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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

29 Nov 2007

Chinese cinema looks for tts next generation

Film festivals are affected by fashion as much as any cultural industry. And fashions are not always in tune with what is creatively exciting in any particular year or even …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Oct 2007

Bulgarian Cinema on its way to the International Dialogue

Bulgarian cinema by its nature is a native cinema that considers local problems. Most of the Bulgarian films (especially in the past) could hardly be accepted by foreign audiences. But …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Oct 2007

Love and Death on the Rapid KL

Brief Encounters with New Malaysian Cinema

By Kerrine Goh

29 Sep 2007

French Varan goes in mobile bush cinema

A quarter of century of film training celebrated

By Jérémy Segay

29 Sep 2007

Hong Kong Filmart And Hong Kong International Film Festival Join Force In A Competitive Context For Film Events In Asia.

After years of hesitation and a cautious tentative in 2005, Hong Kong Filmart –the Film Market of the former British Colony - took place this year for four days in …

By Kerrine Goh

08 Aug 2007

The Sound Of The Drummer

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

By Jérémy Segay

08 Aug 2007

Cinemanila Ready To Gear Up

In conjunction of the 40th anniversary of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN), several special programs and events will be held.

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

08 Jul 2007

Lucas Rosant Talks About Paris Project

This month, we meet with Lucas Rosant, the director of Paris Projects, the professional platform of Paris Cinema Festival

By Kerrine Goh

25 Jun 2007

The Fever of Repression

Amir Muhammad writes about an interesting Malaysian film that (gasp!) has never screened in a festival.

By Kerrine Goh

25 Jun 2007

The “Little Decree - Generation” Of Filmmakers

“It is Cannable, isn’t?” Among the new words that are enriching the vocabulary of the Cannes International Film Festival every year, a “Cannable movie” is a recent term for a …

By Jérémy Segay

25 May 2007

Discussion With James Lee On The Dv Film Making In Malaysia

This month SEA-Images meets with James Lee, one of the leading figures of the filmmaking scene in Malaysia, and discusses the development of the independent filmmaking in the country over …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Apr 2007

A Slovenian Music Film Festival By The Adriatic Sea

If you are looking to run a film event, you may use a couple of good resources from the internet. The European Coordination of Film Festivals website is one of …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Apr 2007

East Toonia

March 22nd 2007 will remain as an important day for the Estonian animation film industry. It was marked with a sad news; the pass-away of Elbert Tuganov, the father of …