05 Dec 19 DAY 2
MARKET LATIN PRODUCTS MAKE A COMEBACK The LATAM Comeback session showcased the works from five companies – Caracol Television, HBO Latin America, Viacom International Studios, Globo TV and Dori Media Group. At the closed-door session on Wednesday hosted by Prensario International, it was shared that Latin products are gaining back slots in CEE and other regions. On the fiction front, there is an increase in budget per episode. Previously referred to as telenovelas, fiction series are now known as TV series and dramas. There is also a broader fiction genre pipeline to include love stories, comedies and thrillers – with shorter formats of 25 - 60 episodes per series. On the entertainment front, the newgeneration products cover all kinds of genres – from talent and game shows to dating, cooking and more. The vanguard role of main Latin industry players has evolved to
producing for any region with various business formulas. The players are looking at co-productions, co-creation, co-generation, content factory, artistic services across regions to improve international appeal. Prensario
International also shared that Latin products are gaining market share due to shorter and more varied genres that mixes traditional and new age stories.
CREATIVE STORYTELLING FROM TAIWAN SHOWCASED The Taiwan Pitching session saw a packed room filled with co-producers, distributors, financiers and investors scouting for creative stories coming from Taiwan. Nine projects from companies such as Chimestone Digital Productions, Studio76 Original Productions, TransWorld Television Production and Xanthus Animation Studio were put on showcase at the event. Drama remains a recurring genre among the pitches. The diversity of the themes presented made each and every project uniquely different from the others. TransWorld Television Production, for example, puts Taiwanese religious and cultural elements at the heart of its coming30
of-age drama ‘The Summer Temple Fair’, while Greener Grass Production’s ‘2049’ imagines the lives of global Chinese societies in the year 2049. Other projects shared includes Studio76 Original Productions’ horror
drama ’76 Horror Bookstore: Tin of Fear’ and Resonate Films’ medical drama series ‘VET’. The Taiwan Pitching session was organised by the Taiwan Pavilion.