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Queer Screen Festival 2025 Review: Manok

Brooke HeinzSeptember 17, 2025

In Manok, director-writer Lee Yu-jin brings to the forefront a demographic less represented in by commercial comedy films - queer middle-aged women. Combining t...

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INTERVIEW: Siyou Tan on her debut feature film ‘Amoeba’

Natalie NgSeptember 10, 2025

Siyou Tan’s debut feature film Amoeba was born out of the need to explore identity formation in Singapore, a young nation full of contradictions. It also gave h...

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Interview: Shô Miyake on the lyrical ‘All the Long Nights’

Natalie NgAugust 17, 2024

We caught up with Shô Miyake, one of Japanese cinema's most promising young filmmakers on his lyrical new film, 'All the Long Nights'....

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Interview: Tetsuya Chihara on the stylish ‘Ice Cream Fever’

Natalie NgJuly 17, 2024

We speak to designer turned filmmaker Tetsuya Chihara and his stylish debut film 'Ice Cream Fever', based on a short story by Mieko Kawakami....

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Interview: Shunji Iwai reflects on ‘Kyrie’ and his career

Natalie NgJuly 7, 2024

We caught up with Shunji Iwai, one of the premier names in Japanese independent filmmaking, to discuss his new music drama, 'Kyrie'....

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Interview: Zhang Mengqi on documentary ‘Self-Portrait: 47KM 2020’

Natalie NgApril 4, 2024

Documentary filmmaker Zhang Mengqi reflects on her film 'Self-Portrait: 47KM 2020', the eleventh film in her ongoing Self-Portrait series....

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Interview: Director Ryota Nakano on capturing humor and tragedy of family life

Natalie NgFebruary 21, 2024

We spoke to Japanese filmmaker Ryota Nakano on his filmography and capturing the complexities of family in cinema....

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Memory, loss and transience: The films of Yui Kiyohara

Natalie NgSeptember 5, 2023

Japanese filmmaker Yui Kiyohara dwells on the theme of memory with striking poignancy in her two films Our House and Remembering Every Night....

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Interview: Director Yui Kiyohara on ‘Our House’ and ‘Remembering Every Night’

Natalie NgAugust 27, 2023

We caught up with one of Japan’s most exciting emerging directors, Yui Kiyohara, to dive deep into her filmography thus far....

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Taiwan Film Festival in Australia: Arvin Chen on Mama Boy and Taiwanese cinema

Natalie NgJuly 30, 2023

Taiwanese-American director Arvin Chen talks about writing complicated mother-son relationships in ‘Mama Boy’ ...

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Japan Cuts 2023 Interview: Daigo Matsui on his modern pink film ‘Hand’

Natalie NgJuly 26, 2023

Director Daigo Matsui on centering female agency and sexuality in erotic cinema. ...

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Japan Cuts 2023 Interview: Daisuke Miyazaki on ‘Plastic’

Natalie NgJuly 25, 2023

We caught up with director Daisuke Miyazaki to talk about music and coming-of-age in his new film ‘Plastic’...

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