General Inquiries, July 2022: "What is happening in Malaysian cinema today?"
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General Inquiries is a new monthly column, published hopefully every last day of the month, by SINdie editor Alfonse Chiu that asks questions about the state of contemporary Southeast Asian cinema, with or without satisfying, to-the-point, crowd-pleasing, politically correct, morally acceptable, logically sound, ethically compromised, academically rigorous answers. In July 2022, they, alongside Malaysian film educator and researcher Eddy Tan, ask “What is happening in Malaysian cinema today???” and the following questions: Who Who actually watches Malaysian films? Who actually watc ..read more
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General Inquiries, June 2022: "What is happening in Singapore cinema today?"
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General Inquiries is a new monthly column, published hopefully every last day of the month, by SINdie editor Alfonse Chiu that asks questions about the state of contemporary Southeast Asian cinema, with or without satisfying, to-the-point, crowd-pleasing, politically correct, morally acceptable, logically sound, ethically compromised, academically rigorous answers. In June 2022, they ask “What is happening in Singapore cinema today???” and the following questions: Who Who picks the Singaporean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the Academy Awards, and how? Who actually wa ..read more
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Hà Lệ Diễm: “Văn hoá là da thịt bên ngoài làm nên bộ phim."
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Những đứa trẻ trong sương là phim dài đầu tiên của Hà Lệ Diễm. Cái tên này đã và đang xuất hiện trên khắp các liên hoan phim thế giới từ cuối năm 2021 và giành được nhiều giải thưởng xuất sắc. Bộ phim tài liệu dõi theo chân Di, một bé gái niên thiếu người H'mông. Giữa những tình bạn thong dong đồng trang lứa và tình cảnh gia đình lắm lúc lao đao, Diễm ghi lại tâm thế nhân vật trước chuyện bất trắc: kéo vợ (trong tiếng H'mông, coj nyab tức đón dâu về, hay zij poj niam tức kéo người đàn bà). Trong bài phỏng vấn này, ta tìm hiểu về thực hành làm phim tài liệu của Diễm và những vấn đề gai góc khi ..read more
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Hà Lệ Diễm: "Culture is the outer flesh that makes up a film."
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Vietnamese filmmaker Hà Lệ Diễm's debut feature Children of the Mist is a name that has been popping up in the festival circuits and clinching awards since late 2021. Taking place in the town of Sapa in the northwest highlands of Vietnam, the documentary follows the journey of  Di, a Hmong pre-teen. Between the leisurely friendships Di has with her peers and tumultuous familial relations, Hà captures Di’s moment of reckoning with the imminent threat of bride capture (coj nyab in Hmong, meaning to bring [home] the bride, or zij poj niam, meaning to grab or to drag the woman). In this inte ..read more
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Film Review: Barbarian Invasion | 野蛮人入侵 (2021)
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There is a joke, or multiple jokes, lurking out there about writers writing about writing, a perennial format that sprouted “practically like a sub-genre,” as writer David Laskin noted in an essay for Literary Hub. Within the realms of a contemporary (white, male, middle-classed, note these conditions) canon, the solipsistic list goes on from Karl Ove Knausgaard to Stephen King (Who can forget the inimitable Jack Torrance and his axe through the door, much like how any creators working in a commercial capacity imagine burying the hatchet… in a client’s skull.) In the film world it is no dif ..read more
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ShoutOUT! Filmmaker Yeo Siew Hua conferred with Young Artist Award
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Singapore - Film director and writer Yeo Siew Hua, winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno Film Festival 2018 with his sophomore feature A Land Imagined, has been conferred the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council (NAC) of Singapore, alongside five other practitioners working across the field of theatre,  dance, visual arts, and music. Instituted in 1992, the Award was established with the aims of encouraging young practitioners to continue their pursuit of artistic excellence, as well as recognising their potential for greater leadership roles in both Singapore and ..read more
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Film Review: 24 (2021)
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24 opens with a flash bang. Two men are furiously making love. Their palpitating bodies match the rhythmic pounding of the soundtrack. A sound recordist with a boom pole steps out of the shadows. As one collapses on the other, he records their heavy breathing as the title card flashes on screen. With this, Royston Tan marks his explosive return to the silver screen. To think that six years prior, he was making a family oriented musical comedy 3688. Although, this isn’t the first time Tan’s oeuvre has evolved. From 2003 to 2007, Tan went from an irreverent black comedy about teenage gan ..read more
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Film Review: On The Job: The Missing 8
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I don’t intend to beat around the bush. On the Job: The Missing 8, while well-intentioned to highlight the insidious operations of corruption plaguing the Philippine government, is a formulaic neo-noir ill-suited for the feature film format and written from a tone-deaf perspective of androcentrism. Originally, director Erik Matti envisioned the sequel to his earlier film On the Job to be a web series. His vision does not wither; both the films were slated for a joint release as a single miniseries on HBO Asia. The unmistakable episodic quality inherent in the writing and editing renders the n ..read more
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A Little Bit More Me: Catching up with Tan Chui Mui
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Saturday. Three days after Barbarian Invasion’s Malaysian premiere at the Lotus Five Star Coliseum Theatre, I sat down and interviewed Mui who was fresh after a birthday lunch with friends. She appeared light and youthful. Jing Xuan, an intern with Da Huang Pictures, brought a banana and placed it on the table. It was a gift for Mui, with a special birthday message carved on its skin. I switched on my audio recorder and adjusted my phone strategically to my side. It was ready with my drafted questions, so I was fully prepared for a proper interview. Then, I changed my mind and decided ..read more
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ShoutOUT! SGIFF in its 32nd edition with brand new sections and perspectives
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Opening film ‘Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash’ A champion of Southeast Asian independent cinema, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) returns for its 32 nd edition in theatres-only from 25 November to 5 December 2021. This year’s Festival will present a diverse, inclusive range of over 100 films by filmmakers from all over the world. These carefully selected films speak of memories, emotions, inspired conversations and discussions — that together celebrate the rejuvenation and continuity of film and storytelling in the cinematic community.  Programme Director, Thong ..read more
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