Emissary Pictures and Mocha Chai Laboratories Unveil Asian Content Partnership – FilMart (Exclusive)
Singapore’s Mocha Chai Laboratories and Emissary Pictures, a company that straddles New Zealand, Australia and Indonesia, have announced a strategic partnership for the development and production of cross-cultural films, series and content in Asia.
The venture will have offices in all four countries and will identify, develop and produce content across genres and formats, including films, television series, documentaries and digital content. The agreement was announced in Hong Kong on the first day of the FilMart rights market.
The pair say that they have scripted and unscripted projects in development and production. Slate details, however, remain under wraps as do distribution plans.
“We are excited to partner with Emissary Pictures and join forces to combine our unique capabilities in storytelling and world-class post-production,” says Mocha Chai producer Michelle Chang. “We have the support of Singapore Film Commission and major partners in the region, all who appreciate our quality of work and creative vision.
The venture will have offices in all four countries and will identify, develop and produce content across genres and formats, including films, television series, documentaries and digital content. The agreement was announced in Hong Kong on the first day of the FilMart rights market.
The pair say that they have scripted and unscripted projects in development and production. Slate details, however, remain under wraps as do distribution plans.
“We are excited to partner with Emissary Pictures and join forces to combine our unique capabilities in storytelling and world-class post-production,” says Mocha Chai producer Michelle Chang. “We have the support of Singapore Film Commission and major partners in the region, all who appreciate our quality of work and creative vision.
- 3/13/2023
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
‘One Less God.’
Divya Salaskar was both moved and inspired when she first saw One Less God, writer-director Lliam Worthington’s thriller which centres on the three-day siege at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in which 166 people died.
Salaskar has a personal connection to those horrific events: Her father, Mumbai police senior inspector Vijay Salaskar, was killed in an ambush by terrorists at the Cama & Albless Hospital on November 26 2008, part of the co-ordinated attacks on the city.
Her father, who headed the Anti-Extortion Cell, was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest military award for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice, the equivalent of the Us Army’s Medal of Honour and the British George Cross.
The only surviving terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab, was convicted of the murder of Salaskar and five other cops and was hanged in 2011.
Divya, now 31, saw a trailer for the film on Facebook as...
Divya Salaskar was both moved and inspired when she first saw One Less God, writer-director Lliam Worthington’s thriller which centres on the three-day siege at Mumbai’s Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in which 166 people died.
Salaskar has a personal connection to those horrific events: Her father, Mumbai police senior inspector Vijay Salaskar, was killed in an ambush by terrorists at the Cama & Albless Hospital on November 26 2008, part of the co-ordinated attacks on the city.
Her father, who headed the Anti-Extortion Cell, was honoured with the Ashoka Chakra, India’s highest military award for valour, courageous action or self-sacrifice, the equivalent of the Us Army’s Medal of Honour and the British George Cross.
The only surviving terrorist, Ajmal Amir Kasab, was convicted of the murder of Salaskar and five other cops and was hanged in 2011.
Divya, now 31, saw a trailer for the film on Facebook as...
- 10/8/2018
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
L-r: The One Less God team - Joel Hagen (producer), Georgina Veneziani (associate producer), Maren Smith (producer), Lliam Worthington (writer/director/producer), and Nelson Lau (co-producer/executive producer). (Photo: Joshua Belinfante)
Lliam Worthington.s indie feature One Less God has taken out both the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature and the Industry Choice Award at Los Angeles. Dances With Films festival.
The film, which follows the events of the 2008 Mumbai attacks from both the perspective of the terrorists and victims, had its world premiere at the festival on June 8th, where it received a standing ovation. It was awarded the prizes at a ceremony on Sunday evening (La time)..
Directed and produced by Worthington,.One Less God.was filmed in the Blue Mountains and Nepal.
"I was so happy and honoured for One Less God to be recognised and win the Industry Choice Award here at Dance With Films in Los Angeles.
Lliam Worthington.s indie feature One Less God has taken out both the Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature and the Industry Choice Award at Los Angeles. Dances With Films festival.
The film, which follows the events of the 2008 Mumbai attacks from both the perspective of the terrorists and victims, had its world premiere at the festival on June 8th, where it received a standing ovation. It was awarded the prizes at a ceremony on Sunday evening (La time)..
Directed and produced by Worthington,.One Less God.was filmed in the Blue Mountains and Nepal.
"I was so happy and honoured for One Less God to be recognised and win the Industry Choice Award here at Dance With Films in Los Angeles.
- 6/13/2017
- by Claudia Keech
- IF.com.au
After completing principal photography on One Less God, the producers of the psychological thriller inspired by the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai have launched a crowd-funding initiative. They aim is to raise $200,000 to cover post production, deliverables and publicity for the festival circuit by December 23.
The Indiegogo campaign kicked off on November 27 with rewards, a design competition, teaser and interviews with prominent commentators on issues explored in the film such as human rights, ideology, fundamentalism and compassion.
The experts include Dr. Munjed Al Muderis, Dr. Simon Longstaff, Dr. Anne Aly, Raimond Gaita, Kylie Sturgess and Dr. Sahar Amer. It.s the feature debut of writer-director Lliam Worthington, whose background is in music videos, corporate films and theatre.
The thriller centres around a group of international tourists trapped inside their hotel for 68 hours while two young Islamic terrorists, guided by a ruthless handler, sweep the hotel seeking to exterminate the guests. As days pass,...
The Indiegogo campaign kicked off on November 27 with rewards, a design competition, teaser and interviews with prominent commentators on issues explored in the film such as human rights, ideology, fundamentalism and compassion.
The experts include Dr. Munjed Al Muderis, Dr. Simon Longstaff, Dr. Anne Aly, Raimond Gaita, Kylie Sturgess and Dr. Sahar Amer. It.s the feature debut of writer-director Lliam Worthington, whose background is in music videos, corporate films and theatre.
The thriller centres around a group of international tourists trapped inside their hotel for 68 hours while two young Islamic terrorists, guided by a ruthless handler, sweep the hotel seeking to exterminate the guests. As days pass,...
- 11/30/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
One Less God, an Australian psychological thriller inspired by the terrorist attacks in Mumbai in 2008, starts principal photography on Monday.
It.s the feature debut of writer-director Lliam Worthington, whose background is in music videos, corporate films and theatre.
Worthington says he will aim to recreate the kind of emotions and tension experienced by the people who were held hostage by members of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organisation for three days in two Mumbai hotels.
His film is set in an Indian hotel where a bunch of international tourists is trapped for 48 hours. .It.s real theatre-of-the-mind, not a survival story or an action thriller,. Worthington tells If.
He.s producing the self-financed film with Greg Buchanan, his partner in New Realms Films, as executive producer, in association with Unravel Media, a post and production company owned by Brad Allen. The Dop is Ashley Barron and Maren Smith is associate producer.
The...
It.s the feature debut of writer-director Lliam Worthington, whose background is in music videos, corporate films and theatre.
Worthington says he will aim to recreate the kind of emotions and tension experienced by the people who were held hostage by members of Lashkar-e-Taiba terrorist organisation for three days in two Mumbai hotels.
His film is set in an Indian hotel where a bunch of international tourists is trapped for 48 hours. .It.s real theatre-of-the-mind, not a survival story or an action thriller,. Worthington tells If.
He.s producing the self-financed film with Greg Buchanan, his partner in New Realms Films, as executive producer, in association with Unravel Media, a post and production company owned by Brad Allen. The Dop is Ashley Barron and Maren Smith is associate producer.
The...
- 1/8/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
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