Bitter, sweet, and bittersweet, Fikri Jermadi is captivated by ‘Posesif’, directed by the first person he knows to have only one name.
Nirvana – Your Name
Finding it difficult to put ‘Your Name’ into words, Adi Iskandar decides to just tap the keyboard and hope for the best.
Reeling the Real – The Films of Putri Purnama Sugua
Fikri Jermadi finally puts to paper (or words on screen) his thoughts on the films of Putri Purnama Sugua, one of Malaysian short cinema rising stars.
Parental Guidance – Anocha Suwichakornpong
Concluding a series of enlightening interviews, Elise Shick finds out more about how Thai filmmaker Anocha Suwichakornpong got into filmmaking, what she had to sacrifice in order to do so, and what the 3rd Young Filmmakers Workshop mentoring experience is like.
Quality Screams – Pengabdi Setan
Fikri Jermadi saw Joko Anwar’s latest flick between his fingers, then tapped his fingers on the keyboard to write this review.
Kenal To Sayang – Sidi Saleh
In the penultimate of a series of interviews, Elise Shick talks to Sidi Salleh about his formative filmmaking experience, his involvement with the 3rd Young Filmmakers Workshop as a mentor, and how he got involved with his fellow Indonesian filmmaker, Edwin.
Journeys to the Underworld – Greek myth, film and American anxiety
Paul Salmond considers the everlasting connection between Greek mythology and American cinema.
Enter the Dragon – Wong Shang Shen
We were intrigued by the idea of a film about dragon dance, so Fikri Jermadi had a chat with Wong Shang Shen, the co-director and editor of ‘Dancers in the Dark’.
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