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Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.


By Michael Neo

21 Nov 2023

Crossing Continents, Converging Culture: The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Review

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The beginning of November saw the close of the Asia-Europe Cultural Festival 2023 in Singapore, featuring artists from over seven different countries in Asia and Europe. Michael Neo shares their …

By Kerrine Goh

01 Nov 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival: 2023 | Highlights

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival, a celebration of the vibrant cultural tapestries of Asia and Europe, made its debut in Singapore from 22 October to 1 November 2023. Organised by the …

By Grey Yeoh

30 May 2023

Asia-Europe Cultural Festival Podcast Series: #3 Xavier de Lauzanne

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The Asia-Europe Cultural Festival is a public arts festival organised by ASEF since 2018 to celebrate the artistic diversity of Asia and Europe and to promote dialogue and exchange amongst …

ASEM Cultural Festival 2021 | Interview with H.E. Hab Touch, Ministry of Culture & Fine Arts of Cambodia

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Looking back at the first hybrid version of the ASEM Cultural Festival 2021, Preeti Gaonkar and Bridget Lee from the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF), interviewed His Excellency Hab Touch from Ministry of Culture and Fine …

By Tola SAY

18 May 2021

Making Arts Accessible in Rural Areas of Cambodia

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This article is the result of the research conducted by Tola SAY during the e-residency Virtual Crossovers, organised in April by ASEF and ENCACT, he European network for cultural management …

By Kathy Rowland

05 Mar 2021

Mapping Asian Arts Media: Key Findings in Cambodia, Malaysia and Singapore

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ASEF culture360 and ArtsEquator are pleased to present the key findings of the Arts Media Ecosystem Research, a mapping of the state of the arts media in Cambodia, Malaysia and …

By David Fernández

16 Jan 2017

By people / In cities: Phnom Penh city profile

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This month culture360 contributor David FERNANDEZ travels to Phnom Penh, the capital city of Cambodia. In this article he describes the local cultural fabric, focusing mainly on the emerging platforms …

By Magali An Berthon

09 Jul 2015

Sok Sabai | Good news from Cambodia

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In 2015, culture360 invites you to get an insight on issues that are highly discussed in the cultural sector across Asia and Europe. Through a number of in-depth articles and …

By Kerrine Goh

10 Mar 2015

Tropfest Southeast Asia 2015 | Interview with filmmaker Somchanrith Chap

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[caption id="attachment_49734" align="aligncenter" width="620"] Somchanrith with Tropfest winner of last year, Sothea Ines[/caption]   As part of the media partnership with Tropfest South East Asia, this month ASEF culture360 will …

By Valentina Riccardi

05 Feb 2015

Interview with Polen Ly | Winner Tropfest SEA short film competition

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As part of the media partnership with Tropfest South East Asia, this month ASEF culture360 will publish a series of interviews with some of the filmmakers who participated in the …

By Valentina Riccardi

30 Jun 2013

The importance of preserving, restoring and promoting film heritage

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Valentina Riccardi, our Project Co-ordinator, writes about the Memory! International Film Heritage festival co-supported by Asia-Europe Foundation through film.culture360.asef.org

By Valentina Riccardi

11 Jun 2013

The importance of preserving, restoring and promoting film heritage

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The Memory! International Film Heritage Festival that took place on 1-9 June in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, was the first festival in the region with a precise focus on film restoration.

By Sarah Richardot

13 Feb 2013

Cinema Reborn | A Profile of Cambodian Films

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Cambodian cinema is yet to come out of its historical crisis of the 70’s. Cinema in this tiny part of the world suffered systematic dismantling at the hand of Khmer …

By Kerrine Goh

31 Mar 2008

A cooperation mission to establish the Cambodian Film Commission

This month SEA-Images talks with Franck Priot, the Deputy Director of Film France, who just came back from Cambodia where he worked on a two-week cooperative mission to assist the …

By Jérémy Segay

07 Sep 2006

Refugee Film Festival, When Human Rights Meets Film Festival

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Discussion with Kirill Konin, the director of the Refugee Film Festival, who recently visited Paris.

By Jérémy Segay

03 Oct 2005

An Audiovisual Resource Centre to open in Cambodia

Thirty years after the Khmer Rouge genocide, remembering and reflecting is essential so that Cambodian society can envision the future with serenity.