Clover to heaven
Buying films for the Singapore and Malaysian theatrical markets is increasingly competitive as more independent distributors attempt to release titles and...
FILM
Filmart: A Market-by-Market Look at Asian Film
INDIA: Hollywood joins forces with Bollywood The courtship between Hollywood and Bollywood continues with Killing Fields director Roland Joffe's Singularity. Currently...
Everything You Need to Know to Survive Filmart
Now in its 15th year, Filmart is one of the founding events of the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo, whose scale and...
Digital China in the frame
The San Sebastian festival (16-24 Sept 2011) will this year dedicate a thematic retrospective to independent Chinese cinema. Titled Digital Shadows:...
Morgan Spurlock’s “Greatest Movie Ever Sold” Trailer
Morgan Spurlock has unveiled the trailer of his latest movie "Greatest Movie Ever Sold", which was awarded Rogue Award Winner for...
Film Council to set up nat’l film archive, art house cinemas this year
The Film Development Council of the Philippines, which is tasked to promote local movies, is expected to inaugurate the country's first...
Hollywood Bows Before Growing Chinese Box Office Might, Experts Say
Is Hollywood really that afraid of China? MGM, fearing financial retribution from the Chinese distribution market, has digitally altered the final...
Perfect timing
SHE shot to fame as TV character Phua Chu Kang's lovable wife Rosie, but for actress Irene Ang, it is new...
Good enough to eat?
Malaysian director James Lee (Histeria, Sini Ada Hantu) has hit a bump with one of his latest films, Claypot Curry Killers,...
Making the grade
WE HAVE barely made it past the third month of the year and already five local feature films have made their...
Former Enlight Pictures Head Zhang Zhao Joins LeTV
Beijing's subscriber fee-based Hulu clone LeTV has hired Zhang Zhao, formerly head of Enlight Pictures, to head up a new feature...
The Independent Spirit of Calf
The past decade has seen the rise of a new generation of independent animators in Japan. In opposition to the dominant...