Asian Side of the Doc 2013 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Asian Side of the Doc 2013 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Kuala Lumpur played host to the 4th edition of the Asian Side of the Doc (ASD), an international documentary co production market.

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In depth reports and analyses covering various topics and issues relevant to film today

The Restoration of an Indonesian classic, Lewat Djam Malam

The Restoration of an Indonesian classic, Lewat Djam Malam

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 [...]

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Creative Producing | The Midas Touch

Creative Producing | The Midas Touch

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 [...]

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

‘Is 3D going to be the future of Cinema?’

Asia, China, India
02/11/2012 | Comments (0)
The recent 3D buzz has got everybody asking, ‘Is 3D is going to be the future of Cinema?’

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Cinema Sans Frontières

Cinema Sans Frontières

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 [...]

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Chulayarnnon Siriphol,  Planking, 2012, 4 min video, color. Still image. Courtesy of the artist

Between Industry and Experimentation: Moving Images in Thailand

Asia, Thailand
04/10/2012 | Comments (0)
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 [...]

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

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

Europe, Korea
14/09/2012 | Comments (0)
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, [...]

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Cinema explores the life of Korean adoptees

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 [...]

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A New Hope

A New Hope

Asia, Pakistan
22/03/2012 | Comments (0)
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 [...]

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