FRÉDÉRIC AMBROISINE
Film Historian, Documentary Filmmaker, Consultant & Asian Cinema Specialist.
Exploring cinema, music and pop culture through interviews, documentaries, photography
and archival projects.
LATEST WORK
Interviews, films, restorations, photography and stories from more than twenty-five years exploring cinema and pop culture around the world.
FEATURED PROJECT
THE BLACK MAGIC WITH BUDDHA
A 4K restoration of Lo Lieh’s 1983 cult film from the original negatives, featuring two distinct cuts, newly restored elements and much more.
LATEST STORIES
News, interviews, festival encounters, restoration updates and stories from the archives.
Nicholas Tse on 25 Years of Action Cinema
In April 2024, I had the privilege of sitting down with Nicholas Tse during the Far East Film Festival in Udine, where he had travelled to present the festival’s closing film, Customs Frontline. And when I say he had just arrived in Udine, I mean it...
From Fight Back to School to Twins Effect – An Archive Interview with Dante Lam
I have had the opportunity to meet and interview Dante Lam several times since my first trip to Hong Kong in 2002. That year, I first crossed paths with him on the set of The Twins Effect — on a rather memorable night when Jackie Chan was filming his cameo and Donnie...
Through My Lens – Building a Photographic Archive of Cinema
Photography has always developed alongside my work as a journalist, interviewer and documentary filmmaker. I began taking photographs more seriously in the late 2000s, initially with an approach closer to reportage photography. From the early 2010s,...
FAR EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2026
Back in Udine for one of the world’s great celebrations of popular Asian cinema — meeting and interviewing filmmakers and actors from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan.
WATCH MY WORK
A selection of interviews, documentaries, festival coverage and original video productions.
FROM THE ARCHIVES
More than twenty-five years of encounters, filmmaking, photography and discoveries across cinema, music and pop culture.