{"id":160542,"date":"2025-11-30T10:48:04","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:48:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/160542\/"},"modified":"2025-11-30T10:48:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T10:48:04","slug":"mandela-pictures-desert-bloom-form-four-film-partnership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/160542\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandela Pictures, Desert Bloom Form Four-Film Partnership"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIndonesia\u2019s Mandela Pictures<\/a> and Korea-L.A.-based Desert Bloom Pictures<\/a> have forged a four-film development slate, with the pact unveiled at the JAFF Market<\/a> in Yogyakarta.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe partnership establishes a pipeline of projects designed to bridge Indonesia, Korea and Hollywood markets, combining Desert Bloom\u2019s track record in Korean blockbusters with Mandela\u2019s intellectual property and positioning in Southeast Asia\u2019s largest theatrical market.<\/p>\n

\n\tDesert Bloom is headed by executives Jennice Lee, Hugh Cha and Park Hyoungjin, whose combined credits include Korean box office hits \u201cExhuma\u201d and \u201cAlong With the Gods,\u201d along with experience at Studio Dragon, Dexter Studios and Lotte Cultureworks. The Seoul-L.A. operation develops cross-cultural content targeting Asian and American audiences.<\/p>\n

\n\tMandela Pictures, run by the Samtani brothers \u2014 Manoj, Deepak and Lavesh \u2014 operates from Jakarta and is expanding its slate of genre and commercial titles, building on its film library and theatrical and streaming presence in Indonesia.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe initial slate comprises four projects. \u201cUgly Duckling\u201d (working title) is being developed as an Indonesia-Korea co-production, described as a dramedy examining themes of image, identity and reinvention in the social media age, aimed at Indonesian audiences. Two additional Indonesia-set features will adapt U.S. or Korean IP for local viewers, reimagining existing properties with Indonesian settings and cultural elements. An untitled Korean horror feature, based on a title from Mandela\u2019s newly launched genre label BN13<\/a>, is being developed primarily for Korean theatrical release and international genre buyers.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe didn\u2019t want a one-off co-production \u2014 we wanted a real slate,\u201d said Mandela Pictures COO Lavesh Samtani. \u201cStarting with \u2018Ugly Duckling\u2019 and a key horror title from our genre label, the goal is to grow Indonesian-rooted stories that feel at home in Jakarta, Seoul, and Los Angeles.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cIndonesia is one of the most exciting growth markets in the region,\u201d added Desert Bloom Pictures CEO Jennice Lee. \u201cBy pairing Mandela\u2019s IP and local insight with our Korean and Hollywood IPs and networks, we see the opportunity to build a long-term, cross-border studio ecosystem together.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe partnership includes a talent exchange component, with plans to bring Korean writers, directors and creative executives to collaborate with Indonesian teams in writers\u2019 rooms and on set, while creating opportunities for Indonesian talent to work on Korean and hybrid productions.<\/p>\n

\n\tCreative attachments, casting and production timelines for the projects will be revealed as they advance through development.\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b\u200b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indonesia\u2019s Mandela Pictures and Korea-L.A.-based Desert Bloom Pictures have forged a four-film development slate, with the pact unveiled…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160543,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[96655,146,85,46,95688,96656],"class_list":["post-160542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-desert-bloom-pictures","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-jaff-market","tag-mandela-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160542","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160542"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160542\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160543"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160542"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160542"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160542"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}