HOOQ LAUNCHES FILMMAKERS GUILD – FIFTH HOOQ ORIGINAL ANNOUNCED AT APOS 2017

HOOQ LAUNCHES FILMMAKERS GUILD –

FIFTH HOOQ ORIGINAL ANNOUNCED AT APOS 2017

HOOQ IS
ON THE SEARCH TO HELP ASIAN FILMMAKERS TURN TV
SERIES

IDEAS
INTO REALITY BY INVESTING IN 5 PILOTS AND A COMPLETE SERIES

INDONESIA, 27 April 2017

HOOQ –
the largest Video on Demand service in South-East Asia — today announces their
latest initiative – HOOQ Filmmakers Guild, a South-East Asia wide
project that helps turn the most imaginative TV series ideas of filmmakers into
reality, thus celebrating Asia, the nation from which great TV arises.

HOOQ calls
for film professionals, be it directors, producers or scriptwriters to send in
scripts and treatments for a TV series idea they have.  From these, the
five best scripts, regionally, will be given a funding of USD$30,000 to be
converted into a pilot episode that will debut on HOOQ.  Submissions can
be from Singapore, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia
and Cambodia.  The best out of these five pilot episodes, decided by HOOQ
subscribers and a star-studded judging panel consisting of the top film talents
around Asia as well as Hollywood (to be announced), will be converted into a
full series produced and aired on HOOQ.

“There
is incredible talent for TV series making in Asia, and we want to give
opportunities to film professionals to turn these amazing ideas into reality.
 HOOQ is built in Asia for Asia and we want to give Asian filmmakers the
power to create quality entertainment that gives our customers that escape into
worlds of romance, action, adventure and even heroism, all in the setting of
their backyard.  HOOQ Filmmakers Guild does just that, making Asia the
nation from which great TV arises!” Said Chief Executive Officer of HOOQ, Mr
Peter Bithos.

This
project commences from 1 June 2017 and will be open for entries till 1
August 2017.  Applicants must be either in film school or working as
professionals in the film industry with prior film production experience.
 They are to submit the script and treatment for a mini-series or a full
series with a maximum of 13 episodes for a single season in order to qualify.
 There will be no restriction to genre, however submissions and
productions must be in the language of the applicant’s country.  

This
announcement comes one day after HOOQ announces four new HOOQ original productions
– Critical Eleven and Sweet 20 to hit cinemas in May and June 2017 respectively
and the other 3 to hit the platform (‘The T Party’ and Marlina and the Murderer
in Four Acts) later this year.