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By Kerrine Goh

30 Sep 2009

Asia-Europe Digital Film Workshop: A Critical Insight

Korean filmmaker Park Kiyong relates a story of having met key “Nouvelle Vague” figure Agnes Varda in Paris three years ago, shortly after she had shot the documentary The Gleaners …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Sep 2009

Interview With Aviva Silver: Insights Into 2008 And 2009 Media International Programme Submissions

The Preparatory Action MEDIA International is aimed at strengthening cooperation between the audiovisual industries of “third” countries and those of EU Member States. It also aims to encourage the two-way …

By Jérémy Segay

29 Jan 2009

On Film Festivals In South East Asia

The Cinemanila International Film Festival and the Jakarta International Film Festival has just turned 10 years old this year. It seems to be high time that we had a look …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Nov 2008

Asiexpo: From Festival To Books

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This month, SEA-Images meets with Jean-Pierre Gimenez, the director of Asiexpo Association which organises the Lyon Asian Cinema Festival, one of the oldest of its kind in France. How was …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Aug 2008

An Overview On Some Of Asia’s Most Important Film Festivals

Over a thousand film festivals take place each year in every corner of the globe. The majority of the world's film festivals are in Europe, still home to the most …

By Kerrine Goh

31 Jul 2008

Red Carpet For

“GONE WITH THE WIND”, the Victor Fleming title presented – Out OF COMPETITION – at the 1968 Cannes Film Festival, announced the fate of the French film programme, at the …

By Kerrine Goh

31 Jul 2008

Publications on the Asian Film and Audiovisual Markets – Now Available

At the moment where Paris Cinema 2008 closed its programme – with the largest ever showcase of Philippines recent film productions –, the French capital welcomed the first film-symposium of …

By Kerrine Goh

30 May 2008

Spain and Asia – a step backwards, a step forward

It is difficult to establish the connecting parameter between Spain and Asia in cinematography matter. In fact, Asia has long been a great unknown territory to our country, a precious …

By Kerrine Goh

22 Apr 2008

Asian And Bulgarian Cinema – So Far, So Close

In the socialist past (1944 – 1989), Asian films were not quite popular among the audience in Bulgaria and probably the single exception was the works of Akira Kurosawa.

By Mary Ann DeVlieg

19 Apr 2008

IETM and contemporary performing arts in Asia

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IETM is a network committed to contemporary performing arts and to collaborating across national borders. It has 440 member-organisations from over 45 countries.

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

24 Feb 2007

Films and Business Strategies

At the beginning of the year around the same period, the main European film agencies are analysing the results of the cinema attendances in their own country and abroad.

By Kerrine Goh

29 Jan 2007

The New Spanish Cinephilia goes to Asia

Asian cinema has become an important reference for Spanish cinephiles during the last years. It is a curious phenomenon considering that Spanish distributors and exhibitors haven’t paid too much attention …

By Kerrine Goh

28 Oct 2006

Submiting Your Film With A Global On-Line Entry Form - A Cheap Solution

Among the festivals that have announced their immediate opening for submission, the Clermont Ferrant and the Tampere film festival are two - in an always increasing list of European Film …