The first film journal devoted to the Asia-Pacific region as a whole provides a forum in which Asian and Western cinemas can be introduced to and appreciated by a world-wide audience.

Contents:

SPECIAL ISSUE ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN CINEMA

Cinema, Nation, and Culture in Southeast Asia: Enframing a Relationship

by Wilmal Dissanayake

The Filipino Film Industry

by Nicanor G. Tiongson

The Rise and Fall of the Film Industry in Thailand, 1897-1992

by Boonrak Boonyaketmala

The Rise of the Indonesian Film Industry

dd>by Salim Said>

Asia and the Global Film Industry

by Elizabeth B. Buck

Book Reviews