“Resistance is the driving force of the film”: An Interview with Davy Chou Maja Korbecka July 2022 Interviews Cambodian-French writer-director Davy Chou’s third full-length film, Return to Seoul, which premiered in Un Certain Regard at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, focuses on a French Korean adoptee during her recurri...
Pom Bunsermvicha interview: “Being part of a family“ Maja Korbecka January 2022 Interviews As a result of institutional support, independent filmmaking in Southeast Asia is flourishing. Thailand has grown into a creative hub – production companies such as Electric Eel Films help realise the ideals of...
“I Myself am a Woman”: A Conversation with Han Shuai Maja Korbecka July 2021 Interviews Writer-director Han Shuai’s Summer Blur, the winner of the Grand Prix for Best Film in the Kplus competition at the 2021 Berlinale, is a mesmerising take on film noir. Its codes and conventions are used to expl...
The 57th Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival: Enclave Amidst the Chaos? Maja Korbecka January 2021 Festival Reports Taiwan is one of the few countries that managed to suppress the spread of COVID-19 very early on, drawing from the traumatic experience of the early 2000s SARS epidemic that severely plagued the island. After a...
