Vicki Zhao wins Best Actress
Chinese actress Vicki Zhao was crowned Best Actress but it was an appearance by Chinese star Zhang Ziyi that titillated the...
Funnyman gets serious
70-year- old actor Richard Ng can be seen in his fourth Singapore Channel 5 series, Silver Lining, every Tuesday at 8.30pm....
“Samson and Delilah” Director Warwick Thornton: “A Camera is a Weapon”
Cannes Camera D'Or 2009 winner Warwick Thornton's "Samson and Delilah" starts screening in New York City today. The film went on...
Boot-y call
There's more to Indian cinema than Bollywood kitsch. Examples are to be found in the South Asian International Film Festival, running...
Is it the End of the Reel for the Jakarta International Film Festival?
When JiFFest debuted in Jakarta, Asian countries such as Singapore and South Korea already had international-scale film festivals. Unlike music and...
Unrequited love, dirty linen and the monsoons
Kiran Rao is far from classic Bollywood; she is new Mumbai. She didn't grow up seeing Bollywood films. Her cinematic influences...
Singapore Film Commission 35mm Fulfilment Fund
This fund will help Singaporean filmmakers defray the costs of striking a 35mm print master from a digital finished version of...
Journo on the move
For investigative journalist Patricia Elliott, travel is hardly ever an excuse to relax. Elliott first came to Thailand in 1989 after...
China’s new film royalty rule stirs debate
China's new regulation to charge copyright fees from Internet cafes and long-distance buses for playing movies stirred debate among the Chinese...
Hong Kong film at Oranges shows struggle between opposites
The newly finished 47th Golden Orange Film Festival was marked by a number of films carrying socio-political messages, especially "Echoes of...
Depict!: Can you do it in 90 seconds?
DepicT! is Watershed's international short film competition as part of Encounters International Film Festival that challenges filmmakers to create super-shorts of...
Film fest to bring international buyers to India
Independent Indian film-makers will now get a chance to showcase and sell their films to international buyers right here in India....