When will S’pore film see first international hit?
IN ORDER for Singapore's budding film industry to gain attention in the global market, film-makers here need to make movies that...
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Korea Animation with Heart: ‘Green Days’ Film in Theaters
In each of our youths, there is a distinct time or moment of perilous anxiety; a moment when, as children, our...
Watch Korean retro gangster films online
The Korean Film Archive is showing nine Korean gangster movies for free online (www.kmdb.or.kr/vod) until the end of June. The video-on-demand...
How can something so brilliant also be so fun?
Pixar brought the animated feature to new amazing levels. It trumped Disney, which for many years set the standards by which...
Q+ seeks to cement Tencent position
TENCENT, China's largest Internet company, is adding an array of enhanced services to its core QQ instant messaging site after data...
How the internet is galvanising support for social justice documentaries
Documentaries that have a campaign at their core have traditionally had strong points of view, but in the past few years...
Night of stars at launch of film convention
CHINESE actress Zhang Ziyi and the new arts minister were among the guests to grace the launch of inaugural film business...
X-Men, First Class is not quite first-class
Just when you thought it was the end to the X-men series, another one comes along. Unfortunately, too much of a good...
Thai film round-up
At last month's Cannes Film Market, Thai studios unveiled their new output ready for local release later in the year (hopefully)....
Film trailer: new ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ starring James Franco
The second trailer for the sci-fi action-adventure, Rise of the Planet of the Apes, was released June 2, depicting the story...
Singapore steps out
The international ambitions of ScreenSingapore are apparent in its choice of films, guests and the key players behind the island-state's first...
Short Film Makes a Big Splash
Indonesian cinema just made a big impression on the international stage. At the Asian Short Film Awards on Sunday's opening night...