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


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 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 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

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

11 Nov 2011

French attraction: Interview with Yves Cresson of Bayoo Asia

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The number of Chinese projects filmed in France has multiplied in the recent years. What motivate Chinese crews to come and shoot in France? film.culture360.asef.org meets with Yves Cresson, the …

By Kerrine Goh

28 Feb 2011

Independant Documentary Film in China

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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 …

By Jerneja Rebernak

08 Sep 2010

New Delhi:contemporary Asian cinema at Netpac 2010

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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 Judith Staines

02 Nov 2009

China in Europe: europalia cultural festival

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Europalia, based in Belgium, is a major international arts festival held every two years to celebrate one invited country’s cultural heritage. This year China has been chosen.

By Kerrine Goh

31 Dec 2008

A Chinese Cinema From Within Europe?

The portrayal of China in film has long been a fascination in Europe. However, the traditional reliance on Euro-American filmmakers to reconstruct the image of China has, since a few …

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 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 Kerrine Goh

29 Dec 2006

A Greek Festival Gives Another View On Chinese Cinema

This month Sea-Images meets with Derek Elley, Senior Film Critic of Variety magazine and curator of an important programme of Chinese films recently programmed during the 47th edition of the …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Nov 2006

By Kerrine Goh

28 Oct 2006

Internationalisation Of Chinese Films?

In general, Chinese cinema has made itself known in Asia and Western Europe, and the diversity of its production deserves filmgoers' congratulations. Yet, after a closer look at it, one …

By Kerrine Goh

25 Nov 2005

Making An Epic Documentary By Accident?

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I met Wang Bing, the winner of “The Robert and Frances Flaherty Prize” (The Grand Prize) at Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival, while shooting a documentary there on Chinese documentarians. …

By Kerrine Goh

03 Apr 2005

Waiting For Wong Kar Wai

Report from Bangkok International Film Festival 2005 by Dave Chua

By Kerrine Goh

03 Apr 2005

A Revolutionary Opera And The Paradise

Dutch stories in Rotterdam and in Berlin by Gyora GAL GLUPCZYNSKI

By Kerrine Goh

30 Apr 2004

Li Zhen Hwa – Little Bit of Heart

Shannon Frady talks to Li Zhen Hwa, film producer and curator whose ideas reflect the changing landscape and the thoughts of the country’s people. He talks about the latest film …