KUALA LUMPUR, April 25 -- YouTube filmmaker Jared Lee's production company Grim Film has been acquired by PR agency SLPR worldwide.

This comes after Lee's animated short Horologist was selected for the 2023 Cannes Short Film corner and won the Best Animation award at the 2023 San Diego International Independent Film Festival.

SLPR will be also investing RM15 million in high-tech video production over the next five years to improve the quality of its content.

The acquisition was marked by a MoU signing ceremony involving Lee and SLPR Worldwide senior partner and group chief operating officer Leon Tang.

According to Tang, Grim Film's creative and engaging stories will be able to produce 'enriched narrative and visual content' to improve...