KiddiCine: A ‘film festival’ for children
Five children were given the opportunity to have their stories come alive on the big screen in a film festival held...
Joanne Peh hopes to branch out
Joanne Peh will be appearing in It's a Great Great World, a Lunar New Year movie by Raintree Pictures and Boku...
Takahashi: My protagonist is always an outlaw.
Since beginning his filmmaking career at Toei, Gen Takahashi has rigorously defined himself as a true independent spirit. He has maintained...
Yoshida: I did not like postwar French cinema
Of the major filmmakers of the Japanese New Wave, Yoshishige Yoshida remains arguably the least well known in the West, despite...
Dukot is main winner at FAMAS Awards
Joel Lamangan's political thriller Dukot was the major winner at last night's FAMAS Awards in Manila winning six prizes including best...
Equipment firms foresee Asian bonanza
Giant screen company IMAX says it can see 12-fold growth in China alone as screen numbers rise from the 24 that...
Seediq Bale sets Sep 2011 campaign
Wei Te-sheng's aborigine epic Seediq Bale will open in Taiwan next September in two parts. The first, subtitled "Flags of the...
Pioneers emerge in honoring film rights on Web
When a new movie reaches cinemas, audiences in China have two choices - they can see it there or wait for...
Malay Studio Closes European, Asian Deals
Animasia Studio, a MSC Malaysia company, clinched a European distribution deal for its series ABC Monsters at the Asia TV Forum...
The world comes to Chennai!
Dominated by mainstream taste in Indian cinema and Hollywood fare, Chennai is not known to be enthusiastic about alternative films. For...
Tokyo Says “Sayonara” To Freedom Of Speech?
Legislation was voted on today in Tokyo that some contend not only robs creators of their freedom of speech, but is...
Yamada revisits Ozu’s Tokyo Story
Shochiku announced the next film by Yamada Yoji, "Tokyo Kazoku", a contemporary homage to Ozu Yasujiro's 1953 classic Tokyo Story. Shooting...