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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
06 Oct 2011
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
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 …
By Kerrine Goh
13 Aug 2011
The decline of cinema-houses, wherever it happens, is generally associated to the changes in social attitudes. These include the uses of new audiovisual tools, which allow interacting, transforming, and sharing …
25 Jul 2011
Why theater at one of the biggest film festivals in Eastern Europe? What does it bring to the audience in addition to the movie projections?
By Kerrine Goh
09 May 2011
The last decade witnessed an impressive proliferation of human rights film festivals all over the world. The formula of such a festival appeared attractive, both to the audiences and to …
By Kerrine Goh
08 Apr 2011
Since 2007, when webdocumentary started to be recognized as a format on its own, it has been often associated to a new form of journalism. As a matter of fact, …
By Jérémy Segay
31 Mar 2011
What is the Cannes Film Festival anyway? What should I do if I want to attend the Cannes Film Festival? Here you will find essential informations about what is known …
By Kerrine Goh
30 Mar 2011
The Asia-Europe Foundation met up with one of its alumni, Singapore-based film maker Tania Sng, to learn about her latest projects and what her plans are for the future.
By Kerrine Goh
26 Mar 2011
It would not be too much of an exaggeration to say that Chavdar ‘Chavo’ Tolomanov, a character in the novel, play and film Mission London, is representative for Bulgarian cinema …
By Kerrine Goh
20 Mar 2011
There are lots of reasons for writing on Jogjakarta and its film culture: in Indonesian cinema history, Jogjakarta was listed as the second set-locations after Jakarta.
12 Mar 2011
Last year, mainstream producers in the Philippines made only 28 films. Not only does this indicate a steep decline in the film output of mainstream cinema, this also gives a …
09 Mar 2011
This is an interview with aclaimed Thai filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul. He directed Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall Past Lives, which won the Palme d’or at Cannes, Europe's top film award.
By Kerrine Goh
01 Mar 2011
The connection between films and arts form an important cultural link that is often interchangeable and essential to the growth of the arts scene, yet this connection is constantly overlooked …
By Kerrine Goh
28 Feb 2011
The independent documentaries began to exhibit in China around year 2000. From the beginning it was revealed as an interesting media capable to bring to the Chinese audience both domestic …
