Stories about Film from January, 2008
China: The SARFT censorship comments
Sun Bin re-posts a comment thread from Douban's movie forum on the SARFT comments on a film “Devils on the door step”. Most frequent comments are about impact on national image.
Guyana: Blue Tennis Ball
Guyana-Gyal tells the story of the blue tennis ball….
China: Lost in Beijing Suspended for Screening
DANWEI reports on the latest censorship by the SARFT against an erotic film ‘Lost in Beijing’.
Peru: Cinencuentro Covers Peruvian Cinema
Cinencuentro is a Peruvian blog site that provides everything from movie reviews to interviews. Many of the site's contributors are film enthusiasts and some are even budding directors. Juan Arellano interviews two of the site's primary contributors, Lucho Ramos and Laslo Rojas and here is an excerpt of that interview.
A documentary on blogs and journalism
Fabio Malini [pt] recommends a documentary by Alvaro Liuzzi [es] who “has made an effort to interview a number of bloggers – Argentine, Spanish, Chilean etc – for his documentary about blogging and journalism, published in video on the site Vimeo. They are 12 in-depth interviews, made with a Canon...
Bangladesh: Cyclone Sidr relief efforts.
Cyclone Sidr struck Bangladesh mid November, and although media attention has waned, the efforts to aid the victims still continue. Vlogger Shawn from the Uncultured project recorded his visit to the disaster area to deliver blankets.
Kuwait: Video Bloggers in Kuwait.
Lebanese blogger Mark, who lives in Kuwait, introduces us to two video bloggers from Kuwait – Rashisha and Stan.
Argentina: 20 years of the El Mate free movie and animation school
Children between 8 and 17 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, have been learning how to animate and film movies in the 20 year old El Mate Film School, with an abundant production of films, shorts, animations and a documentary or two.
China: Erotic Film Banned from Movie Awards
The Chinese censorship board body, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television (SARFT), has banned producers of erotic movies, including their directors and leading actors, from participation in domestic film awards. — more from Kenneth Tan from Shanghaiist.
