BOOKS

Lost Films of Asia
Edited by: Nick Deocampo

Lost Films of Asia is the title of a new book published by the South East Asia Pacific Audio-Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA) to raise public awareness of the region’s most important films that either have been lost or are missing.The introduction by Nick Deocampo, a Filipino prizewinning filmmaker and writer, brings to the attention of the readers the precarious situation of films which he refers to as ‘cultural genocide’. Launched 110 years after the first viewing of film in Asia, the book is a valuable reference on 42 lost films from Australia to Viet Nam. Black and white photos from the lost films accompany the respective short descriptions making reading a pictorial journey into the past.To encourage a climate of support for film preservation, Lost Films of Asia includes an article by Ray Edmondson titled “The Role of Archives in Saving (and Defining) Early Films”. The article reasons why archives and archivists are necessary and offers a glimpse of what they have done to bring to the audience today the images of the bygone days.

ISBN: 971-27-18618
Book size: 8 x 9 in.
Book type: Bookpaper
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Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines

Cine: Spanish Influences on Early Cinema in the Philippines fathoms the depths of Philippine cinema as the author ventures into the largely unknown terrain of the country's history of early cinema. With meticulous scholarship and engaging insights, prizewinning filmmaker and author Nick Deocampo investigates the origin and formation of cinema as it became the Filipinos' preeminent entertainment and cultural form.

ISBN: 971-27-19035
Edition: 2007.
Book size: 7.5 x 9 in
Number of Pages: 420
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Beyond The Mainstream
The Films of Nick Deocampo

This volume includes Deocampo's award-winning documentary film scripts as well as production notes and essays on short film-making. It comes with photographs.

The book received the 1997 National Book Award for Screenplay.

ISBN: 971-27-04904
Edition: 1997.
Book size: 25 x 18 cm.
Number of Pages: 204
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