Singapore - Over US$250,000 in funding was awarded at this year's The Asian Pitch competition organised by Japan's NHK and Singapore's MediaCorp. Stories about Shakespeare-spewing Chinese children, an association of ‘dead' people, and diamond couriers are among the winning proposals from independent filmmakers across Asia. The selected five directors and projects are Sanjeev Sivan (India): Dead Man Walking; Zhu Chun Guang (China): For The Love Of Shakespeare; Sheron Dayoc (Philippines): A … [Read more...] about The Asian Pitch funds five new documentaries