That there is a vibrant independent cinema in Southeast Asia is now known thanks to the awards won by Brillante Mendoza, Apichatpong and others. But what is the sociopolitico-cultural context within which they are working? How do these iconoclastic, cutting-edge, independent filmmakers view the cinema and how are they forging their own highly original paths? This book provides revealing glimpses into their worlds through insightful essays and lively interviews with the directors. It must be read to gain an understanding of the quite remarkable films coming from this so far little known part of the world. -- Aruna Vasudev, Indian film critic, the Founder-President of Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC), Founder-Director of Cinefan, Festival of Asian Cinema, and Founder-Editor of Cinemaya, The Asian Film Quarterly The book has great merits in giving all together a historical and contemporary picture of South-East Asian cinema which is little or not properly known. -- Jean Marc Therouanne, Managing Director, Vesoul Asian Film Festival Southeast Asian Independent Cinema is chockfull of vibrantly insightful essays, manifestos, and interviews. It is an invaluable resource for those interested in the region-and in a wildly creative generation of filmmakers that deserves to be in the global spotlight. -- Anne Ciecko, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Tilman Baumgartel taught film and media studies in Germany, Austria and the Philippines before joining Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2009. He has curated international film series and art exhibitions, and has also published books on independent cinema, Internet art, computer games and the German director Harun Farocki. His blog can be found at http://southeastasiancinema.wordpress.com
"Southeast Asian Independent Cinema is chockfull of vibrantly
insightful essays, manifestos, and interviews. It is an invaluable
resource for those interested in the region--and in a wildly
creative generation of filmmakers that deserves to be in the
globa
"That there is a vibrant independent cinema in Southeast Asia is
now known thanks to the awards won by Brillante Mendoza,
Apichatpong and others. But what is the sociopoliticultural context
within which they are working? How do these iconoclastic,
cutting
"The book has great merits in giving all together a historical and
contemporary picture of South-East Asian cinema which is little or
not properly known." -- Jean Marc Th�rouanne, Managing Director,
Vesoul Asian Film Festival
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