Criticine. 3.

"Representation is a huge issue in Southeast Asia, and while it encompasses cultural diversity, it certainly isn't limited to it." Criticine editor Alexis A Tioseco outlines the issues addressed in the third issue - and interviews filmmaker John Torres.

Filmmaker Thunska Pansittivorakul talks with Bioscope Magazine editors Suparp Rimtheparthip and Thida Plitpholkarnpim, with Kong Rithdee, "film festival explorer and English-language film critic... a vital character in the Thai film scene," and with Tropical Malady director Apichatpong Weerasethakul.

"The words 'video,' 'documentary,' 'experimental,' and 'Singapore' are not usually selling points in Singapore," writes Tan Pin Pin. "This article is not about the video, but about the meandering journey Singapore GaGa took around Singapore before it came to have this successful run at the Arts House."

Raya Martin files a third and final journal entry documenting his stay at the Résidence du Festival in Cannes.

"I am an accidental filmmaker," writes Teng Mangansakan, who blogs here.

Philip Cheah curated the series, Whose Terror is it Anyway? and is interviewed by Shaheen Merali.

Reviews: Gaik Cheng Khoo on Ho Yuhang's Min, Hassan Muthalib on the work of Malaysian filmmaker Aaron Chung and Noel Vera on Mario O'Hara's Uhaw na Pag-ibig (Thirst for Love).

Posted by dwhudson at May 26, 2006 8:44 AM