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Netflix’s Creative Asia Forum Highlights $41M Spend On Creative Equity Fund, Programs For Regional Filmmakers
Netflix held its first Creative Asia Forum in partnership with the Busan International Film Festival, with 120 filmmakers attending from across APAC.
Netflix added that over 450 people from these programs have gone on to work on the platform’s productions in a variety of roles, ranging from line producers and associate editors to casting assistants and grips. Olive Ting, Born For the Spotlight ’s producer, echoed that audiences are now more exposed to different genres and formats of shows, and the industry’s stories have become more ambitious about breaking away from traditional formulas. On the Indonesia panel, Cigarette Girl co-directors Kamila Andini and Ifa Isfansyah talked about the 12-year journey to adapt the book of the same name by Ratih Kumala, into a series.
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