Film festivals/awards

‘I want to live in that fantasy’: Japanese-American ‘it’ girl Kiko Mizuhara prefers acting to posing

Japanese-American model and actress Kiko Mizuhara, at Marina Bay Sands on Oct 31.

Meet movie actress Ong Xuan Jing, 10, the real Ah Girl beyond the trophies and tears

Child star Ong Xuan Jing, 10, makes her acting debut in director Ang Geck Geck’s first feature film Ah Girl.

Auteur Lee Chang-dong is back after eight years with Possible Love — and he’s on Netflix

(From left) Zo In-sung, Cho Yeo-jeong, Sul Kyung-gu, Jeon Do-yeon and director Lee Chang-dong at the opening ceremony of the Busan International Film Festival in South Korea on Oct 6.

Something Strange Festival celebrates Friday the 13th with horror film marathon, haunted backrooms

There will also be live events, immersive experiences and a bazaar at the Orchard Road mall through Levels B1, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6.

Iran court sentences award-winning filmmaker Jafar Panahi to 5 years in prison

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi shows off the trophy he received after winning the Palme d’Or at the Cannes film festival in 2025.

Stop-motion film Wildwood set to be Nike founder son’s latest unprofitable masterpiece

Characters Prue (left) and Curtis voiced by Peyton Elizabeth Lee and Jacob Tremblay respectively in Wildwood.

How Look Back manga reignited director Hirokazu Koreeda’s passion for cinema during Covid-19

Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Koreeda is in town to receive the Singapore International Film Festival’s (SGIFF) Cinema Honorary Award.

Aamir Khan opens up about flops, family time and 3 Idiots sequel as he receives SGIFF award

Bollywood star Aamir Khan at the Singapore International Film Festival’s In Conversation With session at Marina Bay Sands on Oct 22.

The Assassin(s) director honoured to open SGIFF despite calls to drop controversial film

South Korean film-maker Hur Jin-ho, director of The Assassin(s), pictured during opening night of Singapore International Film Festival held at the Sands Theatre at Marina Bay Sands on Oct 21.

Netanyahu demands probe into sources of award-winning Gaza film

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu previously declared his intention to back legislation to strip citizenship from people who “defame” soldiers.

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