Singapore’s short-form filmmakers and platforms are taking a whole new look at domestic issues that would once have been considered taboo, challenging stereotypes and putting topics such as suicide, mental health, death, dying and homelessness front and centre of their work.

ContentAsia’s latest Formats Outlook shows Banijay Rights in the formats distribution lead in Asia by volume – albeit with far fewer titles – for the first nine months of this year. 

Japanese short-film platform, Samansa, soft launches in Korea by the end of this month, expanding its domestic footprint for the first time and counting down to the 2024 debut of its freemium tiers.

When this year’s International Emmy nominations were announced at the end of September, "Rocket Boys" was one of three Indian titles on the list of 56 shows that entered the final race.

Talks are underway to return Indonesian horror series, "Losmen Melati", a co-production between Taiwan-based Catchplay and Indonesia/Singapore-based Infinite Studios, to regional screens.

Netflix’s APAC content head, Minyoung Kim, has described Japan as “a paradise of imagination” with a natural crossover in the creative community between film and television that enables the streamer to focus on the story rather than the format.