By Kerrine Goh
29 Aug 2008
In November 2000, the Cultural Center of the Philippines organized a four-day festival of new works by up-and-coming independent filmmakers. The centerpieces of the event were six works –Jonjon Red’s …
By Kerrine Goh
29 Aug 2008
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
29 Aug 2008
In Europe, June is the month of the dilemma’s for those trying to pick the best of children and school films programmes. The situation is not new; two festivals, one …
By Kerrine Goh
31 Jul 2008
“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
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
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 …
19 May 2008
The Hub City of Asian Culture Project, Gwangju has been put forward at the national level since 2004. Gwangju is an important city in Korea, known for its cultural heritage.
By Kerrine Goh
22 Apr 2008
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.
19 Apr 2008
IETM is a network committed to contemporary performing arts and to collaborating across national borders. It has 440 member-organisations from over 45 countries.
18 Apr 2008
No other country in Asia devotes as many resources to promoting its local film industry as Korea. In terms of film policy, it is actually much closer to European countries …
18 Apr 2008
Large conglomerates, have played a major role in the Korean film industry since the early 1990s. The initial groups of chaebol involved included well-known companies like Samsung and Hyundai.
18 Apr 2008
South Korea has played host to one of the most interesting film industries of the past ten years. While gradual change has been the norm, Korea's film sector has been …
15 Apr 2008
Alison Andrews, Performing Arts Officer in the Yorkshire region for the Arts Council England.
15 Apr 2008
Amna Kusumo and three cultural activists founded Kelola, a national non-profit organisation that promotes Indonesian arts, through learning, access to funding and information.
15 Apr 2008
Kentaro Matsui is a theatre critic and also Programme Director of the Tokyo based Setagaya Public Theatre, Japan.
