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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 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 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

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 …

By Kerrine Goh

12 Feb 2012

An Interview with Brillante Mendoza, Part 2

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The second-part of an exclusive interview of the much-touted enfant terrible of Pinoy indies, Brillanter Mendoza.

By Kerrine Goh

11 Feb 2012

Berlinale 2012 Diary: EFM Industry Debates streamed online

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In their sixth year, the EFM Industry Debates provide again a unique opportunity during the European Film Market for producers, buyers and film financiers to discuss current trends and issues …

By Kerrine Goh

24 Jan 2012

From Rice to Cultural History, via José Nepomuceno

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This is a story on how to write and recreate history by using archival research; in re-creating a past, when the past seems to be gone.

By Kerrine Goh

19 Jan 2012

6th Asian Film Awards nominees bared

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Tsui Hark's Flying Swords of Dragon Gate and Zhang Yimou's The Flowers of War lead the nominations at the 6th Asian Film Awards. Three blockbusters from China, Taiwan and Hong …

By Kerrine Goh

16 Jan 2012

Observations on Japanese Cinema after 3/11

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A brief look at the state of Japanese film in the wake of 3/11. How has the disaster affected the industry, independent, and documentary film production? What role can cinema …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

Thailand's 1st Hua Hin International Filmfest in January 2012

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Running parallel to the screenings is a program of film industry seminars focusing on inter-ASEAN cooperation and an exhibition honoring the photographic talents of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

British Director leads Berlinale 2012 International Jury

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British film director Mike Leigh heads the International Jury of 62nd Berlin International Film Festival main awards -the Golden Bear and the Silver Bears.

By Kerrine Goh

25 Dec 2011

Berlinale 2012 Forum Expanded programme bared

The programme explores the extent to which the radical and avant-garde ideas of the past are still relevant today and seeks to redefine the role of contemporary cinema.

By Kerrine Goh

06 Dec 2011

Lessons in Film DVD | Official launch in Prague

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The Lessons In Film project, a multilingual DVD pilot project and research based pilot program, has been officially launched within the CILECT Conference 2011.

By Kerrine Goh

30 Nov 2011

An Interview with Brillante Mendoza, Part 1

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Here's Part One of an incisive interview by film scholar Elvin Amerigo Valerio on the much-awarded Pinoy indie film director Brillante Mendoza.