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Film festivals/awards

With new film Ghost In The Cell, director Joko Anwar uses monsters to expose corruption

(From left) Indonesia film-maker Joko Anwar, during a Ghost In The Cell press stop at GV Suntec on April 23, lead actor Abimana Aryasatya (facing camera) in a movie still.
(From left) Indonesia film-maker Joko Anwar, during a Ghost In The Cell press stop at GV Suntec on April 23, lead actor Abimana Aryasatya (facing camera) in a movie still.

Film Picks

Joko Anwar’s supernatural prison film Ghost In The Cell turns corruption into a blood-soaked comedy

Abimana Aryasatya (foreground, second from left) in the Indonesian horror-comedy Ghost In The Cell.
Abimana Aryasatya (foreground, second from left) in the Indonesian horror-comedy Ghost In The Cell.

Gaining 10kg, getting down and dirty: M’sian film Mother Bhumi allowed Fan Bingbing to ‘break through’

Qingdao-born actress Fan Bingbing spoke with local media during a April 16 virtual interview about her role in the drama movie Mother Bhumi (2025).
Qingdao-born actress Fan Bingbing spoke with local media during a April 16 virtual interview about her role in the drama movie Mother Bhumi (2025).

Singapore producers take on microdrama boom with SupermodelMe, One Year Love and Spore Fall

(Clockwise from left) Stills from microdramas Spore Fall, SupermodelMe and One Year Love.
(Clockwise from left) Stills from microdramas Spore Fall, SupermodelMe and One Year Love.

Growing pains: How Shu Qi and other Asian first-time female directors capture girlhood on film

(Clockwise from top left) Kirana Pipityakorn and Fatima Dechawaleekul in Flat Girls; Bai Xiao-ying in Girl; Ranice Tay, Genevieve Tan, Lim Shi-An and Nicole Lee in Amoeba; and Nina Ye in Left-Handed Girl.
(Clockwise from top left) Kirana Pipityakorn and Fatima Dechawaleekul in Flat Girls; Bai Xiao-ying in Girl; Ranice Tay, Genevieve Tan, Lim Shi-An and Nicole Lee in Amoeba; and Nina Ye in Left-Handed Girl.

Film Picks

In the Oscar-nominated Armand, a school meeting turns into a psychological battleground

Renate Reinsve (centre, facing right) stars in the Norwegian drama Armand, screened as part of the European Film Festival.
Renate Reinsve (centre, facing right) stars in the Norwegian drama Armand, screened as part of the European Film Festival.

Oscars show to move from Hollywood to downtown Los Angeles

The Peacock Theater will host the Academy Awards ceremony for 10 years, starting from 2029.
The Peacock Theater will host the Academy Awards ceremony for 10 years, starting from 2029.

Film & TV Picks

Four Irish siblings bicker over inheritance in Horseshoe, opener at European Film Festival

jopicks26 - From left: Neill Fleming, Carolyn Bracken, Eric O'Brien, and Jed Murray in Horseshoe.


SOURCE: PHOTO: EUFF
jopicks26 - From left: Neill Fleming, Carolyn Bracken, Eric O'Brien, and Jed Murray in Horseshoe.


SOURCE: PHOTO: EUFF

Actor Richie Koh receives Bright Star Award for A Good Child at Chicago film festival

Richie Koh received the Bright Star Award at the 20th edition of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival in Chicago.
Richie Koh received the Bright Star Award at the 20th edition of the Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival in Chicago.

Teen misfit to Golden Horse winner: How Singapore’s Tan Siyou turned rebellion into new film Amoeba

Singaporean film-maker Tan Siyou says that her report slips contained words such as “poor”, “lazy” or “never applies herself” in the conduct section.
Singaporean film-maker Tan Siyou says that her report slips contained words such as “poor”, “lazy” or “never applies herself” in the conduct section.

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MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2026 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.