HOOQ’s Indonesian film Marlina to screen at Cannes
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Rebecca Hawkes
| 22 May 2017

Indonesian film Marlina The Murderer in Four Parts, which was co-produced by Singapore-based video streaming service HOOQ, is set to screen during the Director’s Fortnight at Cannes.

The movie is directed by Mouly Surya, who made 2013’s What They Don’t Talk About When They Talk About Love. It will premiere on 24 May 2017 during the Director’s Fortnight, which runs alongside the Cannes Film Festival.

“It is a big honour to be included in the Directors’ Fortnight line-up, an event to seek the world’s famous auteurs with more edgy works. This is a good event for Marlina and I hope the film will get the opportunity for a wider distribution after this screening,” said Mouly Surya.

The film’s story concerns a widow on her journey to look for justice after a band of robbers assaults her. Marlina is written by Mouly Surya and Rama Adi is based on an idea by Garin Nugroho. Produced by Rama Adi and Fauzan Zidni, it stars Marsha Timothy, Dea Panendra, Yoga Pratama and Egi Fedly.

“HOOQ is very proud that Marlina will be screening at Cannes Directors’ Fortnight this year. We look forward to many more successful HOOQ original productions that will gain recognition in the international film industry, but more importantly will keep our customers HOOQ’d month after month!” said Peter Bithos, CEO, HOOQ.

“Our continued commitment to the Asian film industry will see us investing in more original productions with the goal to give new and established talents an avenue to tell their stories in multiple formats – be it a feature film or a ten-part series.”

Marlina is a co-production between Cinesurya, Kaninga Pictures (Indonesia), Sasha & Co Production (France), Astro Shaw (Malaysia), HOOQ Originals (Singapore) and Purin Pictures (Thailand).

In addition to Marlina The Murderer in Four Parts, HOOQ recently announced other original productions – Critical Eleven and Sweet 20 – which are set for a theatrical release in May and June 2017 respectively. Another, called On the Job, will debut in cinemas in August, followed by a five part series that will launch exclusive on HOOQ in September. Another, with the working title The T Party will hit the service later this year.

The Southeast Asian subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) service, backed by Sony Pictures, Warner Bros and Singtel has also recently unveiled a new initiative called the HOOQ Filmmakers Guild to search for Asian film talents to turn their ideas into reality.