Hong Kong’s first Pineapple Underground Film Festival
When local art house curator Gina Wong began her involvement in independent films 10 years ago, she soon became disillusioned by...
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Tom Hanks’ Playtone Productions Announces Neil Gaiman’s ‘American Gods,’ Mattel’s ‘Major Matt Mason,’ Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ (Exclusive)
Tom Hanks' Playtone Productions is set to produce a six-season, open-ended series, American Gods, for HBO, based on Neil Gaiman's award-winning...
IAR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: LEGENDARY DIRECTOR JOHN CARPENTER TALKS ‘THE WARD’
Legendary film director John Carpenter truly has an amazing body of work. His resume reads like a laundry list of some...
SOFIA finds ‘ninang’ in Lily Monteverde, holds screening of ‘Summer Love’ at CCP in first fundraising effort
Just a thought: You must have long-term goals to keep you from being frustrated by short-term failures. "“ Charles C. Noble...
Independence is blue
Patriotic consumerism appears to be somewhat a trend here in the Philippines. More and more brands are getting into the "Pinoy...
Young, Scripted, and Black: Regi Allen’s Quest to Make FunkTV the First Urban Alternative Network
Regi Allen pitched a program to Black Entertainment Television. They stopped him at the show's name: Fried Chicken Cinema. To hear...
Producer Setu Raval Talks “˜White Elephant’ [Crowdfunded Cinema]
Crowdfunded Cinema is a column that focuses on filmmakers seeking funding for projects via crowd-funding platforms, offering new ways for independent...
Struggling for Independence
The Indonesian struggle for independence continues in "Hati Merdeka" ("Hearts of Freedom"), the third installment in the Merdeka (Freedom) film trilogy....
Homerun, Zonbo partner on slate
Singaporean production and distribution entity Homerun Asia (家樂電影) is collaborating with Chinese media firm Zonbo Media (北京ä¸åšä¸–紀影視傳媒有é™å…¬å¸) on a slate of...
3D is definitive form of cinema, not alternative: Jon Landau
Singapore, Jun 8 (PTI) Jon Landau, producer of Oscar winning films like ''Titanic'' and ''Avatar'' with James Cameron, says 3D is...
Singapore Film Fest Draws Hollywood Attention
The inaugural ScreenSingapore, a seven-day film event on Sentosa Island, launched Sunday with a screening of Zhang Qi's action film "The...
China’s Bona Readies 3D Debut for 2012
China's Bona Film Group is eyeing 3D for its upcoming project Three Kingdom: Jing Zhou, a 200 million yuan ($31 million)...