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At its Wuhan Creative Conference, China Literature (Yuewen) announced a large-scale move into AI-assisted motion comics, claiming access to 100,000 IPs, a ¥100 million fund, and new AIGC tools to accelerate production. The initiative aims to adapt Yuewen’s vast library of web novels into short, phone-native animations — 1–3-minute “motion comics” with sound and voice. With several test projects already surpassing 100 million views, Yuewen’s expansion signals both innovation and disruption, potentially reshaping China’s short-form content market and intensifying competition between comic and live-action micro-drama creators.

Source: Short Drama Observation

The harmful custom -in this case, female genital mutilation- must be challenged by the concerned people themselves, and not under moralizing foreign influence.

Ousmane Sembène, defender of sovereignties and independences : "We must change our behaviour, but we must decide for ourselves et by ourselves." 

"A whole people dwells within me and I must bear witness to my time."

Thanks to Blessing Azugama, who enriched my ideas with her remarks on the possibility that the best duanjus carry a part of traditions !

"Yeelen" : man's initiatory quest, with and against his father, in a luminous sacrifice, while the woman transmits life and blood. Africa as spirit !

It's a little masterpiece of identity affirmation : if possible, watch it in the Malian version with subtitles ! We almost forget that the globalist cultural steamroller still exists...Beautiful sentence from one of the characters : "This source springs from a bottomless, inexhaustible well..."It's probably the bottomless well of traditional cultures that still has some nice surprises in store for us !

Turkish distributor Inter Medya has officially entered the vertical drama space, kicking off production on its first original 9:16 series. The company plans to grow a global catalogue by collaborating with third-party producers, combining Turkish storytelling with mobile, first pacing, tighter beats, and expressive music cues.

Inter Medya President Hasret Özcan will spotlight the move at MIPCOM 2025 during the “Vertical Drama: The Future of Mobile Storytelling” panel, reflecting Turkey’s growing role in the global short-form wave.

Source: World Screen