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By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Japanese theatre critic reflects

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Kentaro Matsui is a theatre critic and also Programme Director of the Tokyo based Setagaya Public Theatre, Japan.

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Japan: dance critic reflects

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[caption id="attachment_2811" align="alignright" width="170" caption="Daisuke Muto, Japan "][/caption] Contributed by Ive Stevenheydens 'We are interrelated through history' Daisuke Muto, Japan "I like to interpret the word 'contemporary' literally: a moment …

By Jeffrey Withaya Campbell

15 Apr 2008

Asia-EU: 4 performing arts operators reflect

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What is 'contemporary' in performing arts today? What at first seems to be a very simple question actually has no straight or univocal answer at all.

By Kerrine Goh

31 Mar 2008

New Focus On Belgian Films

A stronger presence, through a better exposure of the Belgian film industry abroad - this is the immediate result of a series of rewarding initiatives that have been initiated in …

By Kerrine Goh

31 Mar 2008

A cooperation mission to establish the Cambodian Film Commission

This month SEA-Images talks with Franck Priot, the Deputy Director of Film France, who just came back from Cambodia where he worked on a two-week cooperative mission to assist the …

By Jérémy Segay

22 Feb 2008

Unifrance: Promoting French Cinema Worldwide

This month, in conjunction with the 10th Rendezvous with French Cinema, SEA-Images meets with Yann Raymond, International Festivals Manager at Unifrance, the organisation whose aim is to promote French Cinema …

By Kerrine Goh

21 Feb 2008

VoD save the films

What future “Video on Demand” distribution?

By Jérémy Segay

29 Dec 2007

Cinemalaya: A Unique Combination Of A Production Workshop And A Film Festival

The third edition of Cinemalaya Festival took place in Manila from 20 to 29 July this year. Seen from the exterior, the event is a festival dedicated to independent Filipino …

By Kerrine Goh

29 Dec 2007

Asian Films in San Sebastian Film Festival

SEA-images is delighted to publish a call from Roberto Cueto – film critic and member of the Selection Committee of San Sebastian International Film Festival. As one of the most …

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 …