Reading Time: 6 minutes The Sinema Weekly Digest presents a weekly roundup of Asian film news and the latest trailers, releases and events to check out over the weekend! Top Stories The Projector Pauses All Physical Operations From 31 May to 13 June Local independent theatre The Projector will suspend physical operations from 31 May to 13 June. In ... The post Sinema Weekly Digest: 23 – 28 May 2021 appeared first on Sinema.SG ..read more

Reading Time: 8 minutes Just as life was starting to feel normal again (as far as the pandemic could allow), heightened safe distancing measures meant that the AVANT Premiere, the graduating showcase of this year’s LASALLE College of the Arts’ BA(Hons) Film programme, had to be cancelled days before the event.  After having the fortunate opportunity to watch these ... The post Presenting the 2021 Film School Graduate Productions: LASALLE College of the Arts appeared first on Sinema.SG ..read more

Reading Time: 4 minutes Overseas (2019) is Korean-born, French-Belgian based director Yoon Sung-A’s portrait of a demographic of women often unseen and unrecognised. Mixing together the fly-on-the-wall documentary style as well as staged sequences reminiscent of theatre, the film cements its position as both an observation and commentary on how the Philippines’ bureaucratised exportation of domestic manpower registers in ... The post ‘Overseas’: Yoon Sung-A’s Raw and Honest Portrait Honours Society’s Unseen Heroes appeared first on Sinema.SG ..read more

Reading Time: 6 minutes It has been over a year since COVID-19 changed all our lives and the arts industry, which relies a lot on in-person interactions and large-scale events, was heavily affected. One year on, things have not quite gone back to normal yet and the industry has found ways to adapt for now. When Singapore moved into ... The post 6 Socially-Distanced Ways to Support Film in Singapore During Phase 2 (Heightened Alert) appeared first on Sinema.SG ..read more

Reading Time: 3 minutes Mr Kiasu has been fired, but true to his never-say-die, die-die-never-lose, lose-lose-must-still-win attitude, he aims to bounce back, improve himself and possibly even fall in love. Director: Cheng Chai Hong Cast: Jaspers Lai, Joey Pink, Farah Lola, Dasa Dharamahsena, Mark Kinoshita, Jo Tan, Jalyn Han  Year: 2021 Country: Singapore Language: English Runtime: Average 16 minutes ... The post Series Review: ‘Mr Kiasu 2.0’ Is an Absolute Joy Brimming With Wit and Side-Splitting Humour appeared first on Sinema.SG ..read more

Reading Time: < 1 minute Hosted by Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Film & Media Studies, the free webinar will see the Singaporean filmmakers of local features Konpaku (2019) and Not My Mother’s Baking (2020) — Remi M Sali, Ho Pak Kin and Dzul Sungit — share on their experiences as indie filmmakers and the challenges they faced shooting on a shoestring budget. The ... The post Free Webinar: Unpacking Independent Filmmaking – How To Make Monumental Films on a Microbudget appeared first on Sinema.SG ..read more