About

This site is meant to serve as a ressource on the cinemas of Southeast Asia, a fascinating, yet little know area of world cinema. Read the comprehensive introduction to this blog here.

This site is maintained by Dr. Tilman Baumgärtel.

I write on film and media for newspapers, magazines and academic publications, and I have written and edited seven books, including a monography of the German director Harun Farocki, and books on internet art, computergames and the cinema of Southeast Asia. And a cook book… :)

I am currently teaching at the Royal University of Phnom Penh in the Department of Media and Communication. From 2004 to 2009 I taught at the Film Institute of the University of the Philippines, Manila.

More on me on my website. You can contact me at mail at tilmanbaumgaertel dot net…

Feel free to download my book Kino Sine.