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By Kerrine Goh

11 Feb 2012

Berlinale 2012 Diary: EFM Industry Debates streamed online

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In their sixth year, the EFM Industry Debates provide again a unique opportunity during the European Film Market for producers, buyers and film financiers to discuss current trends and issues …

By Kerrine Goh

24 Jan 2012

From Rice to Cultural History, via José Nepomuceno

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This is a story on how to write and recreate history by using archival research; in re-creating a past, when the past seems to be gone.

By Kerrine Goh

19 Jan 2012

6th Asian Film Awards nominees bared

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Tsui Hark's Flying Swords of Dragon Gate and Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War lead the nominations at the 6th Asian Film Awards. Three blockbusters from China, Taiwan and Hong …

By Kerrine Goh

16 Jan 2012

Observations on Japanese Cinema after 3/11

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A brief look at the state of Japanese film in the wake of 3/11. How has the disaster affected the industry, independent, and documentary film production? What role can cinema …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

Thailand's 1st Hua Hin International Filmfest in January 2012

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Running parallel to the screenings is a program of film industry seminars focusing on inter-ASEAN cooperation and an exhibition honoring the photographic talents of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

British Director leads Berlinale 2012 International Jury

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British film director Mike Leigh heads the International Jury of 62nd Berlin International Film Festival main awards -the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears.

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

Berlinale 2012 Forum Expanded programme bared

The programme explores the extent to which the radical and avant-garde ideas of the past are still relevant today and seeks to redefine the role of contemporary cinema.

By Kerrine Goh

06 Dec 2011

Lessons in Film DVD | Official launch in Prague

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The Lessons In Film project, a multilingual DVD pilot project and research based pilot program, has been officially launched within the CILECT Conference 2011.

By Kerrine Goh

30 Nov 2011

An Interview with Brillante Mendoza, Part 1

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Here's Part One of an incisive interview by film scholar Elvin Amerigo Valerio on the much-awarded Pinoy indie film director Brillante Mendoza.

By Kerrine Goh

11 Nov 2011

French attraction: Interview with Yves Cresson of Bayoo Asia

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The number of Chinese projects filmed in France has multiplied in the recent years. What motivate Chinese crews to come and shoot in France? film.culture360.asef.org meets with Yves Cresson, the …

By Kerrine Goh

18 Oct 2011

16th BIFF Reportage, Part I: The Numbers Game

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Part One of an in-depth look at the 16th BIFF (Busan International Film Festival).

By Kerrine Goh

10 Oct 2011

The Missing Voice of Southeast Asia – Documentary Film in Southeast Asia | Part II

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Part Two of Katrin Sohns and Leyla Hoppe's survey on the state of contemporary documentary filmmaking in Southeast Asia.

By Kerrine Goh

06 Oct 2011

Indian Film: Standing Before New Trend and Trade Turning Point

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[caption id="attachment_5823" align="alignleft" width="290" caption="A scene from “Guzaarish” (Request) by Sanjay Leela Banshali."][/caption] Presently, the Indian Film Industry occupies a position where a new gateway or dimension has opened. The …

By Kerrine Goh

06 Oct 2011

Film success in small countries – from Scotland to Singapore

What counts as a ‘successful’ film (industry) inevitably means different things to different people.  Nonetheless, when it comes to building a sustainable domestic film sector for cultural or economic reasons …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Sep 2011

The Changing Role of Film Societies in Bangalore

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I have spent many hours visiting hole-in-the-wall vendors of pirated DVDs at Bangalore’s National Market. The collections are vast, the prices are low, and the salesmen, in their pithy analysis …