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The Inner Path Inauguration

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Aditya Wednesday April 25, 2012
All are cordially invited to the opening of ‘The Inner Path’ a festival of Buddhist films, exhibitions, philosophy and a performance on April 27, 2012. On all days Entry is Free
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Film Personalities at The Inner Path

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Aditya Monday April 16, 2012

A selection of important Buddhist films will be screened in Delhi at ICCR from April 28 (Saturday) to May 1(Tuesday) 2012, after a gap of 17 years, when Netpac has screened them in 1995 for the first time. This festival is a follow-up to the International Buddhist Conclave held last year in November. 
 
The films explore themes dealing with happiness, seeking peace and contentment, redemption, reconciliation, simplicity, forgiveness, generosity, helping the community, creativity, homour and personal transformation.
 

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NETPAC India and Devki Foundation have come together to host the first International Buddhist Festival ‘The Inner Path’

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Aditya Sunday April 15, 2012
The festival will present Buddhist philosophy and aesthetics through various creative forms – a dance performance, films, an exhibition of photographs and selected art works, discourses, discussions and debates, demonstrating the myriad streams of Buddhism practiced around the world, yet all directed towards ‘The Inner Path’. 
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NETPAC News 2011

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Aditya Tuesday December 27, 2011
In 2011 NETPAC followed up the Imaging Asia festival in New Delhi in August 2010, with a series of activities. The NETPAC award was instituted at the Kolkata and Bengaluru festivals in India, Cape Winelands Festival in South Africa and in Warsaw in Poland. For the Bengaluru Festival, we helped put together a package of the Asian films for the Netpac prize which comes with a prize of US $4,000, offered by the Karnataka Film Chamber of Commerce. The winner of the 2011 APSA NETPAC Development Prize with a bursary of US $5000 bursary, was Sheron Dayoc for Halaw (Ways of the Sea).
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Film appreciation workshop with Prof. Suresh Chabria.

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Aditya Friday December 2, 2011
In the plethora of entertainment options, cinema continues to hold a special status, captivating and holding the viewer in a bond that is both personal and larger-than-life. What makes cinema important in an era of television and YouTube? What is the relationship between cinema and the viewer? Is film a reflection of reality or is reality a reflection of film?In this three day workshop, noted film historian, teacher and curator, Suresh Chabria will address questions like this, introducing participants to the powerful medium of cinema. 
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BOAT PEOPLE STORY WINS ASIAN CINEMA PRIZE

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Aditya Friday November 18, 2011

The Asia Pacific Screen Awards today announced that the Winner of the annual APSA NETPAC Development Prize is Filipino filmmaker Sheron R. Dayoc for his film Halaw (Ways of the Sea).

Designed to nurture outstanding talent in the region, a prize of US$5,000 is offered by APSA in collaboration with the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema (NETPAC). All films in competition for APSA are eligible.

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NETPAC award winners

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Aditya Wednesday November 2, 2011
16th Busan International Film Festival, 6-14 October 2011


The Netpac Award was won by the film:

Dwe Ji Ui Wang (The King of Pigs)

 

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To Friends of Asian Cinema: The Untimely Death of Tareque Masud And Mishuk Munier

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Aditya Tuesday August 16, 2011
Dhaka: The film activists in Bangladesh are mourning the death of Bangladesh’s leading filmmaker Tareque Masud and his friend—cinematorgrapher Mishuk Munier. They died in a road accident at around 12.30 pm on Saturday 13 August 2011. Tareque and seven others were scouting for locations for his new film Kagojer Phool (The Paper flower), presumably a 'prequel' to his famous film Matir Moina (The Clay Bird, 2002) in Manikganj on 13 August morning. When returning to Dhaka their microbus was hit by a coach and five of them died on the spot.
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Iconic Filmmaker Mani Kaul passes away

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Aditya Wednesday July 6, 2011
Mani Kaul, renowned Indian filmmaker who, together with Kumar Shahani, was  the architect of the New Wave in Indian cinema in the early 70s, passed away in New Delhi on 6 July 2011. His death has been mourned by the entire film fraternity.
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Garin Nugroho - Celebrating 30 years of Filmmaking

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Aditya Friday June 24, 2011
Nugroho’s cinema features a lot of ladies in sensual and suffering scenes. So it makes symbolic sense that his career summary is dedicated to his mother. “My late mother once told me, “Nugroho recalls, “that before she turned 17, as a member of the Red Cross, she stood among hundreds of dead bodies on Braga Street, Bandung. Bodies of the victims of the massacre by the Dutch. She also witnessed the hundreds of deaths in 1965 (the bloody takeover by Suharto), and the chaos of violence in 1998 (the bloody resignation of Suharto)…
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Obituary

Sun Shaoyi (1961 - 13th Aug. 2019) Shaoyi Photo It is with great sadness that we inform you of the demise of our senior NETPAC member, Prof SUN Shaoyi (孙绍谊) on 13th Aug 2019. Born in 1961, Prof. SUN Shaoyi did a Masters and a Ph.D from the University of Southern California (USC). He was Professor of Film and Media Studies at Shanghai Theater Academy (STA), taught Chinese film and literature at USC, University of California at Irvine, National Chung Hsing University (Taiwan), Shanghai University and New York University in Shanghai. Read More...