SCREENVILLE: juillet 2009

Please add your recommendations for film writers in these countries in the comments below or email to me, provided they fit the criteria : (1) mainly about artfilms, documentaries, experimental cinema (2) preferably written in English, or else in local language (3) eventually a local resource. See introductory post here. Subscribe to updates of this post (RSS feed for comments thread)

Wide Middle East

IRAN جمهوری اسلامی ايران - [Farsi/Persian]

Reza Tayebi (مصیبتی بنام سینما Tragedy Called Cinema) [IR]
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TURKEY Türkiye Cumhuriyeti [Turkish]

Gadjo (Kino Eye) = blog (Sinema vs.) [TR]
Ali Arikan (Cerebral Mastication) = blog
Aydan Izlenimler (Impressions from the Moon) [TR]
Ahmet Gürata (karşı açı) = blog [TR]
collective (CineMüslim) = site [TR]
(Eskiden Beri) = blog [TR]
Celil Civan, Fuat Er, Enes Özel, Ahmet Terzioğlu (Kafa Ayari) = blog [TR]
Madafaka (Radyo Bemba) = blog [TR]
Mehmet Okan & Burak Sahin (Sinema Dedigin) = blog [TR]
collective (Sinema Defteri) = blog [TR]
(Sinema ve Edebiyat Uzerine) = blog [TR]
(Yurttas Kane) = blog [TR]
(Rashomon) = blog [TR]
Hande Yedidal (The Lunatic Wonders) = blog [TR]
(Association of Documentary Filmmakers)
(Turkish Foundation of Cinema and Audio-visual Culture)
(Turkish Film Critics Association) [TR]
(Mithat Alam Film Center) [TR]
(FilmXXI) = mag [TR]
(Bağımsız Sinema)= site [TR]

Africa

ALGERIA الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية [Arabic] [Tamazigh] [French]

EGYPT جمهورية مصر العربية [Arabic]

MALI République du Mali - [Bambara] [French]

MOROCCO المملكة المغربية - [Arabic] [Tamazigh] [French]

SENEGAL République du Sénégal - [Wolof] [French]

Asia

CHINA 中國 [Mandarin] [Cantonese]

Kevin Lee (dGenerate Films) = pro
Mei Ko (柯鳥) [CN]
XiaoXiao (Malka y el Mundo) [CN]
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HONG KONG 中華人民共和國香港特別行政區 [Cantonese] [English]

TAIWAN 臺灣 [Mandarin] [Taiwanese] [English]

Kilasme Wu (Kilasme) = blog [TW]
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SOUTH KOREA 대한민국 [Korean]

Darcy Paquet (Korean film) = site
Mark Raymond (Foreigner's Guide to Film culture in Korea) = blog
Korean Film Council (KOFIC) = site [KR]
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JAPAN 日本国 [Japanese]

(maplecat-eve) = blog [JP]
(notes sur le cinématographe) = blog [JP]
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INDIA भारत गणराज्य [Hindi] [Tamil] [Telugu] [Kannada] [Malayalam] [Bengali] [Marathi] [Gujarati] [English]

(Indian Auteur) = mag
Nitesh Rohit (Winds From The East) = blog
(Cinemascope) = blog
(Konangal (Angles) film society) = site
Srikanth (The Seventh Art) = blog
Jugu Abraham (Movies That Make You Think) = blog
Sange Dorjee (Sanges World) = blog
(Journal of The Moving Image) = academic
(Upperstall) = site
(Nagarjunan) = blog [Tamil]

South East Asia

THE PHILIPPINES Republika ng Pilipinas [Filipino] [English]

Alexis Tioseco (Criticine) = site (Concentrated Nonesense) = blog
Noel Vera (Critic After Dark) = blog
Francis Cruz (Lessons from the school of inattention) = blog
Adrian (Auditoire) = blog
Dodo Dayo (Piling Piling Pelikula) = blog
Richard Bolisay (Lilok Pelikula) = blog
Simon Santos (Video 48) = blog
Thor Bee (Something to sing about) = blog
Film Angel & Northern Portrait (The Persistence of Vision) = blog
Fidel Antonio Medel (Pixilated Popcorn) = blog
Eloi Hernandez (Usapang Pelikula) = academic blog
Young Critics Circle Film Desk = blog

THAILAND ราชอาณาจักรไทย [Thai] [English]

celinejulie (Limitless Cinema) = blog (Limitless Cinema in Broken English) = blog [TH]
Tossapol Boonsinsukh (Yrna) = blog [TH]
(Filmvirus) = blog [TH]
(Merveillesxx) = blog [TH]
(Nanoguy) = blog [TH]
Pol Payab (The Man Who Put His Will on FILM) = blog [TH]
Renton (Filmspotting) = blog [TH]
Warin Nilsirisuk (In Between Dreams) = blog [TH]
Wiwat Lertwiwatwongsa (Filmsick) = blog [TH]
Alexis Tioseco (Criticine) = site
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