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ATxSG 2022, 01: Covid effects result in lower participation, media gets the axe
It was where it began, for me. The location this year was neither the top-of-the-line Marina Bay Sands Exhibition Centre nor the centrally located Suntec City. AsiaTechxSingapore (ATxSG), the new avatar of CommunicAsia, moved back to Singapore Expo, where I had first visited it, some 25 years ago. Though a standard exhibition and conference venue, it just cannot compare with Marina Bay Sands. As an add-on, rooms i...
Dilli Kaand, Review: Those that rape and those that gape
When a film is delayed six years in its release, its fate is more or less sealed. Dilli Kaand was launched in August 2015 and sees the light of day on 24 September 2021. Of course, the delay of the last 18 months can be attributed to the Covid 19 Coronavirus pandemic, when cinema-halls remained shut, but the six-year delay cannot be explained by Covid. Even now, cinema halls have only opened in some states of India, with conditions impo...
18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival, II
Six films were short-listed for the Best Asian Woman Film-maker Award at the 18th Third Eye Asian Film Festival (TEAFF): An Unfairy Tale/Maadathi, 2019, Tamil, 90 min, Director: Leena Manimekalai; Mystic Memoir, 2019, Bengali, 77 minutes, Director: Aparajita Ghosh; The Taste from Happy Island, 2019, China, 90 min, Director: Lai Xueyi; Stories@8/Kathaah@8, 2019, multilingual, Singapore, 90 mins, Director: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla; Dithee, 2019, Marathi, 86 ...
ConnecTechAsia 2019, 07: Hoods Inc. Productions Powers its New Modern Media Operation with EditShare
EditShare, a technology leader in intelligent scale-out storage, AQC and media management solutions, announced last month that Singapore-based Hoods Inc. Productions (Hoods Inc.) has designed its next-generation media operation around EditShare media solutions, putting XStream EFS scale-out shared storage, Flow production asset management and Ark archiving and backup at the core of its media p...
Tashi, made with a 5-member cast and a 5-member crew, for $25,000, proves auspicious
Tashi means 'auspiciousness' or 'good fortune' in the Tibetan language, and the first time I heard this word was when I was introduced to an actress from the north-east of India, with this name. This time, I find it to be the name of a film, made by a Keralite Indian woman, living in Singapore. The film has been shown at 14 festivals and has won 11 awards, so far. That sure is auspicious, by a...
ConnecTechASia/CommunicAsia 2018, III: PSN Indonesia selects Hughes JUPITER
PSN of Indonesia has selected Hughes Network Systems, LLC’s JUPITER system to enable Broadband Services throughout Indonesia, it was announced in Singapore on 27 June. It will operate over the PSN VI High-Throughput satellite.
Hughes, the global leader in broadband satellite networks and services, has been selected by PT Pasifik Satelit Nusantara (PSN), the oldest private telecommunication and information...
16th Third Eye Asian Film Festival: XI
Sixteen years is a long time in the life of a film festival. It seems an even bigger achievement when you consider the upheavals that the Third Eye Asian Film Festival has undergone during its tenure. In fact, it is a miracle that it has continued, against all odds. Asian Film Foundation, headed by Kiran Shantaram, son of late V. Shantaram, remains the driving force, as does Sudhir Nandgaonkar, journalist and a bunch of teenage students pool in their res...
Tom Alter: Actor, Cricketer, Urdu lover and Caucasian
Unlikely combination of professions and hobbies for a man named Thomas Beach Alter, who hailed from a family of American missionaries. His acting abilities were never in doubt, and the barest accent betrayed his ethnicity. But his skin and hair distinguished him from other Indian co-actors quite noticeably, and he had to be content with parts showing him as a British colonial or modern day baddie. There were occasions when he was made to s...
Siraj Syed covers CommunicAsia 2017: Post-event reportage, 02: GLOBAL Technologies selects Newtec to provide cellular backhaul for Mattel
Newtec--a specialist in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications—has announced a CommunicAsia Singapore, May 2017, the successful commercial deployment of a Newtec Dialog, multi-service platform, to provide cellular backhaul for Mattel, Mauritania’s leading mobile operator.
Working wi...
BroadcastAsia 2017, I
At BroadcastAsia 2017, May 23-25, Singapore, major brands and solution providers will be showcasing their latest products in the fields of cinematography and film production. Among the products to be showcased are:
G-TECHNOLOGY
A transportable, hardware RAID, 8-Bay Thunderbolt™ 2 solution, offering content creators colossal capacity and high definition performance. Designed to support multi-stream 4K workflows and beyond, the G-SPEED Shuttle XL can be confi...
CommunicAsia2015, V: Huawei and the smart city reality
CommunicAsia2015 Summit speaker Barry Lerner of Huawei shared how innovation and technology are driving the Smart City reality. Barry Lerner is PE, Regional Chief Information Officer, Huawei Solutions Marketing, Southern Pacific Region, since November 2009. He was educated at University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Earlier he has worked with, BearingPoint Consulting, IBM, Accenture and is an active board member of Asia Cloud Computing Ass...
CommunicAsia2015, IV-Spotify: Let’s do it…legally
In the lead-up to CommunicAsia 2015, Summit speaker, Sunita Kaur, Managing Director, Asia, Spotify, shared how going mobile helped her company gain an edge and grow five times in Asia
Picture this: you are going on a long trip and will be spending at least two hours on the road. You begin downloading songs onto your mobile device and then a pop-up appears. “Memory full. Please manage your storage in Settings.”
Online...
CommunicAsia2015, III: Creative Content and Film Production Zone
CommunicAsia2015, from 2 - 5 June 2015, at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, incorporates BroadcastAsia2015, SatComm2015 and EntepriseIT2015.
What can be expected at CommunicAsia2015 and EnterpriseIT2015:
SatComm2015, the strategic platform for the satellite communication industry, will see the gathering of over 160 satellite-based companies to address key issues within Asia-Pacific’s mobile ecosystem. Representatives includ...
Communicasia diary, Singapore, June 2014--A revisit 12 years later, to a block-buster event
I: Prologue
Films, television, radio, internet, mobile phones, satellites…Communicasia has a wide ambit. Twelve years ago, I visited the exhibition in its earlier Broadcast Asia avtaar at Singapore’s quite new Expo centre near the Changi airport, while I was based in that country. It was big even then. Attractive staff at the booths led you on to explore the products and technology on offer...
The road to success in non-scripted formats and factual programming in Asia.
Whether you are producing or commissioning programmes, whether you are creating ideas, selling or buying: the international business of entertainment is changing dramatically. But how do you develop an idea ‘from scratch to screen’ and build it into a business?
The international business of entertainment is complex, even for the most experienced players. Where do you scout w...
MAKING FILMS IN CHINA FOR THE CHINA MARKET AND BEYOND
This Village Roadshow Entertainment Group Asia-sponsored event will consist of a dialogue among film industry professionals who are engaged in the development, financing, production and marketing and distribution of Chinese films for the Mainland China market and beyond.
Topics covered will be project selection and script development; financing and production management; and marketing and distribution.
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Hafa Adai and Welcome filmmakers!The Guam International Film Festival (GIFF) is looking for exciting new films to present in our inaugural festival to take place this year. Below you will find the link to the rules and regulations for the requirements to submit to this year’s event. We look forward to having your film be a part of this momentous and groundbreaking celebration.All filmmakers – student, amateur and professionals – are encouraged to submit to GIFF. For submission deadlines ...
Day 2 of the first edition of [SIN]efest was somewhat a quieter affair than the previous day's opening night, but that was to be expected, being a Friday.
The film that was selected is the oldest in the programme having been made in 2007. Nonetheless, it was directed by Royston Tan, one of the youngest veterans in the Singaporean film scene who seems rather fond of giving his feature films numbers for titles - 15 - the movie, 4:30 and 12 Lotus. And he does not disappoint on the t...
Before the screening of SANDCASTLE, I was able to catch up with the film's director and festival curator, Boo Junfeng.Tania: How does it feel to have a film that is acclaimed and award winning in Singapore, its home country and then Pusan, which is as good as it gets in East Asia and Cannes, which is as good as it gets in Europe?Boo Junfeng: Pretty good! (laughs) I've always wanted to make movies since I was 15 and I thought, by the time I'm 30 I can make a feature film. This is happening a li...
The first edition of the UK's largest independent Singapore Film Festival kicked off yesterday.
With a complimentary buffet, complimentary drinks and approachable staff this may well be one of the cosiest and more relaxed film festivals I have attended.
I got the chance to interview Boo Junfeng, the director of the opening film, SANDCASTLE and curator for the festival and Joshua Tan, the main actor of SANDCASTLE, who currently studies in London.
Boo Junfeng is a softly ...
Announced on Friday was a partnership between the Media Development Authority (MDA) of Singapore and Tiger Gate Entertainment, a joint venture in itself between Lionsgate and Saban Capital Group. Together they plan on releasing multi-platform features in the action, horror and thriller genre to worldwide markets over the next four years. As stated by "The Hollywood Reporter: The Daily Cannes," Tiger Gate will be taking charge of all platforms distribution within Asia, and Lionsga...
SINGAFEST is an international film festival that combines the best of both worlds: food and entertainment. Located in one of the hot spots of Singapore, Singafest incorporates never before seen films with food from that region. For two weeks the building is converted to a festival haven, where movie-goers and foodies can go and delight their seven senses. ...
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