NEWS: Asian Film Archive’s A Fear of Monsters Is Back With 27 Seminal Films
From the multilingual Pontianak and the mammoth Godzilla to the genre defining Orang Minyak (oily man) who seeped his way across...
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NEWS: Vietnamese Director Defends Award-Winning Film ‘The Third Wife’ After Controversy Over Intimate Scenes
Ash Mayfair's ‘The Third Wife’ has faced criticism for scenes involving then 13-year-old Nguyen Phuong Tra My and her much older...
NEWS: SGIFF Makes Waves In Southeast Asia Ahead Of Its 30th Edition
Singapore, 3 June 2019 - The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) is making waves by bringing noteworthy films with distinct voices closer to...
NEWS: Taiwan and South Korea Ink Agreement on Cinematic Cooperation
TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan Film Institute (TFI) has inked an agreement on film preservation and cinematic exchanges with the...
NEWS: Groundbreaking ‘700-Day Itch’ Film Kickstarts AIA Malaysia Recruitment Campaign
AIA Malaysia has launched its latest agent recruitment campaign for the AIA Elite Academy. Created in collaboration with Leo Burnett Malaysia...
NEWS: Huayi Tencent Invests in First Korean Space Sci-Fi ‘The Victory’
[caption id="attachment_41867" align="alignnone" width="1000"] Huayi Tencent Entertainment has invested a total of $4.2 million in “The Victory,” South Korea’s first space sci fi...
NEWS: China and Malaysia’s New Joint Venture to Boost SE Asia Film Industry
Chinese entertainment tech firm VSOCloud has set up a joint venture company in Malaysia, with Prodigital Lab, part of leading local production and services...
NEWS: Recruitment of Young Filmmakers in ASEAN and Korea Opens for ASEAN-ROK FLY2019
This year's ASEAN-ROK Film Leaders Incubator: FLY2019 is taking place in Brunei from 13 - 26 November. It is a filmmaking...
NEWS: Screening Tour of Documentary Series ‘Time Firsts: Women Who Are Changing the World’ in Taipei
A screening tour for a documentary on groundbreaking women is set to kick off May 30 in Taipei City as part...
NEWS: Cannes Winner ‘Parasite’ Poised to Head Korean Box Office
[caption id="attachment_41758" align="alignnone" width="1000"] South Korean film director Bong Joon-ho touched down to a hero’s welcome at Seoul’s Incheon Airport on Monday afternoon,...
NEWS: ‘Goodbye My Love North Korea’ Documentary Features North Korean Filmmakers Living in Exile
As the Korean war raged in the 1950s, eight students – all members of the North’s new elite, destined for a...
NEWS: British Documentary ‘On The President’s Orders’ Shows Police Perspective on Philippine Drug War
MANILA - "Are the police your friends or enemies? Who are your friends?" asked Col. Jemar Modequillo, the former Caloocan chief...