Frank Lunn with Kritbodee "Golf" Ruengrujira at ACE Fair 2010.

As a recovering attorney, I’ve had the opportunity to see many entertainment agreements.  Most were between various US entities – producers, studios, networks, artists, etc.  As I focus more on transactions as a producer representing a project as opposed to an attorney representing a client, I tend to appreciate what I call the Asian Way of conducting business.  It’s incredibly liberating to do deals the old-fashioned way – meetings with drinking, toasts and handshakes to go around. 

By Bill Dennis

I’ve always been a fan of stories that have their roots in the culture and history of a particular region.  Stories that tell of historical events and heroes.  Stories that are based on fables and folklore.  Almost always, these stories and characters are interesting, intriguing and unique.  Animation allows us to depict  these characters and tell these stories without any boundaries or restrictions.

We’re all looking for something that hasn’t been done before. So, why then aren’t more animation filmmakers producing films based on indigenous stories? I don’t think the answer has anything to do with creative issues.  There appears to be no end to the number of indigenous tales at our disposal. The answer is the misconception that these kinds of films cannot show profits.  Indeed, they can and do!

Max Howard

India - what a country - contrasts rich and poor, high and low tech, diversity at every turn, from the eighteen official national languages (there are another 347 that are also spoken – mindboggling!) to the delicious spicy foods, which are equally diverse across this vast country of over 1.2 billion people in a land mass of 3m sq km, making it one of the most densely populated countries on earth.  All tied together by a common currency - the Rupee (approximately 50 Rupees to US$1).  And they are all crazy about the sport I love to play – cricket!   There are several TV stations that broadcast the sport 24/7.  I love India!