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Ho Yuhang's Shorts: A Black and White Alter-ego
Trespassed Malaysian filmmaker Ho Yuhang hated the colour of images from digital cameras, which led him to keep his short films in black in white. Then the aesthetics of it, with the use of some...
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Identity Issues dominate at the 2019 Singapore National Youth Film Awards
The award-winning films of 2019 the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) all had in common a search for identity, an exploration that encompassed both personal and national identity. This year, 38...
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Revenge of the Pontianak: An Interview with Glen Goei and Gavin Yap
Mina (Nur Fazura) is the pontianakIn 1957, Cathay-Keris Productions premiered a film that would establish a new staple in Southeast Asian cinema. That film was Pontianak, directed by B. Narayan Rao. As...
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ShoutOUT! FreedomFilmFest 2019: Harga Naik, Gaji Maintain // The Fight for...
FreedomFilmFest (FFF), Malaysia's only human rights documentary film festival is back this year. With more than 30 diverse line-up of films from around the world, the festival is returning to PJ Live...
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Review: The Asian Three Fold Mirror: Journey (2018)
A few months ago, we received a media invite to the witness the production of a certain new local film headlined by the fact that it is the first local horror film to feature three stories based on...
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Review: Revenge of the Pontianak (2019)
In a village bordering a banana plantation in 1965 Malaysia, a wedding takes place between Khalid (Remy Ishak) and Siti (Shenty Felizaina). The morning after, they find their friend Rais (Tony Eusoff)...
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Review: Normal Love - Shorts by Edwin
Hulahoop Soundings ‘“Normal Love”—we title this programme thus with a sense of irony, to say the least.’So goes a sentence in the synopsis for a catalogue of Edwin’s short films, which rounded off a...
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Cambodia Film Commission hits 10 and has a new website
Davy Chou's Diamond IslandInitiated by Oscar nominated director Rithy Panh, the Cambodian Film Commission (CFC) was established in 2009 under the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia with the...
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Found Story: Venice winner Raymund Ribay Gutierrez speaks his 'Verdict'
He is young and wants to call out the Filipino justice system with his latest film Verdict. Verdict is a Filipino drama about Joy, a mother and her daughter who face domestic abuse from her violent...
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Four Play: Singapore Shorts 2019
Organised by the Asian Film Archive, Singapore Shorts 2019 celebrates the best of Singaporean short films. Held at the Oldham Theatre during the weekends of 10-18 August 2019 and with a rescreening on...
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Review: Motif (2019)
In first-time feature director Nadiah Hamzah’s crime thriller Motif, calculated cold-blooded murder opens the film. Equally calculated is Nadiah’s touch, or rather grip, on the crime thriller genre. A...
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ShoutOUT! Yosep Anggi Noen and Amanda Nell Eu take home top two prizes in...
From left to right: Artist Sherman Ong (Malaysia); director Garin Nugroho (Indonesia); Next New Wave Award winner for Best Cinematography, Lim Kean Hian; Next New Wave Award winner for Best Film,...
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Review: Vinegar Baths by Amanda Nell Eu @SeaShorts
Two feet soaking in a body of water held by a porcelain tub. Still and quiet, with the red nail polish glaring back at the viewers with a sort of defiance, an edge beyond the gentleness and melancholy...
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ShoutOUT! 'Wet Season' to open the 30th SGIFF and nabs Golden Horse...
Singapore director Anthony Chen's tender, impassioned drama Wet Season 《热带雨》 will open the 30th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) on 21 November 2019 at Capitol Theatre. The introspective...
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Review: Levitating Exhibition by Ukrit Sa-nguanhai @SeaShorts
Suvarnabhumi, also known as the Land of Gold, has remained one of the most debated toponyms due to its mythical and contentious nature. Vaguely, we understand that it is possibly within Southeast Asia,...
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Review: You Idiot by Kris Ong
As a Singaporean millennial myself, I asked filmmaker Kris Ong what is one thing Singapore should know about us youths and our dreams. She responds with a Walt Whitman quote from his poem Song of...
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Review: February Wind by Mony Kann Darung @SeaShorts
The soft focus lensing, the pastel-hued finishing that evokes the sweetness of a love ballad, the eye candy of a cast that look like YouTube idols or influencers, make this film a departure from the...
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ShoutOUT! Singapore International Film Festival goes back to its roots for...
Something Old, New, Borrowed and BlueThe Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), which will run from 21 November to 1 December 2019, hits its 30th milestone this year and to celebrate that, it...
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Review: Insanely Infatuated With Someone At The Most Inappropriate Time by...
Lightness transitions into denser spaces as the film goes along.A sense of freedom and fresh air from a young girl's bedroom quickly twists into suffocation, and by the end I am left to gasp for air,...
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Review: Hamster Wheel by Danial Azeez @SeaShorts
Brunei. Land of rich oil reserves. The occasional news about its royalty. And more recently, the introduction of Sharia Law. Makes one wonder what filmmakers in Brunei wrap their heads around? What...
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