“˜The Assassin’ Heads APSA Nominations
Hou Hsiao-hsien's "The Assassin" heads the contenders for the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, after nominations were announced Thursday in Brisbane. The...
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Singapore International Film Festival to let audiences vote for favourites
Vote for your favourite film of the Singapore International Film Festival and get to watch it again on the closing day....
Indiewire: 8 Powerful Dramas About Coming Of Age in Captivity
When the coming-of-age story meets the captivity drama, the results are often powerful, complex and hard to shake. "Beasts of No...
Four love stories in one film
A $1-million anthology movie featuring four stories by four directors will centre on the theme of love Following the resounding success...
Call for entries: Singapore Lift-off Film Festival
Lift-Off Film Festival Global Network is a international network of independent cinema, which supports aspiring filmmakers to develop their professional career....
Rape film banned in India gets Meryl Streep’s backing for Oscar
NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A film banned by Indian authorities about the deadly rape of a young...
Trailer: Turtles Can Fly
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCWEEYxtCo[/embed] A band of orphans at the troubled Iraqi-Turkish border search for mines to sell, a risk-laden venture that mirrors the...
Trailer: Fragment (2015)
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpwnixTXitk[/embed] FRAGMENT is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage...
Thailand Bans “˜Arbat’ Movie on Religious Grounds
The Thai government has banned the release of "Arbat," a locally-made horror film that was set to have released later this...
Attention, Young Filmmakers: Here’s Your Chance to Go to Sundance
Five winners will attend the 2016 Sundance Film Festival through the newly minted Sundance Ignite program. The Sundance Institute has announced...
Busan: Making Asian Film Market Ready For the Next 20 Years
The Busan Film Festival was born of a burst of creative effervescence in 1996 when the Korean film industry was a...
Aesthetica Short Film Festival opening this November in York
[embed]https://vimeo.com/141523432[/embed] Hosted by the Aesthetica Magazine, a well recognised publication with 180,000 readers worldwide, Aesthetica Short Film Festival (ASFF) has been a platform...