Material on SEA cinema on the Internet

(forever under construction)

Contemporary Southeast Asian Cinema

National Cinemas

Movies: Reviews, Criticism, Essays

Directors: Interviews, Statements, Features

Yasmin Ahmad

Interviews, movie trailers, commercials and so much more stuff on La Ahmad at AOL Video that amazingly has a whole cathegory just dedicated to her!

Lav Diaz

To hell and back with Lav Diaz, Feature in Philippine Daily Inquirer

Videointerview with Lav Diaz at German Cargo Magazine, October 2008

Interview with Lav Diaz, the Philippine Daily Inquirer, September 2007

The Aesthetic Challenge of Batang Westside, essay by Lav Diaz for Slowenian film magazine Ekran

Interview with Alexis Tioseco, Criticine

Feature in PinoyFilm, February 2004

Nia Dinata

Interview with Nia Dinata from Cinema without Borders on Love for Share, undated

The Canadian public broadcaster CBC did a feature on Nia Dinata on account of her latest film Chants of Lotus in January 2009 (scroll down for podcast), it is partly transcribed here,

Brilliante Mendoza

Amir Muhammad

Interview with Benjamin McKay, Criticine

Pen-Ek Ratanaruang

Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Interview with Tilman Baumgärtel

Videointerview for German film magazine Cargo, April 2009

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