In today’s Global Bulletin, Netflix picks up four originals in Nigeria, Amazon Prime Video gets Noggin in several major European markets, Walter Presents buys three Polish series, and Iwc Schaffhausen and the BFI announce finalists and jury for this year’s Filmmaker Bursary Award.
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Netflix has announced a slate of new original series and films from Nigeria, doubling down on its commitment to finding and promoting talent on the African continent.
One new series and three Nigerian films were secured by Netflix in various stages of production, with some ready to debut immediately.
“Far From Home” is a six-part series created by Chinaza Onuzo and Dami Elebe, who double as executive producer and writer. Produced by Inkblot Productions, It follows Ishaya, a teenage artist who wins a scholarship that launches her from her humble surroundings into the world of Nigeria’s 1%. Actor-producer Funke Akindele is confirmed for a lead role.
Streaming
Netflix has announced a slate of new original series and films from Nigeria, doubling down on its commitment to finding and promoting talent on the African continent.
One new series and three Nigerian films were secured by Netflix in various stages of production, with some ready to debut immediately.
“Far From Home” is a six-part series created by Chinaza Onuzo and Dami Elebe, who double as executive producer and writer. Produced by Inkblot Productions, It follows Ishaya, a teenage artist who wins a scholarship that launches her from her humble surroundings into the world of Nigeria’s 1%. Actor-producer Funke Akindele is confirmed for a lead role.
- 9/21/2020
- by Jamie Lang
- Variety Film + TV
The quality of the Lgbt movies has been increasing during the latest years, with a number of productions easily “winning” the title of “good movie” and not just “good Lgbt movie”, as you can also see in the list we published a couple of weeks ago. Let us see if “The Teacher” can be included in this category.
The Teacher screened at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The story starts a bit before Taiwan became the first Asian country to permit same sex marriage (24 March 2019). Kevin is a young high-school civics teacher living with his mother. He is a supporter of the law for same sex marriage and in general, his life is comfortable, apart from some “instructions” from the school principal regarding his extracurricular activities and the occasional, immature mocking from his students. Eventually, he meets Gao Jin Wu, an older man whose family owns a factory and the two begin a rather intimate relationship,...
The Teacher screened at Helsinki Cine Aasia
The story starts a bit before Taiwan became the first Asian country to permit same sex marriage (24 March 2019). Kevin is a young high-school civics teacher living with his mother. He is a supporter of the law for same sex marriage and in general, his life is comfortable, apart from some “instructions” from the school principal regarding his extracurricular activities and the occasional, immature mocking from his students. Eventually, he meets Gao Jin Wu, an older man whose family owns a factory and the two begin a rather intimate relationship,...
- 3/17/2020
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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