The 34th edition of the Singapore International Film Festival kicks off on Nov 30 and ends on Dec 10.
There’s no escaping from Peter Yu at this year’s Singapore International Film Festival. He has not one, not two but five films in the line-up for the 34th edition of Singapore’s longest-running film event. That’s definitely one for the books, wouldn't you say?
Peter Yu, 55, is no stranger to Singapore indie films. He played an insomniac detective in Yeo Siew Hua’s Golden Horse Award-winning A Land Imagined, and his recent credits include the Ayden Sng-starring supernatural drama Seven Days, and the monster flick Circle Line.“He is fast becoming the Leung Chiu Wai of Singapore,” the Confinement director told 8days.sg recently.
“I am so happy for him,” Kelvin Tong continued. “I had dinner at his house with him and his wife Brenda just a couple of weeks ago. And, you know, that man is still driving Grab. In an interview with Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao, Yu joked that he looks forward to walking the red carpet with five different female leads.A YEAR OF NO SIGNIFICANCEThis realist drama immortalises those who are about to be left behind as Singapore rushes towards economic growth in the late 1970s.Dreaming & Dying by Nelson Yeo. A school reunion recalls repressed desires and entangled memories in an intoxicating blend of reality and the unconscious.Wonderland by Chai Yee-We.
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