Creative Content

All good at Rhythm & Hues Cyberjaya … for now
The Malaysian artists who worked on the award-winning Life of Pi are now caught up in the warped economic reality of the movie industry where VFX studios have become caught in a spiral downwards as US studios compete with foreign ones on price.
Week in Review: A shift is happening
Success of companies in creative content, IT and E&E sectors creating positive buzz Parents are slowly coming around to accepting and encouraging their children into these careers
Retelling the Malaysian story: From talent to creativity and technology
Alexander Fernandez has been building his videogame company from KL since 2010 and says Malaysia has a lot of positives in its creative multimedia space.
Wanted: Malaysian-made creative content with universal appeal
Malaysian-made animated content is on par with international standards but a more global approach to story-telling is needed, says Toon Goggles’ creative director Brendan Pollitz, who was at the inaugural Asian Animation Summit in Kuala Lumpur
More partnerships sought at Asian Animation Summit
The inaugural Asian Animation Summit (AAS) has kicked off at Intercontinental Hotel Kuala Lumpur, showcasing some of Asia’s strongest and most commercially viable animation projects.
Creative content industry: Where the real value lies
Malaysians know quite well that the bane of all government initiatives lies in the execution. What the DNA-TeAM Disrupt sharing session on Nov 20 did was to open DNA founder Karamjit Singh's eyes to the Achilles’ heel of our creative multimedia industry – distribution.  
Disrupt: Malaysia’s creative content industry missing key pieces
The Malaysian creative content industry has grown by leaps and bounds over the last 15 years, but despite all the pipelines and talents that have been developed, is still missing some key elements for it to emerge as a truly global player, panelists said at the recent DNA-TeAM Disrupt session.
Third panelist joins Disrupt discussion on creative talents
With Disrupt#3 only hours away at 5.30pm today, Digital News Asia is pleased to announce Hasnul Hadi Samsudin as the third panelist in our discussion titled “Creative Content: Does Malaysia have talent? Is that enough to create success stories?”
‘There’s a lot of Malaysia in this movie’
War of The Worlds: Goliath director Joe Pearson explains why, despite it being an international effort, the movie is very much Malaysia’s.
Technopreneur Leon Tan gets his dream geek-fest
How Leon Tan and his team managed to make the movie 'War of The Worlds: Goliath' is perhaps a lesson for all aspiring entrepreneurs, not just those in the creative content space. They had a vision, they had to get funding, the timing just came together, and they pivoted … many times.
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