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Malaysian Short ‘Peon’ Sweeps Top Awards at SeaShorts Film Festival 2020
SeaShorts Film Festival's weeklong celebration of Southeast Asian stories concluded on 20 September with its award ceremony,...
Raw and Gritty, ‘#Alive’ Is a Zombie Film Centred on the Everyday Man’
The rapid spread of an unknown infection has left an entire city in ungovernable chaos, but one...
‘Gundala’ Nominated in Asian Film Awards 2020
Superhero movie Gundala is the sole Indonesian nomination in this year's Asian Film Awards. The movie has been nominated...
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Malaysian Short ‘Peon’ Sweeps Top Awards at SeaShorts Film Festival 2020
SeaShorts Film Festival's weeklong celebration of Southeast Asian stories concluded on 20 September with its award ceremony, where Malaysian short Peon emerged as...
‘Gundala’ Nominated in Asian Film Awards 2020
Superhero movie Gundala is the sole Indonesian nomination in this year's Asian Film Awards. The movie has been nominated in the Best Production Design category,...
Singapore Chinese Film Festival To Host Physical, Digital Screenings
Three classic films in the Amoy dialect will be available online as part of this year's Singapore Chinese Film Festival, as it moves...
A Movie With a Message; ‘Parasite’ Is a Social Thriller and Class Critique Done Right
In 2020, almost everyone has heard of Bong Joon-Ho's cinematic masterpiece Parasite. If not from its critical acclaim and rave reviews, then maybe...
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Staff Picks: SeaShorts Film Festival 2020
We are so, so close to the launch of the 2020 edition of the SeaShorts Film Festival. Running from 12 to 20 September,...
Setting The Scene: The Urgent Issues Of The Mekong River Region Today
We here at Sinema believe that films are more than just entertainment, and that they have the ability to map out the (to...
The Grey Area of Nepotism in Bollywood – Has It Gone Too Far?
In 2017, acclaimed Bollywood actress and vocal activist Kangana Ranaut waged war with kingpin director and producer Karan Johar calling him the flag...
Gems of Nostalgia from Local Television’s Past That We Wish Could Be Revisited Online
More than half a year on and the post-pandemic future still seems as unclear as when it started. It’s perhaps in today’s ever-uncertain...
The Right-Wing Hindu, Hypernationalist Politics of Mani Ratnam’s Films
In July 2019, an open letter was written by 49 celebrities to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that included eminent filmmakers and actors expressing concern over...
Commemorating The Hardship of Singapore’s Forefathers – How Do Singapore’s Television Series Remember The Japanese Occupation?
On 15 August 1945, the Japanese surrendered to the Allies, bringing the end of the Second World War. For Singapore and Malaysia, the...