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


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

03 Jan 2013

The Restoration of an Indonesian classic, Lewat Djam Malam

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About Lewat Djam Malam Usmar Ismail's Lewat Djam Malam (After the Curfew) is a classic 1954 Indonesian film set in the aftermath of the revolution that brought an end to …

By Parul Wadhwa

23 Nov 2012

Creative Producing | The Midas Touch

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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, …

By Siddharth

08 Nov 2012

ASEF alumni collaborates on crowd-sourced project

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Matrimania the film is a thrilling journey of two European filmmakers - Vincent Bitaud and Maximillen Van Aertryck filming through the great Indian wedding season. Their guide is Mahesh Shantaram, …

By Mayur Bandyopadhyay

02 Nov 2012

'Is 3D going to be the future of Cinema?'

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The recent 3D buzz has got everybody asking, 'Is 3D is going to be the future of Cinema?'

By Kerrine Goh

29 Oct 2012

Cinema Sans Frontières

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In Cinema Sans Frontiers, Professor Herman van Eyken and Dr Margaret McVeigh discuss a case study - 33 Postcards (2011) an Australia/China co-production - and outline Griffith Film School’s work …

By Valentina Riccardi

11 Oct 2012

"10 Lessons in Film" | discussing the importance of Asia-Europe exchanges in Film

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On September 28-29 2012, The Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) organised at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore, the launch of the project “10 Lessons in Film”.

By loredana Paracciani

04 Oct 2012

Between Industry and Experimentation: Moving Images in Thailand

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The relation between the film as end product and the audience changes greatly, as the distinction between film industry and experimentation widens proportionally. No greater distinction can be noticed anywhere …

By Kerrine Goh

14 Sep 2012

Loneliness from West to East | 'Han', the Korean loneliness emotion and its meaning for the European audiences

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Even with the gloomy, sad, depressing, painful, or distressing atmosphere and the main characters that are almost constantly disappearing or dying, the Western spectator is thankful for Korean movies, in …

By Kerrine Goh

04 Sep 2012

Cinema explores the life of Korean adoptees

Jung strolled lonely through the streets of Seoul. He was five, hungry and lost, as many other kids in the immediate afterword of the Korean War. A police agent found …

By Siddharth

30 Jul 2012

Interview with Meenakshi Shedde - Behind the Film Festival

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 Siddharth

20 Jun 2012

'Tango With Me' to be released in UK

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In what will be one of the biggest releases for a black independent film, Tango With Me will open in major cinemas across the United Kingdom and Ireland this August. …

By Kerrine Goh

22 Mar 2012

A New Hope

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A country that is having to make important decisions on how to fight the terrorist threat, relations with its neighbour, its healthcare system, even its Cricket affairs, Pakistan is at …

By Kerrine Goh

15 Mar 2012

Cracking the China Film Market

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Landmark agreement seeks to increase the quota for American film industry production on Chinese screens.

By Kerrine Goh

15 Feb 2012

Berlinale 2012 Diary: FilmFestival Cottbus awards 3 East European films

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By way of awarding a total of three prizes, the FilmFestival Cottbus, together with the East-West cooperation market connecting cottbus (coco), launches itself into the new festival season. During the …