Pedro Pinho’s I Only Rest in the Storm is a hypnotic and textured look at power, identity, and longing, set in a tense West African city. The film follows Sergio, an environmental engineer working on a controversial road between the desert and the forest, as it explores the tangled realities of neo-colonialism, expat privilege, and relationships in…
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30th Busan International Film Festival: “Shape of Momo” Review
Shown at this year’s Busan International Film Festival, Tribeny Rai’s debut feature, Shape of Momo, is a wonderful piece of writing. A powerful film that listens closely to the hidden struggles of women living within the limits of tradition. The narrative centres on Bishnu, a 32-year-old who abandons her city job and returns to her…
Sylvia CHANG Receives BIFF x CHANEL 2025 Camellia Award at the 30th Busan International Film Festival
Taiwanese filmmaker Sylvia Chang has been awarded the 2025 Camellia Award for her groundbreaking contributions across generations and roles, paving the way for Asian women in cinema. The Camellia Award, presented by CHANEL in partnership with the Busan International Film Festival, honors women whose cultural and artistic impact shapes the film industry. At the 30th…
30th Busan International Film Festival: “Dear Stranger” Review
Tetsuya Mariko’s Dear Stranger begins not with the disappearance of a child, but with the erosion of a marriage. Kenji (Hidetoshi Nishijima: Drive My Car, Serpent’s Path), a Japanese architecture professor in New York, and Jane (Gwei Lun-Mei: The Wild Goose Lake), a Taiwanese-American puppeteer who has put her art aside to raise their young…
30th Busan International Film Festival: “Hana Korea” Review
For many North Korean defectors, crossing the border is not the end of a story but the start of another kind of struggle. Frederik Sølberg’s Hana Korea, co-written with Sharon Choi, goes straight into that fraught second chapter. The film is a great story of adaptation and loss: how the comforts of a new country…
Prasanna Venkatesh on KANNADI CUPBOARD – An Art Space that Welcomes Everyone – Exclusive Interview
“Art doesn’t belong to any specific group of people. Everyone has a share of it and everyone deserves to be part of its making, viewing, and experience,” says Prasanna Venkatesh, the brain behind Kannadi Cupboard, a community-driven art/event space in Chennai, India. Designed as an “everyday gallery,” which involves everyone in art – unlike more…
European Women Filmmakers Take Stage at the 30th Busan International Film Festival
European Film Promotion (EFP), a consortium of 37 national film organizations, is devoted to bringing the richness of European cinema and its creators to the attention of the international film industry and press. This year in Busan, EFP will back 69 European titles invited to the festival, alongside the participation of 19 global distributors connected…
BFI London Film Festival 2025: A Strong Year for Asian Cinema
The 2025 BFI London Film Festival has announced a particularly rich programme, one that emphasising its role as a global event for daring, ambitious as well as diverse cinema. Among the many highlights, Park Chan-wook’s No Other Choice is probably one of the year’s most anticipated Gala selections. The darkly comic thriller follows a desperate…
Wonho Wows London Fans: Highlights from His “STAY AWAKE” Tour
And it happened again! Wonho returned to London, performing at Shepherd’s Bush Empire as part of his STAY AWAKE world tour, to his most loyal fans. Armed with four dancers and a simple VCR screen as his backdrop, he once again favoured minimal staging over the elaborate productions embraced by many K-pop soloists. While some…
Explosive and Exuberant Debut: CORTIS Shout Their Arrival on the K-Pop Scene with “COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES”
CORTIS is a five-member idol boy group. The members are Martin, James, Juhoon, Seonghyeon and Keonho, and are the first boy group to debut under BIGHIT MUSIC in six years. They are a young group, all teenagers: 17-year-old Martin is the leader, 16-year-old Keonho is the maknae, and the oldest member is James, who is 19….
ASTRO’s MJ and JINJIN Inspire with ZOONIZINI’s Debut “DICE” – Exclusive Interview
ASTRO first appeared on the scene in 2016, and over the years, their creative work has matured with impressive grace. Known for their diversity, the members have built their own artistic identities while keeping the spirit of the group intact. Now, in 2025, a new chapter comes alive with the arrival of the group’s third…
JUNNY’s Timeless Return: Exploring “null” – Exclusive Interview
Korean-Canadian singer-songwriter JUNNY returns with his second studio album, null, arriving three years after his 2022 release Blanc. We’ve had the pleasure of speaking with JUNNY twice before, and each conversation has been a delight; now, for the third time, he sits down with View of the Arts to share insights on his latest work….
Meet W.i.S.H: India’s Girl Group Taking Pop Music Worldwide – Exclusive Interview
“After one show, a young girl approached us and simply said, ‘thank you.’ She told us that being like us had always been her dream, and that watching us perform made her proud.” It’s a memory the Indian pop girl group W.i.S.H. recalls with deep fondness and pride. Consisting of sisters Ri and Sim, along…
82nd Venice Film Festival: “Praying Mantis” Review
Praying Mantis is an 18-minute hand-drawn animation short film co-directed by Hong Kong director Yonfan and Taiwanese filmmaker Joe Hsieh, breaking his six-year silence. The film merges Yonfan’s expertise in portraying complex female characters with Hsieh’s recurring motifs of lust and death, telling the story of a mother who sacrifices herself entirely for her child…
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