An International Film Journal
Stanley Kwan is one of the most prominent and path-breaking filmmakers in present day HongKong .He alongwith Jacob Cheung and Wong Kar Wai made the strongest impact in the late 80’s and early 90’s. He assisted the “new wave” filmmakers i.e. Ann Hui, Yim Ho And Patrick Tam. He directed his first film “ Women”…
Tell us more about your film—the story for instance, and how it came to you, and when. In 1997 I wrote, produced and directed my second short film, called “Uli,” in the U.S. The film’s back-story was about two girls in love in rural Kerala and the tragedy that transpired when they were forcibly separated…
Premendra Mazumder Kolkata celebrated the weeklong carnival of celluloid dreams from 10 to 17 November 2005. This uninterrupted annual event stepped into its 12th edition in 2006 since its inception in 1995. The most important characteristic of this cinematic feast is that it always pulled a huge crowd from its 3rd/4th edition. From 5th/6th edition…
Since Neville tuli with his Osian’s “the connoisseurs of art” joined hands with the veteran cine-icon, Aruna Vasudev, the capital of India witnessed one of the most spectacular historical conjecture of film culture at a row. Back in October 1988, Aruna began the sojourn to the world of the then lesser-known Asian cinema. Her adventurous…
Max Tessier The oldest international film festival in Japan, TIFF, had its 19th edition in Tokyo, October 21/29, 2006. In spite of the fierce competition of Korea’s Pusan (see report above), TIFF remains an important event in Asia, even though the competition fims (15 this year) are not always “on the level” (the Grand Prix…
Max Tessier At a time when the whole world’s attention was focused on the threat of a nuclear North Korea, the film world gathered in what is known as the main cinematographic event in the whole of Asia , the PIFF, which had its 11th edition from October 12 to 20th, in Pusan (or Busan),…
Ranjanee Rathnavibushana The year 2006 is one of real significance for all Thais, as they commemorate the Sixtieth Anniversary Celebrations of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s Accession to the Throne. To honor their beloved King, they arranged a yearlong Grand Festival of Events nationwide and BKKIFF is one of those events. The Fourth Annual Bangkok…
Amitava Nag Even if some newspapermen play the game every year of « this year was better than last year… » or « last year was much better », International Cannes Film Festival was again offering a huge number of films, with as always films between gems and failures. Both gems and failures could be…
CINESUD is an international project in which film societies and film society federations all over the world take part. Such a relevant project needs a full explanation to give sense to the whole idea in order to introduce you to the diverse possibilities in the fields of distribution and showing for the film societies of…
Lino Brocka broke into the Philippine movie industry in 1970. Together with Ishmael Bernal and other filmmakers (directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, production designers, music composers, and editors), Brocka paved the way for a new generation of filmmakers to lead Philippine Cinema towards some sort of renaissance. Brocka re-introduced Philippine Cinema to the world with his films,…
What is wrong with Indian film societies?1 In an article he published in 1985,1 the late Ajay Dey, then Secretary of the Federation of Film Societies of India, stated that at that time there were 225 film societies in India. Of these, 77 were in West Bengal, and nearly 30 in Kolkata. Thanks to these…
One of my most memorable moments as a youthful film going audience member was sitting in the theatre and watching David Lean’s Lawrence of Arabia (1962) for the first time. I will never forget seeing Peter O’Toole emerge on the left side of the screen, first as a speck on the screen, and then filling…
The purpose of the following text is to shed light on the nature of the famous attempt made by distinguished national artists to found the Mexican Film Club, their relationship with Sergei Eisenstein and the literary magazine Contemporáneos. In order to become acquainted with the origin of the film club movement in Mexico, we will…
When Le Hoang’s Bar Girls became a box office hit in Vietnam last year, local critics sat up. Its stark depiction of prostitution, drugs and AIDS was considered as the darkest images of Vietnam society ever put on screen. Interestingly, the reaction of international critics was otherwise. Many considered it as turgid, overwrought melodrama. Yet…
Introduction ‘Does disability ever represent anything other than a negative image?’1 The media particularly films, a powerful agent of socialization, is responsible for changing or reinforcing the perspectives of society to various issues of social concern. Analysing and understanding cultural and cinematic representation of the various marginalized groups provides an opportunity to recognize and debunk…
The Text Among the scores of narratives dealing with the theme of the partition of India, Ice – Candy-Man is the first novel written from a non-partisan attitude by a Parsi who did not belong to either of the two communities that perpetrated mayhem on each other. Born in Karachi, raised in Lahore, living for…