Author: Clarence Tsui

Long considered lost and an urban myth of sorts, ‘Dream of the Red Chamber ‘77’, legendary Chinese filmmaker Chiu Kang-chien’s irreverent, Singapore-set reinterpretation of the Chinese literary classic, re-emerges after nearly five decades as a key curio in the restoration programme at the Singapore Intl. Film Festival.

A gay man returns to his ancestral village and rekindles his relationship with his childhood friend-turned-lover in ‘Cactus Pears’, Indian filmmaker Rohan Parashuram Kanawade’s sensitive, bittersweet first feature.

Veteran Singapore actor Lim Kay Tong anchors ‘The Old Man and His Car’, Michael Kam’s sensitive and slow-moving feature debut about a retiree preparing to leave his house, his car and his memories for Canada.

Singapore filmmaker Tan Siyou takes aim at the socially suppressive status quo crushing young people in her country in the exuberant teen-centered ‘Amoeba’.