'Asian Cinema: A Regional View is a turning point. It replaces the idea of Asian cinema as a set of national cinemas with a proliferation of transborder linkages across the region. Its chapters on regional co-productions, remakes, film festivals, streaming services, cinema archives and more will fundamentally change how we perceive Asian cinema.'
Chris Berry, King's College London, co-editor of Cultural Studies and Cultural Industries in Northeast Asia: What a Difference a Region Makes.
Asia's film industries have undergone significant transformation in the last 30 years. From bilateral co-production agreements to pan-Asian financing, Asian cinema has assumed a regional identity well beyond its constituent national cinemas.
This book explores the collaborative models of film production, distribution, exhibition and reception that have enabled greater co-operation and integration between Asia's film industries. In doing so, it contributes to the burgeoning international fields of transnational and world cinema, providing a fresh perspective on Asian cinema through the lens of comparative film studies.
Olivia Khoo is Associate Professor in Film and Screen Studies at Monash University, Australia.
Cover image: The Assassin, 2015, Hou Hsiao-hsien © Central Motion Pictures
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Dr Olivia Khoo is Associate Professor of Film and Screen Studies at Monash University

Acknowledgements
List of Figures

1. Introduction: Theorising Asian Cinema as a Regional Cinema

2. Pan-Asian Filmmaking and Co-Productions with China: Horizontal Collaborations and Vertical Aspirations

3. Re-making Asian Cinema: Inter-Asian Remakes and Asian Omnibus Films

4. From Film Festivals to Online Streaming: Circuits of Distribution and Exhibition

5. Queer Asian Cinema and the Short Film Format: Rethinking Female Authorship

6. Archiving Asian Cinema

7. Asian Cinema in 3D: Regional Technical Innovation

Epilogue: New Regional Intimacies
Notes
Bibliography