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STOP10: 'A Room with a Coconut View' by Tulapop Saenjaroen
There is nothing mind-blowing like a short film that deconstructs the elements of a narrative, strips them of their natural roles, reconstructs them into some kind of a freak of the filmmaking craft...
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Review: Batch '81 (1982)
Mike de Leon’s 1982 masterwork, Batch '81 seemingly starts off innocently enough. Sid Lucero is a freshman at a university in the Philippines. Like any ordinary student in a school related movie, he...
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Review: Yellow Earth | 黄土地 (1984)
What can one say about Chen Kaige’s 1984 film, Yellow Earth? As the chosen feature for the third evening of the Asian Film Archive’s Asian Restored Classics film festival, it was certainly a feast for...
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STOP10: 'Run Like a Child' by Krit Charoensawat (བྱིས་པ་ཇི་བཞིན་རྒྱུག་པ།)
Krit Charoensawat's Run Like a Child was screened as part of the 22nd Thai Short Film and Video Festival 2018. The film follows the story of Phur, a young man who loses his beloved sister and decides...
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Review: One Hour to Daylight (2016)
In a nondescript HDB flat, a young Chinese woman awakes from her slumber. The haunting strains of music creep into the atmosphere as, seemingly disturbed, she embarks on an investigative journey that...
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Menunggu Masa @FreedomFilmFest 2018: Interviewing filmmakers Seira and Sherrie
The FreedomFilmFest is back in its 16th edition this year. This year's festival is a call to action to “Mend The Gap”. Despite progress in science, technology and democracy, the gaps between the rich...
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Ask The Sexpert @FreedomFilmFest 2018: Interviewing filmmaker Vaishali Sinha
This 90-year old man gained fame for being a columnist in Mumbai. Not just any column, but a sex column. Ask the Sexpert is a feature length documentary by filmmaker Vaishali Sinha about him. Despite...
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STOP10: 'Arpor' by Paisit Wangrungseesathit
ArporArpor is a touching, intimate affair about losing one's home, about not letting life's hardships get you down and about the importance of having a united family who look out for one another....
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An Interview with the filmmakers of 10 Years Thailand
10 years Thailand is an anthology of short films based on the 2015 Hong Kong film Ten Years, its by Thai directors Aditya Assarat, Wisit Sasanatieng, Chulayarnnon Siriphol and Apichatpong...
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ShoutOUT! SGIFF Announces Brand New 'Moonlight Cinema' Programme In...
Credits: Gardens by the BayOutdoor lovers and cinephiles unite! Forget about watching movies under the star-light, here is your chance to watch movies under the super-trees instead. In a first for the...
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STOP10: 'The Sea Recalls' by Aekaphong Saransate
Years after the gruesome murder of his aunt and uncle in their home in Songkhla, independent filmmaker Aekaphong Saransate set out to investigate the crime and its aftermath. The Sea Recalls was born...
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ShoutOUT! Perspectives 2018 explores 'Institutions' and has a special...
Singapore’s first and longest student-run film festival, Perspectives Film Festival: Breakthroughs in Cinema returns for its eleventh edition with the theme “Institutions”. The theme tests the limits...
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ShoutOUT! Exploring Displacement at the National Gallery with the Painting...
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100 Years of Philippine Cinema Shines at the Busan International Film Festival
Photo Credit: BIFFThe pride and joy of the Philippine delegates were palpable as they took the stage for a special talk at the 23rd Busan International Film Festival, which has a special focus on...
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ShoutOUT! Malaysian director Ho Wi Ding to open 29th SGIFF with sci-fi-noir...
Told in three vignettes, Cities Of Last Things, by Taiwan- based Malaysian director Ho Wi Ding, is set to open the 29th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) on 28 November 2018, at Capitol...
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10 Snapshots from 60 Years of the Singapore Film Society
It's so hard to imagine that film buffs have been huddling to share their passion for cinema since 1954. This has been the work of the Singapore Film Society (SFS). Founded on 14 November 1954, SFS...
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'It was the story of my secret superhero identity': An Interview with Sandi Tan
Shirkers comes to shore tomorrow evening (20 Oct) at the Capitol Theatre. Sandi Tan’s documentary follows the aftermath of a movie (also titled Shirkers) she’d shot together with classmates Jasmine Ng...
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ShoutOUT! Help SINdie celebrate its 10th Anniversary by contributing to its...
It’s been 10 years since we started sitting filmmakers down with our notebooks and cameras, documenting their works and individual journeys. We are a fully grown 10-year old teenager now! To celebrate...
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STOP10: You've Got Me Stumped by Kiattisak Kingkaew
You've got me stumped, directed by Kiattisak Kingkaew, was screened as part of the 22nd Thai Short Film and Video Festival 2018. The film tells of a dilemma faced by Toey, a good student nominated for...
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Critical Art: Justin Chang Talks Cinema, Film Reviews, and Pursuing What You...
Credit: 2018 Busan International Film FestivalCinema exists in an ecosystem, where filmmakers, programmers, curators, investors and distributors all support the work of each other. Film journalism and...
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