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Taiwan upsizes 2025 TCCF Pitch; TAICCA unveils expanded November event, adds celebrity prizes
Taiwan kicked off the 2025 TCCF Pitch today (Monday, 19 May), saying in Taipei this afternoon that the pitch has been “expanded in both scale and scope” in response to growing international co-production trends. The sprawling pitch is a cornerstone of November’s Taiwan Creative Content Fest (TCCF), organised by the government-backed Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA). TCCF runs from 4-7 November. ▶ Read the full story here

“Blippi” wraps Singapore shoot; Moonbug Entertainment, Mediacorp count down to mid-2025 premiere of first Asian original 
On a typically sweltering Sunday morning earlier this month, young “Blippi” fans swarmed the Hoods Inc Productions studio in Singapore for a live-action moment. The excitement was all about high-energy host Clayton Grimm, who was filming the final clips of a two-week shoot that took the production team up, down and across the island for the first local version of the pre-school educational series. On his first production trip to Singapore, Moonbug Entertainment’s L.A.-based director of production, Thomas Smeltzer, talks about shooting 20 episodes in two weeks. ▶ Read the full story here

“Tremendous potential” in collaboration with indie producers; Prix Italia’s first Asian president, Ken-ichi Imamura, on documentary filmmaking today
Japan’s Ken-ichi Imamura leads a leap forward for Asia’s public broadcasters and documentary filmmakers. As the first Prix Italia president in the festival’s 77-year history, the veteran NHK producer and co-founder of Tokyo Docs is particularly keen on bringing indie filmmakers into the fold. ▶ Read the full story here

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