Viki Acquires First Singapore Drama, Perfect Girl, for Global Distribution

Singapore, Singapore, February 24, 2016 (Newswire.com) - Singapore Production Company BananaMana Films Signs Viki to Distribute “Perfect Girl” Worldwide

Viki,  the global TV site powered by fans, with nearly 40 million viewers a month has acquired its first Singaporean produced drama from BananaMana Films, Perfect Girl, and has begun rolling it out to global audiences as part of its Valentine’s day offerings.

"We're really proud to have put Singapore on the map at all these festivals - it was a first for Singapore to be nominated and a first for the wins but we're blown away to be the first Singapore drama on Viki."

Jason Chan, Co-founder BananaMana Films

Perfect Girl, was initially created as a 10 episodic series but also runs as a short feature. The low budget series created for just USD $700 and filmed in Singapore, Perfect Girl, defied all odds when it went on to sweep 16 nominations worldwide and win 7 international awards including:

Awards:

Toronto Webfest 2015:

• Outstanding Drama Series

Atlanta Webfest 2014:

• Best International Series

LA Webfest 2015:

• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Writing
• Outstanding Directing
• Outstanding Editing
• Outstanding Lead Actress

Nominations:

Raindance Webfest 2015:

• Best Achievement in Production

Vancouver Webfest 2015:

• Outstanding Drama Series
• Outstanding Series
• Outstanding Lead Actor
• Outstanding Lead Actress

LA Webfest 2015:

• Outstanding Cinematography
• Outstanding Sound Design
• Outstanding Lead Actor

Toronto Webfest 2015:

• Triple Threat Auteur

“We’re really proud to have put Singapore on the map at all these festivals – it was a first for Singapore to be nominated and a first for the wins but we’re blown away to be the first Singapore drama on Viki. Viki is a platform that we had watched grow from its local beginnings to a huge global streaming service. That it had started by bringing Korean content to the world makes it special for us as we’ve been inspired by Korean film and TV. It’s no accident that their content travels, currently they make some of the best shows in the world. Having Perfect Girl amongst other global and Korean prime-time TV and films is a dream. Getting our show in front of millions worldwide and having it cross language barriers is also incredibly exciting. Here in Singapore we’re constantly being told that local content doesn’t travel but I think Perfect Girl proved that it CAN travel and make a mark not only on the festival circuit but on a global network too. We hope this will help pave the way for other locally made dramas to reach international audiences.”

Jason Chan (Co-Founder, BananaMana Films)

ABOUT PERFECT GIRL:

A coming of age romance for anyone who’s ever had a crush.

Since high school, Stan and Jenny have had crushes on each other. They wrote letters to one another over school holidays but in person, they barely spoke; sharing only the occasional lingering glance and smile. Over the years they fantasized about how perfect they would be as lovers. Now, 10 years later, they bump into each other and have the chance to make it a reality but it’s not that simple; self doubt, fear of rejection, of losing their fantasies will hold them back from what could be the perfect union.

ABOUT VIKI

Viki is a global TV site with TV shows, movies and other premium content, translated into more than 200 languages by a community of avid fans. With nearly 40 million viewers each month and over one billion words translated, Viki uniquely brings global prime-time entertainment to new audiences and unlocks new markets and revenue opportunities for content owners. Viki was named a World Economic Forum Technology Pioneer 2014 and is an independent subsidiary of Japanese Internet services company Rakuten. Viki has offices in San Francisco, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai and Tokyo.