Featuring interviews with 27 award-winning and emerging filmmakers, this book is the first comprehensive look at independent filmmaking careers in South East Asia with never-before published insights into the lives and careers of some of the most influential filmmakers in one of the world's most exciting screen production regions. Aimed at aspiring filmmakers with a focus on career building outside of global production hubs, Meiÿner has curated a collection of interviews that reflects the diversity and ambition of filmmaking in South East Asia.
Celebrating filmmaking in South East Asia, the interviews offer unique perspectives that highlight the various paths filmmakers have taken to establish and develop their independent filmmaking careers. Presenting filmmakers whose films span narrative, documentary and experimental genres, and from all ten South East Asian nations
- Camera d’Or winner Anthony Chen
- Sundance Grand Jury Prize nominee Mouly Surya
- NETPAC Award Winner Sheron Dayoc
- Brunei’s first female director, Siti Kamaluddin
- Directors of the Wathann Festival, Thaiddhi, and Thu Thu Shein
- Lao’s only female and first horror film director, Mattie Do
Introduction
Chapter 1: Filmmaking in … Brunei
Siti Kamaluddin
Chapter 2: Filmmaking in … Cambodia
Morn Vanntey
Neang Kavich
Sokyou Chea
Chapter 3: Filmmaking in … Indonesia
Juan Mayo
Mouly Surya
Nia Dinata
Chapter 4: Filmmaking in … Laos
Anysay Keola
Mattie Do
Chapter 5: Filmmaking in … Malaysia
Imri Nasution & Isazaly Isa
James Lee
Nandita Solomon
Chapter 6: Filmmaking in … Myanmar
Hnin Ei Hlaing (Snow)
Thaiddhi & Thu Thu Shein
The Maw Naing
Chapter 7: Urban Sights – A Visual Essay
Chapter 8: Filmmaking in … The Philippines
Hannah Espia
John Torres
Sheron Dayoc
Chapter 9: Filmmaking in … Singapore
Anthony Chen
Daniel Yam
Sherman Ong
Chapter 10: Filmmaking in … Thailand
Adam Yukol
Aditya Assarat
Anocha Suwichakornpong
Chapter 11: Filmmaking in … Vietnam
Bui Kim Quy
Dao Thanh Hung & Pham Phuong Thao
Phan Dang Di
Index