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Participants at the workshop discuss film industries in East Asia. |
Films outside Hollywood: Workshop looks at East Asian film industries
A workshop held at UOW last week invited staff and students to explore film industries outside mainstream Hollywood and Europe and look at new international collaborations in East Asian film industries. The workshop was titled “Intersecting Culture, Policy and Praxis Outside of the Hollywood-European Axis: Internationalisation and East Asian Collaborative Encounters in Film.”
Special invited guests Professor Tom O'Regan (University of Queensland) and Dr Ben Goldsmith (Australian Film, Television and Radio School, and University of Queensland) attended the workshop – both have published widely on international film and television, and cultural and media policy.
Dr Brian Yecies, from UOW’s School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication, said that business summits, free trade agreements and co-production treaties in East Asia have opened the door for collaborations through access to financing, incentives and governmental support programs.
He said this has spawned a new era of interconnectedness in the East Asian film industry, and points a number of examples of films that have been produced in more than one country – including Australia.
“The Host – the most successful Korean film of all time –used production services facilities in Queensland, and the a growing number of Chinese feature films such as Hero and House of Flying Daggers have been edited and post-produced in Sydney,” he said.
“Other examples include the Korean/Hong Kong/Thai co-production horror film Three, and the Hong Kong/Japan/Korean co-produced sequel Three Extremes. The list also includes the official Korea-China film Sophie's Revenge and Adelaide producer/director Mario Andreacchio's official Australian-Chinese film The Last Dragon.”
Dr Yecies said the workshop looked at how these collaborations, which are less known and understudied in comparison Hollywood and European cinema, extend the understanding of the production, circulation and resonances of international films.