ContentAsia’s interview series goes behind the trophies, into the decisions, risks and creative calls that turned shortlisted ideas into ContentAsia Awards’ winners.

Based on Chen Tseng-chih’s 2017 book "Hotel Saltwater: Tai Chen-yao’s Revolutionary Youth", "Hotel Saltwater" (鹽水大飯店) is about an agricultural reform activist in the 1970s, when Taiwan was under martial law. The 2024 prime-time period drama was produced by PTS for Taigi TV.

The 30th edition of Hong Kong Filmart closed on Friday evening with – as expected – microdramas and AI front and centre of the conversations; hot and cold running location incentives and production rebates; enthusiasm over high-end TV series and Chinese films; and free-flow BL/GL stars from Thail

As government-backed cooperation agreements extend through 2030 and production costs climb across traditional shooting destinations, Moscow is positioning itself as Eurasia's most compelling alternative for Chinese and Southeast Asian filmmakers.

TaiwanPlus factual series, "Deep Current: Architecture of Taiwan" – winner of the ContentAsia Awards 2025 Best Factual Programme Made in Asia for Multiple Asian and/or International Markets category – is an eight-episode docuseries tracing the fusion of history and global influence

Japan dominates GagaOOLala’s 2025 Global Top 10 boys’ love (BL) series list, taking six of the 10 spots, although Chinese-language titles claim the top three positions on the Taiwan-based global LGBTQ+ streamer.