Three feature films made with Singapore participation will make their world premieres at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival. This marks the highest number of films with local involvement that has appeared at the French event in a single year since 1997. The 76th Cannes...
Chen’s first film made in China is set in the northern city of Yanji and follows the lives of three young people who meet and become friends over the course of a winter season.Tiger Stripes is set in Malaysia and is a horror story about a girl coming to grips with a terrifying secret about her physical self. PHOTO: AKANGA FILM ASIA
Singapore talent involved in the film include sound designer Lim Ting Li and character design and special effects make-up supervisor June Goh. It tells the story of a Vietnamese man who must see to the well-being of his five-year-old nephew after the sudden death of his sister-in-law. To reunite the boy with his missing father, who is the man’s long-lost brother, they travel across rural Vietnam.
Both Tiger Stripes and Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell are also in the festival’s Camera d’Or competition for best debut feature. In the IMDA press release, it states that since 2018, content grants have supported the productions that provide quality roles for local media professionals, in order to build up their portfolio and experience.
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