One Friday in the autumn of 1905, Hiralal Sen took his cinematograph to the Calcutta Town Hall. For the previous eight years, he and his brother had carried the device all over Eastern India. It was ...

Journalists and documentary filmmakers around the world can submit their non-fiction short films and compete for a cash prize. Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia 2023, one of the largest international ...

Goa-based Film Bazaar, South Asia’s largest film market, will have a documentary-focused sister edition in Mumbai from June. The documentary component of the market will now be a full fledged Film ...

A version of this story appeared in the Higher Ground newsletter from The Washington Times. Click here to receive Higher Ground delivered directly to your inbox each Sunday. A documentary that will be ...

Netflix confirmed new Korean titles Physical: Asia, documentary The Echoes of Survivors: Inside Korea's Tragedies and You and Everything Else as part of the country’s originals slate for 2025. These ...

A rare glimpse of Asia’s most treasured landmarks, all seen from breath-taking heights. From busy cityscapes to natural wonders, this four-part series shot in stunning 4K captures the history and ...

The Hong Kong Film Awards gave a huge dose of support to veteran filmmaker Mabel Cheung Yuen-ting, naming her documentary “To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self” as best film on Sunday, despite local ...

A documentary telling the real story of a Taiwanese shrimp expert looking to find success as a foreign investor in Myanmar offers a nuanced portrait of how many Taiwanese misinterpret Southeast Asia.

Full house at the Film Southasia screening this week in Patan. Photos: THE RED CIRCLE / FSA Film Southasia Festival of Documentaries, which opened on 21 November by director Kabir Khan, wrapped up on ...

Before Ilon Specht wrote L'Oréal’s signature tagline, she helped her stepdaughter see that she was, in fact, worth something. “She was interested in me. She listened to me, treated me like I was ...