Tag: Cinema, Culture
Singapore International Film Festival 2015
Southeast Asia’s longest-running international film platform, Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will take place from 26 November to 6 December 2015 to...
Cinemasia Filmlab 2015 deadline in one week
Stories on Asian rituals Upcoming filmmakers can send in their proposal for an Asian diaspora short film on rituals. Which rituals can be identified among Dutch-Asians...
Top 4 Singaporean Films
By: Cher Tan It’s been an exciting time for Singaporean cinema. Despite having a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, the general...
Postcards from the Zoo: A Magical-Poetic Treatment of Uprooted Beings
By: Ari Purnama |Screened at the World Cinema Amsterdam Festival 2012 (8-19 August 2012)| I have considered living in the zoo, actually, instead of in overcrowded...
CINEMASIA PRESENTS ‘OUT & PROUD IN CHINA?’ AUGUST 3 DE BALIE IN AMSTERDAM
This Friday, CinemAsia presents ‘Out & Proud in China?’ during the Amsterdam Gay Pride festival – featuring the Chinese documentary “Our Story: 10-year...
World Cinema Amsterdam Festival
This year's World Cinema Amsterdam Festiva focuses on Brazil. But that doesn't mean Asian cinema will go unnoticed. What to think of Indonesian filmmaker Edwin's...
The Raid: Redemption
By: Andrew Trigg, first published on Jakarta Expat The Raid: Redemption is an Indonesian film like no other. It’s a wildly exciting adrenaline rush of a punch fest...
Give it up for West Hill, Chinese Hip Hop band Features in Docu & on Stage!
By: Yvette Benningshof ‘I’m the pioneer of Yunnan’s local hip hop culture’, says MC ‘Nan’ laughing about his own statement in the documentary ‘Say...
CinemAsia Festival Filmtour 14-15 April
By: Yvette Benningshof & Emma Kwee Did you miss the CinemAsia Film Festival in Amsterdam? Blast! But luckily, CinemAsia is going on tour with a few selected films....
Director Nia Dinata’s Arisan: Sex and the City with Substance
By: Yvette Benningshof Flashing Jakarta big city life, the pristine beaches of the Gili’s, socialites, parties, fashion, friendship and romance: you’ll find plenty...
