Get in-depth perspectives through commissioned articles, interviews and reports on current topics for Asia-Europe cultural relations.
By Kerrine Goh
22 May 2023
#ASEFCulture
An interview with Nikhil Katara, Co-Director and Actor in 'Between You and Me', a short film surrounding climate change and a new world individuals are faced with living in.
14 Jan 2021
This article by Veerangana Solanki looks at various art funding models that emerged in three South Asian ASEM countries – Bangladesh, India, Pakistan – to support artists and art practices …
By Maria Sharon Mapa Arriola & Ritirong Jiwakanon
07 Dec 2018
#ASEFCulture
The Europe-Asia Roundtable Sessions (EARS) aims to provide a creative platform to support international collaboration and cross-cultural interaction between Europe and Asia.
By Parul Wadhwa
26 Mar 2015
With the establishment of Films Division, India became one of the first countries along with the United Kingdom and the USA, to establish a documentary tradition. This was conducive …
15 Sep 2014
The second edition of the DOK Leipzig Lake Festival of documentaries was held between April 17 to 21, 2014 at The Lake Resort, Naukuchiatal, Uttarakhand, India.
By Parul Wadhwa
23 Nov 2012
By the very nature of its diversity, the Asian member countries of the ASEM region are a terrain of new stories. The filmmaking is avant garde in its raw nature, …
02 Nov 2012
The recent 3D buzz has got everybody asking, 'Is 3D is going to be the future of Cinema?'
By Siddharth
30 Jul 2012
The ease with which Meenakshi Shedde connects with you, it almost feels like a good film gripping your attention from the first scene itself. A look around her house in …
By Kerrine Goh
06 Oct 2011
[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
29 Sep 2011
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 …
03 Dec 2010
Remote villages in the state of Maharashtra, in western India, remain one of the last stops of travelling cinemas in the world.
08 Sep 2010
The following article is a review of the conference organised by the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (Netpac), held in Delhi from the 18-22 August 2010. In addition …
By Kerrine Goh
25 Nov 2009
With a nation fiercely devoted to its own national cinemas, international film festivals are a crucial bridge between Bollywood, Indian cinema and world cinema.
By Siddharth
20 Nov 2009
Piracy in the Indian Media and Entertainment Industry. In Bangalore, the racks selling pirated copies of the latest Hollywood, Bollywood and Tamil films could almost go unnoticed.
28 Oct 2009
The tent cinema project portrays a different perspective on media entertainment in the rural provinces of Maharashtra, India, showing an alternative economy in action.
By Kerrine Goh
25 Jul 2009
As the lunar calendar heralds the full moon after the crop gathering season, pilgrims in remote hamlets in Maharashtra (western India) begin preparing to participate in the annual religious fairs …
