"Southeast Asian Independent Cinema is chockfull of vibrantly insightful essays, manifestos, and interviews. It is an invaluable resource for those interested in the region--and in a wildly creative generation of filmmakers that deserves to be in the globa

"That there is a vibrant independent cinema in Southeast Asia is now known thanks to the awards won by Brillante Mendoza, Apichatpong and others. But what is the sociopolitico-cultural context within which they are working? How do these iconoclastic, cutt

"The book has great merits in giving all together a historical and contemporary picture of South-East Asian cinema which is little or not properly known." -- Jean Marc Th�rouanne, Managing Director, Vesoul Asian Film Festival

Tilman Baumg�rtel taught film and media studies in Germany, Austria and the Philippines before joining Royal University of Phnom Penh in 2009. He has curated international film series and art exhibitions, and has also published books on independent cinema, Internet art, computer games and the German director Harun Farocki. His blog can be found at http: //southeastasiancinema.wordpress.com