Asian quartet pitch up at CineMart
CineMart, the International Film Festival Rotterdam's co-production market, has included four Asia-Pacific film projects among the 33 presented to financiers, distributors...
Iranian Director Banned From Making Films
Iranian director Jafar Panahi has been sentenced to six years in prison and banned from making films for the next 20...
Documentary on Huangpu Military Academy
Shooting has started on a 12-episode documentary on the Huangpu Military Academy, the pre-eminent army institution that has turned out outstanding...
Looking East for inspiration
Venice Film Festival director Marco Müller has been writing articles on Chinese films and introducing them to the West since the...
Malay actor to make Bollywood debut
Ady Putra, a Singapore-born Malaysia-based actor will make his Bollywood debut playing superstar Shah Rukh Khan''s lawyer in the much awaited...
Camera captures fatal shooting on Philippines film set
REAL-LIFE horrors have been the inspiration for many a successful film or play with authenticity supplied by make-up artists and special...
Writings on “˜Purahanda Kaluwara’
Writings on one of the much talked about films in the Sri Lankan cinema history, Prasanna Vithanage's "˜Purahanda Kaluwara' (Death on...
The Revolution Is Being Shot on Digital Video
IN the closing credits for his independent confection "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench," the young director Damien Chazelle doesn't...
Call for technologies to curb video piracy
If there is something that the film industry has been fighting for years and yet remains unsuccessful, it is the issue...
Children’s TV Gets Smart in Indonesia
A group of 60 Indonesian children, aged 10 and 11, were surveyed about their favorite television shows. Their top four answers...
First stills from “The Lady”
The Guardian publishes the first stills from a Luc Besson-directed movie which will be called The Lady. It is the name...
Nandan frowns on gay love story
No homosexuality please, this is Nandan. Nilanjan Chatterjee, Nandan's CEO and director, has taken it upon himself to scan the "aesthetic"...