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Short Film Review: Tellurian Drama (2020)
What makes Tellurian Drama by Riar Rizaldi so compelling as a film is also what makes it difficult to process. The lines between truth and fiction are blurred so heavily that it becomes impossible to...
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Film Review: André and His Olive Tree (2020)
Man’s universal quest to create often presumes an element of permanence. Nobody conceptualises a building with its eventual collapse in mind. Such is the curse of being mortal: we project our deepest...
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An adolescence imagined: An Interview with Jacky Yeap
If you watched the trailer of Malaysian filmmaker Jacky Yeap's first feature film, Sometime, Sometime (一时一时的) which had its world premiere at last year's Shanghai International Film Festival, you...
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FUND HOUR Episode 1: Tan Wei Ting
We haven’t got much time. Just one hour… for FUND HOUR. If you are a filmmaker based in Southeast Asia and wish to raise funds for your next short form project, be it a short film, music video,...
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Phoebe Pua: "Southeast Asian filmmakers are telling us stories about...
Presently a final-year doctoral candidate at the Department of English Language and Literature at the National University of Singapore, film scholar Phoebe Pua's research traverses the terrains of film...
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Film Review: Sometime, Sometime (2020)
As the charmingly meandering title suggests, Sometime, Sometime is not a film packed with action sequences nor any devious dramatic plot twists. It is the type of film that strives to emulate the...
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Short Film Review: Hilum (2020)
Hilum unfolds itself as a story of Mona, a Filipino teen trying to follow the steps of her mother to become a professional mourner. However, she faced the most ironic setback: her inability to cry. But...
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Film Review: The Con-Heartist (2021)
All around the world, phone scams have been on the rise lately, with victims losing thousands to a million dollars. This film, as the title suggests, explores the journey of a banker and avid YouTube...
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Lemongrass Girl (2021) and the Inherent Sexism of Being a Woman on the Film Set
“Piano, Piano! …it looks like it’s going to rain. Could you ask Jeanne to plant the lemongrass?” Jeanne is, of course, hesitant. Why should she be the one to do that? Why not the others? Why not the...
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ShoutOUT! 93rd Oscars International Feature Film Category: Final 15 and...
Still from Joko Anwar's 'Impetigore', Indonesia's entry to the OscarsFollowing the announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences of the feature films eligible for consideration in the...
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Excuse Me, Miss , Miss , Miss: 3 Questions with Sonny Calvento
Excuse Me, Miss, Miss, Miss is a satirical comedy film by director Sonny Calvento that delivers an interesting commentary on contractual workers. It follows a hardworking sales girl who tries to...
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Short Film Review: The Eternal Springtime (2021)
Vietnam has a rich history stretching back centuries. It was the home of a trading kingdom with its own priceless goods, artefacts, and culture. Yet, the first thing to mind when one thinks of Vietnam...
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ShoutOUT! National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) Returns in 2021, Prepping Youth...
The annual award, organised by *SCAPE, is now open for submissions!The 7th edition of the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) opens for submission today. Organised by *SCAPE, a non-profit organisation,...
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Film Review: Dreamy Eyes (2019)
Dreamy Eyes (2019) or Mắt biếc, directed by Victor Wu, is a poetic portrayal of childhood, and a love that spans through decades. The film tells the story of Ngan and Ha Lan, childhood friends from a...
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Film Review: No Love For The Young // Tiada Cinta Selama Muda (2020)
For one and a half hours, a group of performance artists interpret words through dance, movement and a great deal of posturing in the film Tiada Cinta Selama Muda. The group of artists differ in their...
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Film Review: Genus Pan (2020)
After months of toiling in the mines, Baldo (Nanding Josef), Paulo (Bart Guingona), and Andres (Don Melvin Boongaling) journey back to their hometown of Hugaw Island. Hugaw means dirt in the Bisaya...
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Short Film Review: Les Attendants (2021)
“What’s your name?” an old man asks his cruising partner. They are both undressed. He packs up his mat; the same mat where they lay entangled minutes before; with the same wrinkled hands that, not...
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Short Film Review: Berlabuh (2020)
Cinematic depictions of sailors have existed as far back as the medium itself, and continue to find new life today. These depictions range from Sergei Eisenstein’s pioneering piece of agitprop...
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影评: 南巫 | The Story of Southern Islet (2020)
阔别了10年，张吉安以《南巫》重新将马来西亚电影带回金马奖的舞台。《南巫》和邵氏在70到90年代的降头片不同，电影中没有人头降满屏飞，也没有降头师与解降师之间的斗法对决，取而代之的是极度写实化的长镜头和故事。1987年，阿燕的丈夫阿昌与暹罗裔的邻居发生争执。有一天，阿昌在稻田里捉鱼时突然晕倒，怪事也接连不断发生：阿昌食不下咽、从口中吐出生锈的铁钉、终日无精打采，疑似被下降头。来自南马的阿燕由最初的不...
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张吉安: “我想审视的是他们在那个困顿的时代下的状态。”
张吉安，1978年出生于马来西亚吉打州，是一名电影导演，乡音考古人，行为艺术家 ，作家和社区艺术工作者。曾是马来西亚国家电台爱FM的主播，主持的电台节目有《 安全考古地带》，《乡音考古》，《吉兴造音》等。先后出版过《八府巡按·八音乩童 》，《乡音考古：探寻土地上的百年祖歌》等书籍。2017年离开广播界，开始投入电 影制作。首部短片《义山》入围2017年韩国釜山电影节Wide Angle...
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