What You Need to Know About Becoming a Film Major
Film, video and photographic arts majors immerse themselves in the process of filmmaking. They learn preproduction skills such as creating a storyboard...
NEWS & RESOURCES
Shanghai International Film Festival to Run in Late July
The Shanghai International Film Festival is planning to take place in-person later this month, likely from July 18-27, according to Chinese and Iranian...
Characters in Asian Pop Culture That Are Doing LGBTQ Representation Right
While Hollywood has been making steady improvements in gender inclusivity, Asian pop culture is markedly slower in recognising the importance of LGBTQ representation. Apart from...
The End of #Oscarssowhite? Us Film Academy Adds 800 New Members: Half Are Women, a Third Are People of Colour
The US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the body responsible for the Oscars awards ceremony, announced over 800 new...
A-List Actors Lament Lack Of Diversity Across Film And TV Industry
A number of actors have shared their stories and experiences of notable gaps in diversity across numerous productions in the film...
Malaysia’s MIFFest Planning Smaller Real-World Edition
The fourth edition of the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) is set to take place as a real-world event at the end of 2020. But...
Excavating Chinese History, One Harrowing Film at a Time
For more than 20 years, the filmmaker Hu Jie has been trawling the deep waters of Chinese history to create a...
London’s Queer East Film Festival Goes Global With Four Free Documentaries
London’s Queer East Film Festival will run a virtual program of four free-to-stream Asian documentaries from July 3-31, as cinema closures due to coronavirus force...
New Talent Film Competition Begins at Taipei Film Festival
A dozen full-length feature films by new and emerging filmmakers around the world began screening Friday in a competition for new...
Two Indian Films Around Border Make Heads Turn at Cannes
The Bengali landscape is resplendent in the trailer of Prasun Chatterjee’s debut feature Dostojee (Two Friends), and its cinematography “sumptuous”, as the American...
‘Humba Dreams’ Coming to Netflix in July
Miles Films’ Humba Dreams will be available on Netflix starting on July 9. Written and directed by Riri Riza, the movie tells the...
mm2 Announces Cathay Cinehome, Bringing Full Films On-Demand, Direct to Consumers, via Brand New Online Streaming Platform
Singapore-based media group mm2 Asia (hereby “mm2”; SGX: 1B0) has unveiled plans to launch a new on-demand streaming platform offering movies...