A 10-issue magazine dedicated to cinema in Asia.

Issue 6 is dedicated to Manifestos. At various moments in cinema history, filmmakers have stepped forth to denounce, to challenge, to argue for or against, to communicate new values, ideas and ideals. They have demanded changes to the prevailing aesthetic, industrial or political order. Some might dismiss such manifestos as little more than cries in the dark. But these public statements have often proved influential and/or prophetic, encompassing not only filmmaking and the moving image but also politics, history, society and more. This Issue reproduces and critically dissects 12 manifestos (self-described and otherwise) hailing from a range of contexts, regions and eras. Although each of these documents were meant first and foremost to speak to the times in which they were written, this Issue invites us to consider how compelling and just as relevant they remain in the present day. 

Featuring the following manifestos

1987 TAIWAN CINEMA MANIFESTO (PROVIDING THE SPACE FOR AN ALTERNATIVE CINEMA TO EXIST) | Taiwan, 1987

I SINEMA MANIFESTO | Indonesia, 1999

TOWARD AN OPEN CINEMA | South Korea, 1983

ON THE ART OF THE CINEMA | North Korea, 1973

WHAT IS WRONG WITH INDIAN FILMS? and WHAT AILS INDIAN FILM-MAKING | India, 1948 and 1970

THE ZERO-MINUTE FILM SCHOOL and DIGITAL DEKALOGO: A MANIFESTO FOR A FILMLESS PHILIPPINES | Philippines, 2000 and 2001

PARTISAN CINEMA | Kazakhstan, 2014

NOUVELLE VAGUE MANIFESTO; OR, HOW I BECAME A DISCIPLE OF PHILIPPE GARREL | Japan, 1997

SHAMANS · ANIMALS | China, 2011

KUMAN PICTURES: A MANIFESTO | Malaysia, 2018