Staff Picks: Films We Are Still Looking Forward to In 2020
It may feel like a decade has passed but we have finally reached the halfway point of 2020. To describe this...
Excavating Chinese History, One Harrowing Film at a Time
For more than 20 years, the filmmaker Hu Jie has been trawling the deep waters of Chinese history to create a...
London’s Queer East Film Festival Goes Global With Four Free Documentaries
London’s Queer East Film Festival will run a virtual program of four free-to-stream Asian documentaries from July 3-31, as cinema closures due to coronavirus force...
A Poignant Play on Perspectives, ‘Tashi’ Urges Viewers to Have More Meaningful Conversations With Those Around Us
Director: Shilpa Krishnan Shukla Cast: Tania Mukherjee, Charan Singh, Ila Maheshwari, Sai Pogaru, Anvita GuptaYear: 2019 Country: Singapore Language: English, Hindi...
New Talent Film Competition Begins at Taipei Film Festival
A dozen full-length feature films by new and emerging filmmakers around the world began screening Friday in a competition for new...
Two Indian Films Around Border Make Heads Turn at Cannes
The Bengali landscape is resplendent in the trailer of Prasun Chatterjee’s debut feature Dostojee (Two Friends), and its cinematography “sumptuous”, as the American...
Updating the Romance Genre for the Modern Age – An Interview with The Inciting Incident Romance Round Winner, Lee Eun Ho
The second round of The Inciting Incident (TII) competition ran from April to June 2020, with the theme of romance. Regardless...
‘Classmates’ Imagines Polytechnic Life as a Zany Joyride of Self-Discovery
Sarah is an ordinary 17 year old who is looking forward to her tertiary school life. Siew Lim is just your...
‘Humba Dreams’ Coming to Netflix in July
Miles Films’ Humba Dreams will be available on Netflix starting on July 9. Written and directed by Riri Riza, the movie tells the...
mm2 Announces Cathay Cinehome, Bringing Full Films On-Demand, Direct to Consumers, via Brand New Online Streaming Platform
Singapore-based media group mm2 Asia (hereby “mm2”; SGX: 1B0) has unveiled plans to launch a new on-demand streaming platform offering movies...
National Youth Film Awards Announces its 2020 Nominees
The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) has announced its list of 53 nominees, with young filmmakers exploring themes such as mental...
Korean Film Industry Struggles to Balance ‘New Normal’ and Social Distancing
Hard hit by the coronavirus pandemic, the Korean film industry, which celebrated its centenary with Bong Joon-ho’s history-making Academy awards for “Parasite” earlier...