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25 : histories and memories of the Singapore International Film Festival / edited by Ben Slater. Singapore: Singapore International Film Festival Ltd., [2014].
Call No: 151(592.3) SLAAuthor: Slater, Ben Source: SIPlace: SingaporePublisher: Singapore International Film Festival Ltd.PubDate: [2014]PhysDes: 121 pages : illustrations ; 21 cmSubject: SINGAPORE ; FESTIVALS. SINGAPORE Summary: "The first Singapore International Film Festival took place in 1987 and was a ground-breaking event. On the occasion of the 25th edition, this publication takes a look back -- through articles and interviews -- at the Festival's past."--taken from back cover.Notes: Published on the occasion of 25th anniversary of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2014.ISBN: 9789810933234Contents: Foreword; Wahyuni Hadi -- Introduction; 'Years of Plenty, Years of Famine: An Introduction to the Singapore International Film Festival' by Ben Slater -- Articles 'Where They Proffer The Unconventional: The Screening Spaces of the Singapore International Film Festival' by Toh Hun Ping -- 'In Praise of the Quiet Man' by Sandi Tan -- 'The Impact of Silver Screen Short Film Awards on Singapore Cinema' by Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng Uhde -- 'The Last Singapore International Film Festival' by Ho Tzu Nyen -- Interviews; Skip Whitney -- Lesley Ho -- Nazir and Nisar Keshvani -- Neo Kim Seng -- Lok Meng Chue -- Kong Kam Yoke -- Anisah Aidid -- Vinita Ramani -- Philip Cheah -- Afterword Zhang Wenjie
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The Asian cinema experience : styles, spaces, theory Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New York: Routledge, 2013.
Call No: 756(5) TEOAuthor: Teo, Stephen Source: UKPlace: Oxford [Oxfordshire] ; New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 2013PhysDes: xv, 269 p. : ill., ports. ; 24 cmSeries: Media, culture and social change in Asia ; 30Subject: INDIAN CINEMA ; CITY OF SADNESS, A [ ; JAPAN ; KOREA ; TAIWAN ; THAILAND ; SINGAPORE ; MALAYSIA ; IRAN ; BOLLYWOOD ; POPULAR CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; NATIONALISM AND THE CINEMA ; THEORY ; ASIAN COUNTRIES ; NATIONAL CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. ASIAN COUNTRIES ; WORLD CINEMA ; BLOCKBUSTERS ; ANIMATION ; HORROR FILM ; GHOST FILMS ; EROTIC FILMS ; EROTIC FILMS. ASIA Summary: "This book explores the range and dynamism of contemporary Asian cinemas, covering East Asia (China, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan), Southeast Asia (Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia), South Asia (Bollywood), and West Asia (Iran), in order to discover what is common about them and to engender a theory or concept of "Asian Cinema". It goes beyond existing work which provides a field survey of Asian cinema, probing more deeply into the field of Asian Cinema, arguing that Asian Cinema constitutes a separate pedagogical subject, and putting forward an alternative cinematic paradigm. The book covers "styles", including the works of classical Asian Cinema masters, and specific genres such as horror films, and Bollywood and Anime, two very popular modes of Asian Cinema; "spaces", including artistic use of space and perspective in Chinese cinema, geographic and personal space in Iranian cinema, the private "erotic space" of films from South Korea and Thailand, and the persistence of the family unit in the urban spaces of Asian big cities in many Asian films; and "concepts" such as Pan-Asianism, Orientalism, Nationalism and Third Cinema. The rise of Asian nations on the world stage has been coupled with a growing interest, both inside and outside Asia, of Asian culture, of which film is increasingly an indispensable component--this book provides a rich, insightful overview of what exactly constitutes Asian Cinema." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographic references and index; Includes filmographyISBN: 9781138815780Contents: pt. I Styles -- 1.Kurosawa and classical style in Asian Cinema -- 2.Satyajit Ray and the Indian sensitivity of affect -- 3.The historical blockbuster style -- 4.The abstract transnational style of anime -- 5.Asian horror and the ghost-story style -- 6.The `Bollywood' style -- pt. II Spaces -- 7.Space in Asian melodrama -- 8.Iranian cinema and inward space -- 9.Domestic space and the family in South Korean cinema -- 10.Erotic space in Asian films -- pt. III Theory -- 11.The world and Asian Cinema -- 12.Asian Cinema and other cinemas.
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The Asian film industry / John A. Lent Bromley: Christopher Helm, 1990.
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Asian TV trainees at National Film Archive in Australasian Cinema (Friday, 2/9/1983) vol.12 iss.16 p.2
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The Cathay story / Wong Ain-ling (ed) Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive, 2002.
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Contemporary Asian cinema : popular culture in a global frame / edited by Anne Teresa Ciecko Oxford: Berg, 2006.
Call No: 71(5) CONSource: UKPlace: OxfordPublisher: BergPubDate: 2006PhysDes: vi, 250 p. ; 24 cmSeries: Asian CinemaSubject: ASIAN COUNTRIES ; INDONESIA ; MALAYSIA ; SINGAPORE ; VIETNAM ; THAILAND ; PHILIPPINES ; INDIA ; SRI LANKA ; BANGALADESH ; KOREA ; CITY OF SADNESS, A [ ; TAIWAN ; JAPAN Summary: This book presents the most authoritative assessment of contemporary Asian cinema available. Each chapter describes the cultural aspects of popular film production, analyzing key films in the context of the national, the regional and the global. Topics covered include: film theory and Asian cinema, popular film genres, major industry figures, the "art film", connections between the state and commercial interests, cultural policies, representations of national identity, trends in international co-production, and more.ISBN: 1845202376ISSN: 17448719Contents: -- Introduction to popular Asian cinema, with acknowledgements / Anne T. Ciecko; -- 1 Theorizing Asian cinema(s) / Anne T. Ciecko -- 2 Philippines : cinema and its hybridity / Jose B. Capino -- 3 Vietnam : chronicles of old and new / Panivong Norindr -- 4 Thailand : revival in an age of globalization / Anchalee Chaiworaporn and Adam Knee -- 5 Singapore : developments, challenges, and projections / Jan Uhde and Yvonne Ng Uhde -- 6 Malaysia : melodramatic drive, rural discord, urban heartaches / William van der Heide -- 7 Indonesia : screening a nation in the post-new order / Krishna Sen -- 8 Sri Lanka : art, commerce, and cultural modernity / Wimal Dissanayake -- 9 Bangladesh : native resistance and nationalist discourse / Zakir Hossain Raju -- 10 India : Bollywood's global coming of age / Jyotika Virdi and Corey K. Creekmur -- 11 Mainland China : public square to shopping mall and the new entertainment film / Augusta Lee Palmer -- 12 Taiwan : popular cinema's disappearing act / Emilie Yueh-yu Yeh -- 13 Hong Kong : cinematic cycles of grief and glory / Anne T. Ciecko -- 14 South Korea : film on the global stage / Hyangjin Lee -- 15 Japan : cause for (cautious) optimism / Darrell William Davis.
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Film in South East Asia : views from the region : - essays on film in 10 South East Asia-Pacific Countries / edited by David Hanan Hanoi: South East Asia-Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association, 2001.
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Film policy : international, national, and regional perspectives / edited by Albert Moran New York: Routledge, 1996.
Call No: 205 FILAuthor: Moran, Albert Place: New YorkPublisher: RoutledgePubDate: 1996PhysDes: xvi, 285 pSubject: GOVERNMENT CONTROL ; STATE AND THE CINEMA ; INDUSTRY, VIDEO. USA ; DISTRIBUTION ; INDUSTRY, FILM ; COPRODUCTION. FRANCE ; COPRODUCTION. UK ; INDUSTRY, FILM. UK ; INDUSTRY, FILM. AUSTRALIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. CANADA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. INDONESIA ; INDUSTRY, FILM. SINGAPORE ; ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIAN CINEMA ; MAORI CINEMA ; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S CINEMA. CANADA Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 0415097916 (pbk.); 0415097908 (hardcover)LON: 12158074
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The glorious modernity of Kong Ngee Hong Kong: Hong Kong Film Archive, 2006.
Call No: 71(512.317) GLOCorpAuthor: Hong Kong Film ArchiveSource: HKPlace: Hong KongPublisher: Hong Kong Film ArchivePubDate: 2006PhysDes: 300 p. ; 27 cm.Subject: HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1950's ; HISTORY OF CINEMA. 1960's ; STUDIOS, FILM ; GENRES ; SINGAPORE ; MALAYSIA Summary: What made [Hong Kong studio] Kong Ngee productions fascinating was its urban touch. The company was initially formed through the tutelage of The Union Film Enterprise Limited veterans, who acted as mentors for a new generation of actors, in works like the company’s founding film The Rouge Tigress (1955), Mother’s Boy Parts One and Two (1956), Blood is Thicker (1956) etc. The company then proceeded to make films on location in Malaysia and Singapore, which led to the ‘Nanyang Trilogy’ – Blood Stains the Valley of Love (1957), China Wife (1957), Moon over Malaya (1957). These films turned newcomers Patrick Tse, Nam Hung and Kar Ling into stars, and gradually fashioned a studio style that set Kong Ngee apart from other Cantonese productions of the time. Kong Ngee made its name with modern romance, both tragic and comic. Reviewing the history of Kong Ngee, from its smooth beginning to its disappointing end, the company started out in the footsteps of the Union tradition but effortlessly moved on from the cultural milieu of the May Fourth Movement to cultivate a modern urban bourgeois sensibility. Regrettably, towards the end of the 1960s, it was thrown off course by the restless pulse of that era and has since fallen by the wayside. To this day, we have not been able to revive this urban cosmopolitan drama that was once part of Hong Kong cinema. Writers in this volume have put together their efforts for a multifaceted study on Kong Ngee, encompassing subjects from the star image to urban media, from genre development to literary adaptation, alongside comparisons between creative talents and individual companies. Last but not least the complex relations between Hong Kong cinema and its Singapore/Malaysian financiers. [Abridged from introduction].ISBN: 9628050389
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Playing to the world's biggest audience : the globalization of Chinese film and tv / Michael Curtin Berkeley, California: University of California Press, 2007.
Call No: 203(51) CURAuthor: Curtin, Michael Source: USPlace: Berkeley, CaliforniaPublisher: University of California PressPubDate: 2007PhysDes: x, 341 p. : ill. ; 24 cmSubject: CITY OF SADNESS, A [ ; TAIWAN ; SINGAPORE ; GLOBALISATION Notes: Formerly CIP; Includes bibliographical references and indexISBN: 9780520251342Contents: Introduction : media capital in Chinese film and television -- 1. The Pan-Chinese studio system and capitalist paternalism -- 2. Independent studios and the golden age of Hong Kong cinema -- 3. Hyperproduction erodes overseas circulation -- 4. Hollywood takes charge in Taiwan -- 5. The globalization of Hong Kong television -- 6. Strange bedfellows in cross-strait drama production -- 7. Market niches and expanding aspirations in Taiwan -- 8. Singapore : from state paternalism to regional media hub -- 9. Reterritorializing star TV in the PRC -- 10. Global satellites pursuing local audiences and panregional efficiencies -- 11. The promise of broadband and the problem of content -- 12. From movies to multimedia : connecting infrastructure and content -- Conclusion : structural adjustment and the future of Chinese media.
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Singapore international film festival Singapore: 1998-.
Call No: FESTIVAL CATALOGUE SHELVES; held 1998, 2003Source: SIPlace: SingaporePubDate: 1998-Subject: FESTIVALS. SINGAPORE
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Singaporean film industry in transition : looking for a creative edge : the nature and role of intangible resources that shape an uncertain and changing environment such as the film industry / Caroline Wong Saarbrucken, Germany: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, 2010.
Call No: 20(592.3) WONAuthor: Wong, Caroline Source: GPlace: Saarbrucken, GermanyPublisher: LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPubDate: 2010PhysDes: xi, 198 p. ; 23 cmSubject: INDUSTRY, FILM. ASIAN COUNTRIES ; INDUSTRY, FILM. SINGAPORE ; SINGAPORE Summary: "The reseach explores issues relating to competencies, policies and technology. It adopts a knowledge-based perspective, arguing that tacit knowledge often forms the basis of dynamic capabilities. This study shows how the film industry in Singapore is transforming. Singaporean film remains marginal in the global circuit of film production and distribution. Can it rise to become more recognised while delivering economic returns on creative investment? By examining the film industry from a knowledge-based perspective and taking into account intangibles, the study contributes to our understanding of management practices. In the process, it builds on previous contributions in this field and contributes to a better understanding of the creative industries. The research also identifies other underlying factors for success in the film industry in Singapore. This study examines the aspirations and cultural policies of Singapore as well as the business and managerial aspects of filmmaking in the landscape of film success."-BOOK BLURBNotes: includes bibliographic references; includes appendicesISBN: 9783838361932
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Sinophone cinemas / edited by Audrey Yue and Olivia Khoo London ; New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014.
Call No: 408.1-054(=951) SINAuthor: Yue, Audrey (editor) ; Khoo, Olivia (editor) Source: AUPlace: London ; New YorkPublisher: Palgrave MacmillanPubDate: 2014PhysDes: xvi, 231 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmSubject: CHINA IN FILMS ; COPRODUCTION ; COPRODUCTION. AUSTRALIA ; COPRODUCTION. CHINA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA. CHINA ; CULTURE AND THE CINEMA ; LANGUAGE AND THE CINEMA ; MASCULINITY IN FILMS ; NATIONAL IDENTITY AND THE CINEMA ; SHORT FILMS ; SINGAPORE ; TAIWAN ; TRANSNATIONAL CHINESE CINEMA ; TRANSNATIONAL CINEMA ; TRANSNATIONALISM AND THE CINEMA ; SHIH, SHU-MEI ; CHILDREN OF THE SILK ROAD, THE (AT/CC/GE, Roger Spottiswoode, 2007) ; CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON (HK, Ang Lee, 2000) ; FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON [VOYAGE DU BALLON ROUGE, LE] (FR, Hsiao-hsien Hou, 2008) Summary: "Sinophone Cinemas considers a range of multilingual, multidialect and multi-accented cinemas produced in Chinese-language locations outside mainland China. Showcasing a variety of new and fascinating case studies from Britain, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Singapore and Australia, and canvassing a range of formats including commercial co-productions, short films, documentaries and independent films, the book highlights the contemporary screen cultures of Chinese-language communities situated on the margins of China and Chineseness. It engages new sites of localisation, multilingualism and differences that have emerged in Chinese film studies, ones that are not easily contained by the notion of diaspora. The chapters cover a number of historical periods, geographical locations, and critical and methodological perspectives, such as the political economy of Sinophone film production, distribution, consumption and regulation; cinematic practices of Chinese and non-Chinese language resistance, complicity and transformation; and Sinophone communities as sites of cultural production and visual economies." - BOOK BLURBNotes: Contains list of figures and notes on Chinese names and film titles -- Includes filmography, bibliographic references and indexISBN: 9781137311191Contents: Part 1: Theorising Sinophone cinemas -- Framing Sinophone cinemas / Audrey Yue and Olivia Khoo -- Genealogies of four critical paradigms in Chinese-language film studies / Sheldon H. Lu -- Alter-centring Sinophone cinema / Yiman Wang -- Festivals, censorship and the canon: the making of Sinophone cinemas / Yifen T. Beus -- The voice of the Sinophone / Song Hwee Lim -- Singapore, Sinaphone, nationalism: sounds of language in the films of Tan Pin Pin / Olivia Khoo; Part 2: Contemporary Sinophone cinemas -- Mandarin pop-culture meets Tokyo jazz: gender and popular youth culture in late-1960s Hong Kong musicals / Jennifer Feeley -- Sinophone libidinal economy in the age of neoliberalization and mainlandization: masculinities in Hong Kong SAR and New Wave cinema / Mirana M. Szeto -- Singlish and the Sinophone: non-standard (Chinese/English) languages in recent Singaporean cinema / Alison M. Groppe -- British Chinese short films: challenging the limits of the Sinophone / Felicia Chan and Andy Willis -- Contemporary Sinophone cinema: Australia-China coproductions / Audrey Yue
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TANAMERA: LION OF SINGAPORE : [TV] (AT, John Power & Kevin Dobson, 1987)
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TO SINGAPORE, WITH LOVE : (SI, Tan Pin Pin, 2013)
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World film locations : Singapore / Edited by Lorenzo Codelli Bristol, U.K. ; Chicago, USA: Intellect Books, 2014.
Call No: 756(592.3) WORSource: UKPlace: Bristol, U.K. ; Chicago, USAPublisher: Intellect BooksPubDate: 2014PhysDes: 122 pages ; col. ill., col. maps ; 23 cmSeries: World film locationsSubject: WORLD CINEMA ; SINGAPORE ; LANDSCAPES IN FILMS ; CITIES IN FILMS ; LOCATION SHOOTING Summary: "A vibrant city and country nestled at the foot of the Malaysian peninsula, Singapore has long been a crossroads, a stopping point, and a cultural hub where goods, inventions, and ideas are shared and traded. Though Singapore was home to a flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, between independence in 1965 and the early 1990s, few movies were made in Singapore. A new era for cinema in the sovereign city-state started with the international recognition of Eric Khoo's first features, followed by a New Wave comprised of graduates from local film schools. In recent years the Singapore film industry has produced commercial successful fare, such as the horror movie The Maid, as well as more artistic films like Sandcastle, the first Singaporean film to be selected for International Critic's Week at Cannes, and Ilo Ilo, which won the Camera d'or at Cannes in 2013. Covering the myths that surround Singaporean film and exploring the realities of the movies that come from this exciting city, World Film Locations: Singapore introduces armchair travelers to a rich, but less known, international cinema." -- BOOK BLURBNotes: Includes bibliographic references and index; Includes recommended further reading; Includes filmographyISBN: 9781783203611Donation: donated by Senses of Cinema, 2014Contents: Maps/Scenes -- Scenes 1-7 -- 1910-1958 -- Scenes 8-14 -- 1961-1966 -- Scenes 15-21 -- 1967-1990 -- Scenes 22-28 -- 1995-2002 -- Scenes 29-35 -- 2004-2009 -- Scenes 36-42 -- 2009-2013 -- Essays -- Singapore: City of the Imagination / Toh Hun Ping -- Malay Screen in a Predominantly Chinese Singapore / Yvonne Ng Uhde -- The Outsider's Singapore: A Brief History of 'Western' Film-makers' Expeditions in Singapore / Ben Slater -- A History of Saying No: Singapore International Film Festival and Censorship / Daniel Hui -- Eric Khoo / Silvia Wong -- The Cultural Materialism of Singapore in Jack Neo's Cinema / Stephen Teo -- A View of Public Housing in Singapore Cinema / Warren Sin
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