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By Kerrine Goh

31 Dec 2008

A Chinese Cinema From Within Europe?

The portrayal of China in film has long been a fascination in Europe. However, the traditional reliance on Euro-American filmmakers to reconstruct the image of China has, since a few …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Aug 2008

Jura Or Moravia, Where To Go For Children Films?

In Europe, June is the month of the dilemma’s for those trying to pick the best of children and school films programmes. The situation is not new; two festivals, one …

By Kerrine Goh

31 Jul 2008

Red Carpet For

“GONE WITH THE WIND”, the Victor Fleming title presented – Out OF COMPETITION – at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, announced the fate of the French film programme, at the …

By Kerrine Goh

21 Feb 2008

VoD save the films

What future “Video on Demand” distribution?

By Kerrine Goh

29 Nov 2007

Funding The Film Promotion – The Missing Ring

A couple of excellent East European films and films from the Balkan have made their Asian Premiere at the just completed Pusan International Film Festival – Korea (12 October 2007). …

By Kerrine Goh

08 Aug 2007

The Sound Of The Drummer

The primordial sound at the heart of a Euro Asian co-production

By Kerrine Goh

08 Jul 2007

The Future Of The Funding Of European Films

The Perspective of some changes in the EU Commission film funding policy recently raised concerns among the major European funding bodies. In an unprecedented joint declaration, these funding bodies are …

By Kerrine Goh

28 Oct 2006

Submiting Your Film With A Global On-Line Entry Form - A Cheap Solution

Among the festivals that have announced their immediate opening for submission, the Clermont Ferrant and the Tampere film festival are two - in an always increasing list of European Film …

By Jérémy Segay

25 Aug 2006

Sea-Images Meets With Effff At Pifan

This month, Sea-images meets with Romain Roll, the co-president of the European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation (EFFFF) and director of Cinénygma Luxembourg International Film Festival, and Magnus Paulsson, a producer …

By Kerrine Goh

28 May 2006

Animated Europe - Where?

For the film animation industry, the place to be in June is the French city of Annecy. The capital of the Haute-Savoie, which is situated at the southern edge of …

By Kerrine Goh

28 Mar 2006

Something Rotten in The Kingdom of Film Funding?

The “Copenhagen Think Tank” organized by the Danish Film Institute (21.06.06 - 24.06.06) will invite leaders of the European cinematography, filmmakers, festival directors, distributors, exhibitors, policy-makers and educators to examine …

By Kerrine Goh

05 Nov 2005

Scouting And Location

At the end of August, a call was forwarded to European production houses operating in Asia. The call was to provide a popular European TV channel with several film services …

By Kerrine Goh

05 Sep 2005

Film For Peace - Asem Film Intervention In Conflict Resolution

August headlines on the Israeli pullout from the Gaza strip have shown the capacity of the Middle East leaders to resume strategic agreement together for the benefit of both sides. …

By Kerrine Goh

05 Aug 2005

Silence!

Scriptwriting is in the focus this month with the soon coming deadline for those of you living in a Nisi Masa country and wanted to take part in the script …

By Kerrine Goh

03 Apr 2005

European Filmmakers Guides to Distribution

The last five years have seen Thailand changing into a major cinema player in the region and, its growing film industry is more present on the international scene too. From …

By Kerrine Goh

30 Jul 2004

2D Or Not 2D, That's The Question

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For many music lovers around the world, June the 21 st became synonymous of rich programmes, street band performances, jazz marthon and other events that celebrate The Music Day. Since …

By Kerrine Goh

30 Apr 2004

Digital Revolution As Seen By A Digital Film School

In Europe, the cost of the passage from analog to digital has not been evaluated yet. Studies have been made as from 1997, among others by Eurostat*. Some of these …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Mar 2004

Asian & European Independents want to strengthen cooperation

Article on the 2nd Asia-Europe Film Development Plan Meeting in Goteborg on 28-31 January 2004, by Henri Roanne-Rosenblatt