41 participants representing entertainment and production companies from all over the world.

Later in the afternoon, 70 top names from the film industry came together for the Business Matching Session for film. Clearly, participants were eager,

Elevating the Television Experience “There are certain things you can show on television to entertain. Some things, you cannot,” said Ryan Lee, CEO, OpticonMedia at the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) Interactive Content presentation yesterday.

Indeed, the beauty of interactive content is its ability to complement television content to complete the viewing experience, and Koreans have started to enjoy this new dimension of entertainment.

Showcasing some of the best work by KISA, Lee shared that interactive content has to go beyond interactivity between the viewer and the television set. The key is in packaging the content to offer a personalised experience for the viewer.

It is about processing all the information you want to offer viewers, deciding

getting on with business even before the session was properly started.

Opening the session was Peter Loehr, renowned producer, ScreenSingapore Ambassador and CEO of Legendary East (China), who shared that China has witnessed strong growth in the local market over the past year.

Attendees were then split into two roundtable sessions that gave them the opportunity to meet fellow industry players to share what they are currently doing and what they are planning for the future.

what information you should provide, and how you should provide it.

With technological advancements paving the way for customisation, producers have the flexibility to localise content, and design how and where they want to present the content – whether it is on IPTV, a smartphone, or a tablet.

“Interactive content is definitely something new,” said Lee. Coupled with good quality work, “if the people are open to it, it will work”.

Citing the example of IB Media Net, Korea’s market leader in interactive sports broadcast, Lee shared that in collaboration with KISA, they operated a system on IPTV to offer interactive baseball content.

Providing users with up-to-date data and commentaries, the freedom to view games at different angles, and the ability to purchase merchandise, the number of interactive users shot up to the 10 million mark during the baseball season.

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GREAT MINDS SHARE Changing dynamics of film marketing and publicity in China With a growing number of young moviegoers, Chinese film marketers and distributors are increasingly opting for alternative channels of digital and social media to attract the tech-savvy Gen-Y.

Amy Liu, Vice President, EntGroup, China

YOUNG FANS DRIVE CHINA’S FILM GROWTH China is set to overtake North America as the world’s largest film market by 2020, thanks to more young Chinese going to the movies.

“This shows that domestic filmmaking has finally made the transition from its ‘hot money-driven’ pattern to a more reasonable strategy last year.”

“Young moviegoers are the key driver behind the increased box office revenues in recent years,” said Amy Liu, Vice President of EntGroup, China’s leading entertainment industry research and consultancy.

With the growth of domestic films screened in China, the number of movie theatres in the country also grew at a rapid pace with theatre chains building 880 new cinema complexes in 2012 alone. Liu estimated that an average of 10.5 new screens were built a day in 2012 and this has brought the number of screens in China to 13,118.

A majority of Chinese moviegoers in 2012 were young people aged 25 to 35, constituting more than 63% of the 470 million admissions that year. Of the moviegoers in this age group, 88.8% have a college education or higher. “We anticipate this trend to continue, and the average age of Chinese moviegoers will be 23 by 2015,” Liu added.

The second- and third-tier Chinese cities are also fuelling the growth, but this trend will slow down in the next two or three years as the market matures and saturates, she said.

Hoping to tap on this market of avid young moviegoers, the Chinese film industry also saw a record number of movies made domestically in 2012. China produced 893 movies, 745 of which were feature films. This represents a healthy growth of 33.5%, breaking the trend of slow growth in the past few years.

Earlier in an opening speech, Ellen Eliasoph, President & CEO of Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia (VREGA), noted that China’s burgeoning film market provides tremendous growth potential for both domestic and foreign investors. “Co-production is the way to go in and be a part of China’s exciting growth phase of the industry,” she said.

“Of all the domestic films, 31% were screened in China throughout the year, which is also a considerable rise over the previous year,” Liu pointed out.

After two successful co-productions earlier this year, Journey to the West and Say Yes, Eliasoph shared that VREGA is working on five more projects.

“The dynamics of film marketing and distribution in China has changed a lot in recent years,” said Li Ning, Vice General Manager of Wanda Media, a leading film distribution company.

He said the young working adults and fresh university graduates constitute the majority of moviegoers, who are “trendy, looking for fresh ideas and want to broaden their perspectives”. Li added, “To reach out to this group of people, we can’t only rely on traditional media – billboards, posters, print advertisement. We’re heavily integrating our campaigns through various digital platforms and social media channels.”

Presenting a case study on how China’s film market has grown over the past 26 years to arrive at the present status of the world’s second largest market, Wang Yizhi, Founding Partner of HangZhou Fandao Investment Management Co, agreed.

“Use of digital and social media channels has helped the distributors and marketers to save costs, and it has also been very effective in reaching out to target audiences,” he said.

Zhang Wenbo, CEO of Bole Marketing (who was previously the Vice President of New Classic Media Company), said, looking at some of the box office hits earlier this year, the average age of moviegoers stand at 23-25 years. Most of them are young couples and fresh graduates. These young people are active in the social media space and they like shopping, dining outside and modern fashion. “These elements

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Making films in China for the China Market and beyond Brought to you by Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia

(From left) Li Ning, Vice General Manager, Wanda Media Co Ltd; Wang Yizhi, Founding Partner, HangZhou Fandao Investment Management Co Ltd; Zhang Wenbo, CEO, Bole Marketing

will play a major part in our marketing strategies and in the designing, advertising and promotional campaigns,” he said.

Wang added that film distributors need to have an integrated leisure package of entertainment and shopping, as China’s film industry growth is fuelled by rapid

urbanisation and consumerism. “They want to do shopping as well as watch movie[s] and it’s obvious the big shopping malls are having multiplexes these days.”

intra-city and rural-to-urban migration.

“The one-size-fits-all type of [marketing and distribution] strategy doesn’t work.”

“Film marketing is becoming more complex in China,” said Li. The audience in China is very mobile, with increased

FOCUS ON THE DOMESTIC MARKET IN CHINA “China is not for the faint of heart”, said Ellen Eliasoph, President & CEO, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia (VREGA), China, who was speaking at yesterday’s panel discussion on developing films for the China market.

Eliasoph was joined by fellow production and distribution experts An Xiao Fen, Founder & CEO, Desen International Media and Nansun Shi, Founder & Chairman, Distribution Workshop (HK) Ltd. Together, the three shared their thoughts on the changes in the China film industry and the challenges that they are facing.

As its audience develops, the Chinese film industry has also been evolving. For many years, sword fighting and period films were the focus of the industry. However, when Avatar opened in China, it smashed the all-time Chinese box office record and gave the audience an unprecedented visual jolt that started the era of 3D there.

(From left) Nansun Shi, Founder & Chairman, Distribution Workshop (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong; Ellen Eliasoph, President & CEO, Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia (VREGA), China; An Xiao Fen, Founder & CEO, Desen International Media, China

In the past year, the industry has changed yet again, with the introduction of films that strike a chord with the Chinese audience.

These movies all reflect real sentiments and relate to the reality of the Chinese audience. Over the past year, five such films have been made, including Lost in Thailand and Tiny Times, which have all broken box office records. As audiences continuously evolve, filmmakers also need to understand their change in preferences.

Eliasoph, An and Shi were all in agreement that due to the rapid change and tremendous growth of the industry, it is now facing a shortage of professionals.

Eliasoph shared that a lot of things that people in the film industry take for granted, just does not exist in China. And contrary to the belief that personnel will be less expensive in China, it is actually more expensive because filmmakers have to import professionals from overseas, ultimately resulting in increased costs.

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FEATURES FRESH APPROACHES BOOST DOCUMENTARIES’ RELEVANCE,

FUEL FACTUAL FERVOUR

With format and reality shows crowding TV schedules today, you might be forgiven for thinking that content-rich documentaries for TV are becoming things of the past.

Africa (© Simon Blakeney)

But documentaries matter, and in a complex volatile world, documentaries matter even more than ever because they help us make sense of the world we live in quickly and effectively. TV also remains the most immediately accessible and affordable medium through which these documentaries can be channelled to as wide a global audience as possible. There may be 238 million people on Twitter today, but more than 3 billion people are still not connected

to the internet. Most of them, however, own a TV or have easy access to one, be it in a coffee shop or community space.

As veteran broadcaster Sir David Attenborough puts it, “It is important for [everyone] to receive a good education and to be well informed about political issues, [and] television [with its factual programming] is a crucial part of achieving that goal.”

And it is not only political issues that matter. “Viewers have found that many of their interests – food, travel and lifestyle – can be better explored through non-fiction than through dramas. They have also found these interests are better reflected in compelling life stories from all over the world,” says documentary lecturer at Singapore’s Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Craig McTurk.

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the world’s interest in Asia. Mok Choy Lin, who heads CNA’s network programming arm, says that understanding Asia is the “driving force” behind all its commissioning decisions. She adds, “We want stories that are relevant to our audiences in Asia and we want to work with Asian filmmakers who can offer unique local perspectives about the region.”

The Ancient Splendors of Rome (EBS)

And there is certainly no lack of interest among the filmmakers. Mok says that within three months of the grant being announced, she received more than 100 pitches and will be picking projects to work on by end-2013. She is looking to move into feature documentaries but she also has other plans in the pipeline, including a new investigative documentary strand called Undercover Asia.

TEACHERS’ BET On top of that, TV documentaries are playing an increasingly important role in education and lifelong learning because, more than ever, visual media dominates our world.

Perhaps recognising that, Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) recently made a S$13 million grant to Channel News Asia (CNA) to produce quality factual content for TV. No doubt this boost for TV documentaries was due in part to Singapore’s upcoming 50th birthday in 2015. This significant anniversary would have heightened awareness and interest in TV shows that revolve around Singapore’s difficult past, illustrious present and hopeful future.

But even considering this commemorative aim, industry players see the grant as a significant shot in the arm for TV documentaries. The grant is also a way for local TV industry players to ride on

ROOM TO EXPLORE In all this, industry observers are hoping for fresher approaches to making TV documentaries too. In the past, the key elements of any documentary used to include depth of analysis, how important the topic was to the general public and its educational value. McTurk notes, “There is a tendency to spoon-feed the audience through ‘Voice of God’ narrations and stock interviews.”

He adds that he would really like TV documentaries to be “somewhat openended and don’t provide many answers on a particular subject or personality”. He cites the documentary China Heavyweight, which was aired on CNA recently, as being a good example of a creative, multi-layered show and one which uses cinéma vérité footage, allowing viewers to “discover the humanity unfolding onscreen” better.

Indeed, today, we see new features in documentaries such as interactivity and accessibility for a broad audience and, of course, entertainment elements in the form of specially composed soundtracks, motion graphics and other technologically advanced visual features. The BBC Natural History Unit’s upcoming Hidden Kingdoms looks to be one very good example, where visual effects and new cameras specially developed for the series are used to great effect to create a groundbreaking, contextually and texturally rich documentary.

Yet for all these pluses and progressive moves, documentary-making is no less daunting than before. An age-old key issue is that documentaries have never been cheap to produce. Add to that a relative lack of advertiser interest and it becomes even more expensive.

Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s McTurk and Tony Chow, who is the founding president of the Association of Independent Producers, Singapore (AIPRO), believe that another way to address the business of making TV documentaries is for local documentary makers to link up with overseas media groups. Overseas players, Chow says, are already receptive to this framework.

“Singapore is often seen as a politically neutral country and this allows great comfort and assurance to various international players.”

The downside, he notes, is that competition for such partnerships has increased in the past 15 years. TV documentaries made in China, Taiwan and Malaysia, among others, have gained greater traction in the region than Singapore-made ones, he adds, and local documentary makers will have to put pedal to the metal.

(From left) Cirque Du Soleil’s Michael Jackson – The Immortal World Tour (ITV Global Entertainment Ltd), China Heavyweight (Zeitgeist Films)

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FACTUAL ATTRACTION Money challenges aside, Galen Yeo of The Moving Visuals Co, a Singapore production house, says that content is also important. He notes, “Audiences are more mobile than ever, so the issue is also one of relevance. We can keep producing TV documentaries but can we be relevant as well?” He feels that making TV documentaries relevant to everyday lives is key to sustaining viewers’ attention.

That is why being able to tell a story well in real time is more important than ever, says China-based, Singaporean documentary maker Tan Siok Siok. She highlights that a key emerging trend in TV documentaries is the move from linear to interactive storytelling, from a single platform to cross-media platform and from a single auteur to crowd-sourced collaborations.

“The search for new ways of telling an engaging story never ends,” she notes.

That search, she adds, may take longer though, for Asian documentary makers.

“In Asia, we’re very good at the technical aspects of filmmaking such as the operation of camera equipment and the use of post-production software.

What is sorely lacking is a complex and sophisticated understanding of what makes an engrossing story.”

Despite all these challenges, Chow believes that Singapore is well positioned to jump right into the current global swing towards all things Asian. With Asia growing rapidly in global importance, demand for information and insights on the region have also grown. Chow says Singapore’s production community is seasoned

(Clockwise from top) Africa (Screen Grab, © BBC 2012), Planet Earth (© Kristen Mosher), Hidden Kingdoms (BBC)

enough to ride on this global momentum by developing and creating “riveting” TV documentaries for both regional and international broadcasters, and telling stories that not only make the rest of the world more aware of the rising region, but also represent them more accurately.

The Moving Visuals Co’s Yeo says, “We still don’t have the Asian equivalent of the BBC, that is, a true factual channel that covers everything under the sun.

It would be nice to challenge audience expectations a bit more like this.”

He adds, “TV in some instances is beginning to look like the safer mainstream cousin of the Web; and that trend will continue. The only way around this is for channels to empower and embrace a different approach to storytelling.”

That is something that Singapore is well positioned to do. As McTurk observes, “Singapore is well-poised to become a regional hub for blue-chip TV documentary production because it has the infrastructure, which includes advanced technologies and human resources.”

“What it needs more of now are a few internationally recognised series which are akin to BBC’s The Blue Planet and Storyville, or PBS’ American Masters, to draw the world’s attention to what the Singapore production community is capable of achieving.”

Chow is confident. “Documentaries and factual programming have always been a key genre for TV in Singapore and they will remain relevant and one of the mainstays for TV. They will continue to evolve to reflect the spirit of the times.”

Woman at the End of the World (TVN SA)

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THE STORY BEHIND THE MAN:

SHEKHAR KAPUR

Shekhar Kapur has gained international recognition as director of the Oscar-winning Elizabeth.

The historical biopic garnered seven Academy Award nominations in 1998, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Cate Blanchett, and two nominations for its 2007 sequel, Elizabeth: The Golden Age.

A DIfferent Start Kapur’s appeal lies not just in his passion for turning dreams into reality but also his taste for the controversial. This is borne out of a strong conviction not to spend his life as a lie. “I need to express myself in something that I am passionate about,” he says.

“Something that is not just a job.”

This self-discovery came early in life. At the behest of his parents, he studied economics at college despite wanting to be an actor. Later, he became a chartered accountant and management consultant in London and was one of the first success stories, in a field outside of medicine, of the middle-class Indian community at that time.

It was the 70s. He was 24 and restless. He was at the anti-Vietnam War protests in front of the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square. He was there when the mounted police charged in. He was there when Mick Jagger belted out (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction for the first time in public at Hyde Park. “We saw life as an adventure, not as a job, mortgage pension and retirement,” Kapur says. “We saw life as passion.”

By the time the Margaret Thatcher era came around, he had made up his mind to kick-start his adventure.

Coincidentally, he was then working as a corporate planner for Denis Thatcher at Burmah Oil. He became an actor in 1975, appearing in a Bollywood film Jaan Hazir Hai. However, several television dramas and films later, it was apparent that his career as an actor was not taking off, and he turned to directing in 1983.

Paani (Yash Raj Films)

Success came to him as a director in 1987 with Mr India, a Hindi sci-fi film starring Amrish Puri in his famous role as the villain Mogambo, and in 1994 with the critically acclaimed Bandit Queen, a powerful movie that boosted his popularity internationally.

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(From left) Bandit Queen (Koch Vision), Elizabeth (Gramercy Pictures), Elizabeth: The Golden Age (Universal Pictures)

Telling Great Stories Unsurprisingly, he does not shy away from the unknown. He would rather challenge his own beliefs so that a film like Bandit Queen, for instance, also becomes his fascinating journey of self-discovery.

For Kapur, that journey entails getting involved in all of life and with people – the man in the street – to find the emotions of his film’s characters, hoping that they are also the emotions of the audience. “Great stories are nothing but moral conflicts that arise from the cultural myths of your audience,” he says. “If you cannot tell a great story, you cannot succeed.”

In telling a great story, Kapur also believes in challenging his audience to question and to think beyond the superficial. “You don’t give the audiences everything they want,” he explains. “You challenge what they want, what they need. You make them work towards the conclusions they draw. You make them question their own moralities. You become their conscience. Then you leave them emotionally exhausted. Then you give them what they want.”

Such an intense endeavour would leave him so spent that he would swear never to do another film again. But he would always find the strength and the passion to return to the fray.

Looking Ahead You don’t give the audiences everything they want. You challenge what they want, what they need. You make them work towards the conclusions they draw.

His endurance and resolve are driven by a particular childhood dream of being an astronaut. “I am still trying to travel to the outer edges of space,” he says. “I am still that boy wanting to explore the idea of ‘forever’, so I pick subject matters that are dangerous, out of the box, and living on the edge.”

That child-like quality is what sustains his passion for filmmaking and keeps it fun for Kapur – his love of converting dreams to reality on screen, telling stories, creating visual worlds on screen for audiences to wallow in, and most of all, interacting with actors.

His upcoming film Paani is a story of a future world where the wealthy uses the scarcity of water as a means to control the masses. This rich minority lives decadently in the upper Paradise City, while the poor majority lives in the City of Darkness in slum-like conditions.

If Kapur defines a film’s success by its ability to tap into the audience’s emotions and myths, then a story about thirst used as a weapon of social and political control seems likely to join his already impressive list of acclaimed directorial efforts.

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PRODUCT NEWS YLE, THE FINNISH BROADCASTING COMPANY THE NORDEN | What happens when a rugged and experienced warden from Attica State Prison, New York, visits the almost luxurious Norwegian prison Halden – hailed by Time Magazine as the “most humane prison in the world”? How does a pastor from a congregation in Alabama feel when he’s almost alone in the church during a Sunday service in Copenhagen?

This six-episode series looks at the Nordic welfare model from an outsider’s perspective and tackles issues like equality, family relations, social security, and civil rights. (6x28 minutes, HD)

The Norden (YLE, The Finnish Broadcasting Company)

TV TOKYO CORPORATION THE SEXY QUEEN BEES | Somewhere in Japan… violence and murders prevail inside the lawless “Chaos Town”. But the gorgeous female assassin group Ashinaga steps up to fight evil! It’s a stylish, exciting and breathtaking action drama. This funny and sexy Japanised Angels will steal your heart away!

The Sexy Queen Bees (TV Tokyo Corporation)

What I Long For (Crei Inc)

CREI INC TVF INTERNATIONAL THE FOOD DETECTIVES | Foodie and health guru Nikki Muller investigates the real health benefits and risks of favourite foods, exploring each food’s origins and dispelling the many myths of nutrition. Leading scientists, doctors and nutritionists help to demystify the science and unravel the processes of food production, covering everything from curry to chicken and fruit juice.

WHAT I LONG FOR | This dark fantasy masterpiece is directed by the sci-fi standard bearer, Kazuya Konaka. To escape reality, a high school student Juri takes her own life but spends her days wandering around familiar places. From time to time, she witnesses a suicide orchestrated by a grotesque variant called the “Bugman”.

After a minor incident, she gained the ability to see “Bugman”, which brings death to anyone it possesses. Is this a punishment for her “secret”? Juri’s yearning desire may be enough to burn out her soul...

The Food Detectives (TVF International)

STUDIO100 MEDIA GMBH

Tashi (Studio100 Media GmbH)

TASHI | When Jack’s parents bundle him off to stay with his distant cousin Tashi, the two boys got swept up in a series of wild adventures. They explore a fantasy land far, far away and protect Tashi’s village from a host of creatures and villains. In this new world where nothing seems familiar and your logic doesn’t apply, how do you survive and thrive? Luckily for city slicker Jack, his best friend Tashi is the perfect guide through this exotic topsy-turvy universe.

The boys can also always depend on warm and whimsical Lotus Blossom to help them navigate any tricky situation!

Giants, ghosts, witches, bandits, demons, dragons...

Tashi, Jack and Lotus Blossom are ready for anything!

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Ritag (Souzmultfilm Animation Studio)

SOUZMULTFILM ANIMATION STUDIO

The Master Of The House (China Huace Film & TV Co Ltd)

CHINA HUACE FILM & TV CO LTD THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE | TangLan, who lives in Shanghai, saves an autistic prodigy Cheng-Yueliang and meets the latter’s father, Cheng-Yifei, the owner of the Cheng family’s bank. She also meets a silverware shop owner Liu-Chuanyi.

Lan marries Chuanyi and remains good friends with Yifei. Soon, in 1937, Shanghai is occupied by the Japanese and everything changes. Chuanyi dies saving Lan while Yifei suffers severe gunshot wounds. To repay a debt of gratitude and be loyal in friendship, Lan promises to uphold the Chen family’s honour and gets into a fake marriage with Yifei. But Yifei’s brother, Cheng-Yixiang, is treacherous and deceitful, and resorts to all sorts of methods, including unscrupulous means, to elevate his position in the Cheng family and be the master of the bank. Meanwhile, the previously autistic boy, Yueliang, saves the lives of thousands of refugees from a massacre after decrypting Japanese coded messages. With his gifted talent, he becomes a philanthropic banker and takes up the role as head of the family.

Taxi! Taxi! (SIMF Management)

SIMF MANAGEMENT TAXI! TAXI! | Taxi! Taxi! follows the trials and tribulations of a retrenched microbiology scientist, Professor Chua, as he turns to taxi driving after several failed job attempts. He befriends a veteran driver, Ah Tau. The two men, polar opposites of each other – from educational levels to personalities, attitudes toward life and even the languages they speak – eventually find themselves interdependent and influencing each other’s lives in positive ways.

RITAG | The story starts in the middle of the last century in a small European seaside town. After putting on a pair of magic glasses, a ten-year-old boy Mitra gets involved in a series of incredible adventures in a mysterious land called Ritag.

Searching for an answer to his father’s mysterious disappearance, Mitra has to overcome the Querulous Swamp, gets soaked under the Memory Rain, rides the wind of Inspiration, ventures to the other side of Ritag and battles with a mighty army of grey shadows led by their master – Black Tree of Dissension. The brave boy gets help in his fight against the enemy from funny Ritag creatures who grow on magic trees; the Magi; and a mysterious girl, who turns out to be Ritag’s soul. In the roots of the fallen Tree of Dissension, Mitra finds a memory token stolen from his father.

This token is the key to understanding not only the boy’s destiny, but also Ritag’s.

CINEFLIX RIGHTS REDESIGN MY BRAIN | Redesign My Brain puts the idea of brain plasticity to the test. Over the course of three months, renowned TV celebrity Todd Sampson undertakes a scientifically endorsed training programme to turn his ordinary brain into a “super-brain”. A fun, fast-paced and fascinating journey into the workings of our very minds, Redesign My Brain is a makeover show like no other – one where the design experts make over the human brain!

Redesign My Brain (Cineflix Rights)

AVANT GARDE STUDIOS SDN BHD NINJA CAT ICHI NI SAN! | Ninja Cat Ichi Ni San! is a co-production with an established South Korean partner, Cyberchicken Animation Studio Ltd. It is an action-packed mystery and crime cartoon with wacky and wholesome fun that is suitable for all ages. Ninja Cat Ichi Ni San! is set in Enigma City, a dangerous city where Ninja Cat is the resident crime fighter, assisted by his scholarly sidekick – a kiwi bird named Oliver. In Enigma City, crime and karaoke bars never sleep. Ninja Cat works in a Japanese restaurant, and he possesses a unique three-step fighting move that is represented by “Ichi! Ni! San!” (Japanese for “1! 2! 3!”). Throughout the series, Ninja Cat faces off with Poncho, a rival crime fighter, and villains such as his arch nemesis Maikel, an intellectual but evil Yeti who is bent on world domination.

Ninja Cat Ichi Ni San! targets boys between the ages 7 and 11 years old.

Ninja Cat Ichi Ni San! (Avant Garde Studios Sdn Bhd)

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Medicine And Children, Therapeutic Procedures On Test (GAD) No Breathing (Niners Entertainment)

NINERS ENTERTAINMENT NO BREATHING | Won-Il used to be a promising swimmer like his father.

When Won-Il’s father dies in a swimming competition doing his speciality called “no breathing”, which leads to his mother’s death as well, he can’t forgive his father and quits swimming. Living like there is no tomorrow with his devil-may-care attitude, Won-Il seems hopeless. When Won-Il gets expelled from school, his father’s friend, Jae-Suk, puts him in a physical education high school to start swimming again.

There, he meets his rival, Woo-Sang, who was always overshadowed by Won-Il. During Won-Il’s absence, Woo-Sang wins many competitions and becomes the national swim star. He is completely opposite to Won-Il because all he cares about is winning. Naturally, Won-Il’s return is not welcomed by Woo-Sang but Won-Il does not care. Then Jae-Suk’s daughter, Jung-Eun, captures both Won-Il’s and Woo-Sang’s hearts and reignites their rivalry. The two very different restless youths then start to compete in swimming for the love and friendship that turn out to be their rite of passage to growing up.

GAD MEDICINE AND CHILDREN, THERAPEUTIC PROCEDURES ON TEST | Children are the forgotten ones of medicine. In general, half of the drugs administered have not been approved by the body responsible for approving and licensing medicines, which means that no study has been carried out on the child to guarantee a drug’s effectiveness.

Within the hospital service, it is even worse because more than 90% of medicines have never been subjected to testing.

Paediatric medicine is often revealed to be a haphazard adaptation of adult medicine using a simple rule of 3 relative to weight. But a child is not a miniature adult. So, why do paediatric medicines suffer from so little development? Why are drug firms not interested in the market of 110 million children in Europe?

How can one treat effectively when there are so few appropriate medicines?

This documentary sheds some light on a problem that is at the heart of the debate, from a scientific, ethical, legal and societal perspective. The intimist style of direction, which gets close to the participants, will highlight a real unease that is affecting every country in the world.

City Of Honey (Irib Media Trade)

IRIB MEDIA TRADE CITY OF HONEY | In spite of different abilities and talents, children share the same essence. It’s this essence that lets kids and other human beings have equal rights.

Understanding this seemingly simple matter by parents and teaching it to kids can be quite impactful. The main purpose of making City of Honey is to use an indirect way of educating children in these types of abilities. This series include 12 video and 12 audio “seasons” on this subject.

TV ONLY

Greenest Stories (TV Only)

GREENEST STORIES | Pollution, climate change, while some predict the apocalypse, others are building the future. They are the heroes of “Greenest Stories”, and they already have solutions for housing in the future (non-toxic materials, the minimal use of resources and site ecology).

Labyrinth (Tandem Communications GmbH)

TANDEM COMMUNICATIONS GMBH LABYRINTH | Based on the international best-selling novel by Kate Mosse, Labyrinth is a dynamic contemporary action adventure set against the epic and historic landscape of Southwest France...

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The Insectibles (One Animation Pte Ltd)

ONE ANIMATION PTE LTD THE INSECTIBLES | This is a comedy action mystery for kids, where Zak, a nine-year-old hero, gets shrunk down to bug size through his grandfather’s “shrinkinator”. Mysteries are solved by Zak and his three bug detective friends, who happen to be a snail, a caterpillar and a wasp. They also happen to have some very special non-bug-sized abilities when needed, especially when a queen mosquito is after world domination.

SNTV (Splashnews/ Corbis)

SPLASHNEWS/ CORBIS SPLASH NEWS TV | Splash News TV is a modular entertainment news show, perfect for any platform. It deliver 20 minutes a day of short segments (60 to 90 seconds) in multiple languages. There are options for ‘no voiceover’ with script, and to pick own talent to host the show. The show is fully customisable – segments can be taken out and replaced with local content to make the show more relevant to a specific audience. The show features top stories wrapped in 60-second segments, quality content, gossips, biographies, and more!

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A&B FILM ENTERPRISES LTD TIME TO LOVE | What’s a love hymn of “remaining fighters after a successful career”? Breaking it down, it’s about people who are “successful”, having achieved much excellence in their career. It’s also about “remaining fighters”, who pursue the ideal lover. They are uncompromising, actively seeking and striving to make progress, but fate seems to test these silly men and women. Money can be easily earned but true love is rare. Time to Love tells the love story of a group of urban men and women. While pursuing love, each of them has to face his or her own problems. Ye Xuan, who is the main female actor, is a beautiful girl with an active, cheerful character. She is courted by many men, but she always dreams about a handsome man. Xiao ChenYang plays the part of a famous playboy ZhouPeng, a change from his normal roles.

Time To Love (A&B Film Enterprises Ltd)

SYSTEM TV

L’Appel Du Bleu (System TV)

L’APPEL DU BLEU | L’Appel du Bleu is a series based on the exploration of the seabed around Corsica. It draws up an extensive catalogue of marine species to show the potential changes and dangers they are facing. Each episode focusses on a particular area, where we meet one or several participants whose work is involved with the sea: a fisherman, a diver, a biologist, or perhaps, merely an enthusiast. The series takes a close look at the specific nature and concerns of a particular environment – through personal testimony, experience and anecdotes – and how it is threatened. Episode titles include “Valinco’s red gold: red coral”; “The giant Gorgonians: Gorgonial coral”; “The sunken museum: ship and boat wrecks”; “Watch out, it stings!: the endangered purple sea urchin”; “Grouper paradise: the dusky grouper”; “Ten legs and armour: Mediterranean crustaceans”; “Under the blanket of night: marine life at night (night-dive)”; “The miracle of Scandola: on the edges of the Scandola nature reserve”; “A prairie beneath the waves: Neptune grass”; and “Jewels of the Deep: the gardens of Neptune”.

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Baby Sellers (A+E Networks)

A+E NETWORKS Eeny Meeny Manemo (Pixtrend Inc)

PIXTREND INC EENY MEENY MANEMO | Manemo is in his spaceship, far away from his home “Square Planet”. But because of a malfunction, he crash lands into “Thick Cloud Town” located within “Cloud Park”. Its inhabitants – Toolikey, Coco, Shuca and Toy – are curious about the spaceship and its owner who has landed in their town.

BABY SELLERS | Baby Sellers, a Lifetime original movie, stars Kirstie Alley as Carla Hughes, a seemingly well respected adoption agency owner who helps couples realise their dreams of becoming adoptive parents. In actuality, Hughes is operating a ruthless black market baby ring, using her subordinates around the globe to use any and all means to provide a steady stream of infants to her unknowing clients. The show is produced by Reunion Pictures and Trafficker Productions for Lifetime Television. (1x120 minutes)

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Short Films From Asia (Objectifs Films Pte Ltd)

OBJECTIFS FILMS PTE LTD SHORT FILMS FROM ASIA | Focused on short films from Singapore and Southeast Asia, Objectifs Films presents the works of award-winning filmmakers like Royston Tan, Anthony Chen, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Aditya Assarat, amongst others.

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The Mother In Law “Their House… My Rules” (Caracol Television)

CARACOL TELEVISION

B A Pass (Venus Worldwide Entertainment Pvt Ltd)

VENUS WORLDWIDE ENTERTAINMENT PVT LTD

THE MOTHER IN LAW “THEIR HOUSE… MY RULES” | Victoria Maldonado will have to find a way to reshape her life in this Caracol Television–Sony Pictures co-production. After an unfortunate experience in the US, she decides to go back to the country where she left her family, long-time boyfriend and a wedding gown company. But during her absence, her children had ruined her company. While she tries to win the company back, she also has to keep the family under control, forcing everyone to live under the same roof to teach them an invaluable lesson.

B A PASS (2013) | A young small-town boy moves to Delhi to stay with his aunt and to finish college. Soon, he is seduced by a mysterious married woman known to him as Sarika “Aunty”. Amidst the neon-lit bylanes of Delhi’s Paharganj, unfolds an erotic human drama between the two. A relationship based on lust, lies and deceit is forged. As the young boy gets more and more entrenched in his surroundings, he discovers a city that thrives on corrupting even the most naive and innocent.

Super Wings (Alpha Animation and Culture Co Ltd)

ALPHA ANIMATION AND CULTURE CO LTD SUPER WINGS | Super Wings is a new action-packed pre-school series about an adorable jet plan that travels the world delivering packages to children.

On every delivery, Jett encounters a new problem that he and his friends Super Wings must work together to solve.

WOOBI Boy (Roi Visual) Filial Party (Clover Films Pte Ltd)

CLOVER FILMS PTE LTD FILIAL PARTY | Set in Singapore, this comedy centres around a reality TV game show I Am Filial that offers a S$1 million prize money for the winner who portrays exceptional filial piety. The popular game show is the brainchild of producer Millionaire Liu, who is determined to achieve the highest ratings ever in local TV history. After a few grueling and exciting elimination rounds, the show produces three final contestants: Beng, Yishuang and Yoona. The three come from very different backgrounds and each has a different agenda for joining the contest.

ROI VISUAL WOOBI BOY | Woobi Boy wears a yellow raincoat throughout the series’ four seasons.

In his closet, he has 20 identical yellow raincoats. This weird-looking boy is well known for being naughty in school, messing up the classroom after his friends clean it up; scribbling graffiti on walls all over town with “sloppy magic”; and playing hookey so he can enjoy free cake. No one knows when Woobi will stop his mischief. He just wants to play all day. However, this naughty boy in the yellow raincoat understands his friends and the preciousness of childhood even as he continues his adventures with his best friends and creates big and minor commotion.

Supernatural Stories (Snd Groupe M6)

SND GROUPE M6 SUPERNATURAL STORIES | Many people of perfectly sound mind experience situations that they cannot logically explain. Supernatural Stories offers a serious and new perspective on strange phenomena such as premonitions, visions, sixth sense or near-death experiences.

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ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ENTERPRISES LTD

Dance India Dance (Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd)

DANCE INDIA DANCE | India’s biggest dance talent show, Dance India Dance, is a unique platform for talented and aspiring dancers to become future sensations. This is the highest level of competition for promising dancers, who compete with each other with guidance from well-known Bollywood choreographers. Their destiny will be decided by public voting.

Marvel’s Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. (The Walt Disney Company [Southeast Asia] Pte Limited)

THE WALT DISNEY COMPANY (SOUTHEAST ASIA) PTE LIMITED Origami-Fighters W (Xanthus Animation Studio)

XANTHUS ANIMATION STUDIO ORIGAMI-FIGHTERS W | In the 4.6 billion years since the birth of Planet Earth, there had been numerous races establishing ancient civilizations and building advanced technology systems. Yet none of these systems survived. A million years ago on Earth, an ethnic group known as the Dragon Race built a strong empire called Spirit Realm by the power of Temples of the Eight Dark Lords and the sealed Chaos Throne (the pyramid). After endless research and development of the power of the Eight Dark Lords, Dragon Race invented a special system to transport materials and magic power. In today’s language, this system is called “Origami Symbol”.

Potato Star 2013 QR3 (CJ E&M)

CJ E&M POTATO STAR 2013 QR3 | This sitcom focusses on the lives of two families who were affected by the Earth getting hit by another planet. Each episode is filled with various kinds of hilarious incidents caused by the crash of the planets.

MARVEL’S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. | Clark Gregg reprises his role of Agent Phil Coulson from Marvel’s feature films, as he assembles a small, highly select group of Agents from the worldwide law-enforcement organisation known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Together they investigate the new, the strange and the unknown around the globe, protecting the ordinary from the extraordinary. Coulson’s team consists of Agent Grant Ward, highly trained in combat and espionage; Agent Melinda May, expert pilot and martial artist; Agent Leo Fitz, brilliant engineer; and Agent Jemma Simmons, genius biochemist. Joining them on their journey is new recruit and computer hacker Skye.

BASQUE FILMS

Poseso (Basque Films)

POSESO | Since the death of her husband, the great bullfighter Gregorio, in a domestic accident; Trini, the worldfamous flamenco dancer, has been deeply depressed and has abandoned the stage. To make matters worse, her son Damian’s rebelliousness has begun to border on dementia.

Doctors, psychologists and psychiatrists are all unable to explain the child’s worsening behaviour.

Eventually the only possible explanation is a supernatural one. At this juncture, Trini gets in contact with Father Lenin, a defrocked priest who is suffering his own crisis of faith. As all signs indicate it is the only hope of restoring peace to this shattered family. Possessions, exorcisms, poltergeists, witchcrafts, blood and flamenco dance, are the ingredients of this comedy, which pays tribute equally to Berlanga films and to all horror films related to the devil, in rigorous claymation.

Wealth And Passion (GMA Worldwide Inc)

GMA WORLDWIDE INC WEALTH AND PASSION | Set in the rustic town of San Sebastian, the story revolves around the struggle of Eloisa Aguirre in providing her family a good living. Due to unfavourable circumstances, Eloisa gets to meet Doña Hilaria Buenaventura and her four daughters-in-law who each craves for some piece of a comfortable life.

Witness the story about an enduring love and sacrifice for the family.

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