Liz Shackleton

Malaysia's FINAS exploring gap financing and matching funds as Turkey, Southeast Asian countries ramp up co-production initiatives.

Content agencies from Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines presented their incentives and co-production initiatives at Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) on Thursday.

How do you react if you're an award-winning actress but feel like you don't have much control over the direction of your career?

Taiwanese animated feature Clouded Leopard, was presented with the $30,000 TAICCA X CNC Award.

Taiwanese animated feature Clouded Leopard , to be written and directed by Chi Po-chou and produced by Mangowork Studio, was presented with the TAICCA X CNC Award at the close of Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF) on Friday.

The Philippines' QCinema Project Market (QPM) handed out $442,000 (PHP26M) in grants and co-production support at its closing ceremony on November 16.

QCinema Project Market (QPM) wrapped this weekend with an awards ceremony in which cash prizes and in-kind services worth $442,000 were handed out to projects from the Philippines and the rest of Southeast Asia.

It may not seem like the most obvious choice for a Christmas movie – a brutal action film with a protagonist traumatized by a failed mission in the

Christmas release, starring Vice as an overseas Filipino worker, is a "funny movie that will slap you in the face with the truth".

Vice Ganda is a cultural phenomenon in the Philippines. A TV host fronting daily variety show It's Showtime , which has been pulling in top ratings for 15 years.