On the occasion of his film Sara screening in Busan International Film Festival, Ismail Basbeth talks to Panos Kotzathanasis about the reception he received in Korea, the inspiration behind the movie, his choice not to shoot a polemic film about LGBT rights, the unusual approach to romance in the movie, Islam and diversity, casing and cinematography, the Indonesian movie industry and his future projects
Asian Movie Pulse Video Interviews: Ismail Basbeth talks to Panos Kotzathanasis
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Panos Kotzathanasis
My name is Panos Kotzathanasis and I am Greek. Being a fan of Asian cinema and especially of Chinese kung fu and Japanese samurai movies since I was a little kid, I cultivated that love during my adolescence, to extend to the whole of SE Asia.
Starting from my own blog in Greek, I then moved on to write for some of the major publications in Greece, and in a number of websites dealing with (Asian) cinema, such as Taste of Cinema, Hancinema, EasternKicks, Chinese Policy Institute, and of course, Asian Movie Pulse. in which I still continue to contribute.
In the beginning of 2017, I launched my own website, Asian Film Vault, which I merged in 2018 with Asian Movie Pulse, creating the most complete website about the Asian movie industry, as it deals with almost every country from East and South Asia, and definitely all genres.
