Youku To Launch China’s Most Ambitious Web Serial
Youku, China's leading Internet television company, announced that it will launch an animated web serial, Miss Puff, this April. The new...
India, Spain may sign treaty to collaborate in filmmaking
The proposed Indo-Spanish film co-production treaty awaiting final approvals from India and Spain will provide the much-needed impetus to collaborative film...
China’s cinematic revolution
Ever since the 1920s, Chinese film history has been grouped into large, monolithic blocks, as imposing as the Great Wall. There's...
881 – The best of both worlds
As the Hokkien musical lyrics in getai-film 881 mused, "Each of us gets half, but our relationship will not halve." In...
FEARLESS: INDEPENDENT CHINESE DOCUMENTARIES: Lineup
The 21st-century marriage of the digital revolution with China's bid for First World status and the resulting collateral damage, has been...
Independent Filmmaking in China: The Age of Dissent
Evan Osnos's post today about the newly intensified suppression of dissent in China comes, sadly, as no surprise for viewers of...
Seichiro Ujiie Dies in Japan at 84
Seichiro Ujiie, the media heavyweight and anime producer, who was president of Nippon Television (NTV) when the broadcaster dominated in the...
Making films like Kurosawa
The local film industry is now witnessing a revival with new titles released almost every month. Nonetheless, some criticism have been...
Oscar Winner Sees Boom in Chinese Documentaries
China is seeing a boom in documentary making with the spread of digital cameras and the wealth of issues arising from...
Stefan Says So: Let the Bullets Fly
With the current election fever brewing in Singapore, one can't help but to view this through a tinted prism and taken...
Stefan Says So: SP: The Motion Picture
SP, or Security Police, refers to that branch within the Japanese police force that does executive protection, and is modelled to...
“˜Hi, Fidelity’ Director Stays Faithful to His Vision
"Hi, Fidelity" is about a trio of wealthy Hong Kong women of leisure ("tai-tai," in Cantonese vernacular) who take revenge for...