by Viknesh Kobinathan, AFA Programmer Despite her illustrious and diverse trajectory as an actress from the late-1920s to the mid-1970s, Kinuyo Tanaka is not […]

by Diana Rahim In the current era of climate emergency, how can the visual medium be used to consider nature and the environment anew? […]

“သူတို့က ခေါင်းကို ပစ်တယ်တော်လှန်ရေးက နှလုံးသားမှာရှိတာသူတို့ မသိကြဘူး” English Translation:“They shoot at headsBut they do not knowThat revolution lives in the heart.” This famous verse by Khet […]

by Sheryl Gwee Driving down the sun-washed, suburban streets of Greenwood, Mississippi, a young Indian woman finds herself explaining how she was born in […]

September 2022 features a wide-ranging catalogue of East Asian stories from established and emerging identities within China, Hong Kong, Japan and Korea. Spanning across […]

by Rosalind Galt Melodrama as a cinematic form has always addressed the relationship of gender to capitalism, navigating questions of modernity and patriarchy through […]

by Chew Tee Pao, Archivist The Asian Film Archive (AFA) has been preserving the prints of Rajendra Gour’s short films since 2006. This was […]

Selected films from the Singapore Video Competition 1985, 1986 and 1988 by Chew Tee Pao, Archivist In 2013, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) […]

This essay was written as an introduction to accompany the screenings of the programme Hidden Gems: Prize-winning entries from the Singapore Video Competition 1985, […]

The Asian Film Archive is expanding the team. If you enjoy working in a dynamic environment and keen to bring together Asian films and […]