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Asian Movie Pulse Talks #9: Joko Anwar’s Impetigore

In the ninth episode of AMP Talks, Panos Kotzathanasis, Adriana Rosati and Don Anelli discuss

1. The rise of Indonesian Horror

2. The concept of Wayang (Shadow Puppets) and the way it is implemented in the film

3. Creating a horrific atmosphere without jump scares

4. The importance of the location

5. Making social and philosophical comments through horror films

6. and

About the author

Panos Kotzathanasis

Panagiotis (Panos) Kotzathanasis is a film critic and reviewer, specialized in Asian Cinema. He is the owner and administrator of Asian Movie Pulse, one of the biggest portals dealing with Asian cinema. He is a frequent writer in Hancinema, Taste of Cinema, and his texts can be found in a number of other publications including SIRP in Estonia, Film.sk in Slovakia, Asian Dialogue in the UK, Cinefil in Japan and Filmbuff in India.

Since 2019, he cooperates with Thessaloniki Cinematheque in Greece, curating various tributes to Asian cinema. He has participated, with video recordings and text, on a number of Asian movie releases, for Spectrum, Dekanalog and Error 4444. He has taken part as an expert on the Erasmus+ program, “Asian Cinema Education”, on the Asian Cinema Education International Journalism and Film Criticism Course.

Apart from a member of FIPRESCI and the Greek Cinema Critics Association, he is also a member of NETPAC, the Hellenic Film Academy and the Online Film Critics Association.

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