I will be attending the Berlin Film Festival 2008 (7th — 17th February 2008) There are two big reasons why I am going. Invisible City, a film I worked on, is screening in the Forum section of the Berlinale. I will also take the opportunity to market and promote my own film about the Beijing Olympics, Boomtown [...]
February 6, 2008
I have never been on Second Life so I have no idea what it means to inhabit larger than life personae in the virtual world. Nonetheless, I am fascinated by this space in which everyone gets to place at being a comic book superhero. What a fascinating topic for a documentary film and I am so glad [...]
February 2, 2008
We all grew up on Hollywood fare. Most of us would have heard of Bollywood, India’s home-grown film industry. Now we need to add the term “Nollywood” to our list. “Nollywood” refers to Nigeria’s fledging film industry that gives “guerrilla film making a whole new meaning.” Making action flicks on a 9 day turn around, [...]
January 31, 2008
I must confess I am a laggard when it comes to the World Wide Web. I only started writing this blog consistently since November 2007. To my chagrin, by the time I hopped onto the Web 1.0 bandwagon, the train for Web 2.0 has already left the station. All across the Web, I hear voices [...]
January 31, 2008
Today, I received an email request from my friend, Singaporean film maker Tan Pin Pin: "Hi Siok, if its convenient, can you let Web 2.0 know to watch or look out for Invisible City in Berlin?" Those were her exact words.:) So hear ye, Web 2.0 folks out there, look out for this Singapore documentary [...]
January 30, 2008
As the Beijing Olympics fast approaches, Western media organizations are quick to pull out the well-worn cliches about repressive regimes and the Olympic Games. It is refreshing therefore to read this interview in the Seattle Times blog with Dr Susan Brownell, an American anthropologist who does research on sports in China and their connection with politics, [...]
January 30, 2008
I stumbled upon a stunningly executed skate video intro directed by Spike Jonze, (Adaptation). In this video, the soundtrack is everything. Beautiful, beautiful slow-motion skate video intro by Spike Jonze. The… (kottke.org) Check it out. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soWwa_Xwy7U&rel=1] Technorati Tags: skateboarding, video, spikejonze, filmmaking
January 22, 2008
I have never given an interview about a film on a business show before. Well, there is always a first time. The China Business Show is a weekly show on WSR Radio that sheds cross-cultural insight on doing business in China. I am impressed by the range of issues that the show covers, from [...]
January 20, 2008
I have been overdosing on tech news lately so I am trying to redress the balance by returning to a mainstream news diet: 1) The feelgood factor | Economist.com The Economist has an in-depth special report on corporate social responsibility– the good, the bad and the ugly. Observations include the emergence of the corporate version [...]
January 19, 2008
1) …My heart’s in Accra » Scoble, Kenya and learning to connect Heartfelt and insightful post by founder of Global Voices Online about blogging, the Kenyan crisis and learning to connect with the developing world. 2)China Close To Becoming World’s Largest Internet Market By Users China is likely to become the nation with the largest number of Internet [...]
February 7, 2008