Chinese Delights
More than 60 films will be screened over 11 days at the 7th Singapore Chinese Film Festival. Visiting filmmakers include Oliver Chan, whose opening film Still Human has been nominated for eight awards at the 38th Hong Kong Film Awards. It stars Anthony Wong as a paralysed divorcee who strikes up an unlikely friendship with his Filipino domestic helper. Other highlights include G Affairs, a twisted thriller by Lee Cheuk-Pan; and The Lady Improper, starring Charlene Choi as a sexually repressed married woman. In Our Time, comprising four short films by acclaimed Taiwanese filmmakers Edward Yang, Ko Yi-Cheng, Tao Te-Chen and Chang Yi, will close the festival. The latter is also this year's filmmaker in focus and his latest feature A Dog's Life will be screened alongside digitally restored versions of Kuei-Mei, A Woman and This Love of Mine.
April 18 to 28, various venues. Check www.scff.sg for full line-up.
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