ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of key concepts covered in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book discusses the contemporary Asian films, although the impact of Asian media in the global marketplace is also taken into consideration. It also looks at the work of Asian directors such as Ang Lee, Stephen Chow and Wong Kar Wai in Western markets, in their non-native environments. The book focuses on a case study of the late Yasmin Ahmad and her trilogy of family drama films based around female protagonist, Orked, namely Sepet and Mukhsin. It examines rising influence of film festivals in not only judging and appraising of films. The book then presents a discussion of how two very different Asian countries, namely India and Japan, create their own aesthetic representations through film. In recent years sections of Asian film industry have begun to capitalise in earnest on co-productions and sharing of resources across national boundaries, such as Hong Kong and Singapore.
