087. SGIFF35 Dispatch (feat. No Other Land, An Unfinished Film, By The Stream, Viet and Nam, and MORE!)

Ben recently attended the 35th Singapore International Film Festival and watched a whole lot of films, and made a few new friends along the way. Listen in on his thoughts about the films, the festival programme’s overarching themes, and how beauty is a trap!! This episode is generally spoiler-free, spoilers are marked with timestamps below! Links DONATE to Singapore Red Cross Fundraising Campaign For Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza / Lebanon (campaign ends 31 Dec 2024) I is another by Sasha Han  A Close Watch of Small Hours of the Night by Aditi Shivaramakrishnan Ray Yeung Interview Neo Sora Interview Emerson Goo’s review of By The Stream  Ben's SGIFF Recap Part 1 , Part 2 Timestamps (00:00:00) Intro (00:05:14) Small Hours of the Night Directed by Daniel Hui (00:15:40) No Other Land Directed by Basel Adra & Hamdan Ballal & Yuval Abraham & Rachel Szor (00:21:14) Stars in Broad Daylight directed by Ossama Mohammed (00:25:45) An Unfinished Film directed by Lou Ye (00:30:32) Jafar Panahi Conversation  (00:34:36) Crimson Gold Directed by Jafar Panahi (00:35:37) The Circle Directed by Jafar Panahi (00:36:46) The Circle Spoiler (00:38:10) Spoiler End (00:39:13) Viet and Nam Directed by Truong Minh Quy; + small discussion on co-productions (00:47:52) All Shall Be Well Directed by Ray Yeung (00:50:20) All Shall Be Well Spoiler (00:50:55) Spoiler End (00:53:40) Happyend Directed by Neo Sora (00:58:25) By The Stream Directed by Hong Sang-soo;+ Wilson’s love of Hong (01:05:08) Vive l’amour Directed by Tsai Ming-liang (01:09:27) Stranger Eyes Directed by Yeo Siew Hua (01:13:54) Time to Be Strong Directed by Namkoong Sun (01:17:32) Ben’s Festival Highlights  (01:18:48) Don’t Cry Butterfly Directed by Linh Duong (01:21:19) Universal Language Directed by Matthew Rankin (01:24:28) La Cocina Directed by Alonso Ruizpalacios (01:25:20) Don’t You Let Me Go Directed by Leticia Gorge & Ana Guevara (01:26:40) The Shrouds Directed by David Cronenberg; Our NYFF62 Dispatch episode where Eli watched it (01:27:40) Familiar Touch Directed by Sarah Friedland; plus a very cool fact about the film’s production process (01:30:55) April Directed by Dea Kulumbegashvili (01:31:45) Brief spoiler for Kulumbegashvili’s first film, Beginning (01:31:53) Spoiler end (01:33:05) Closing Thoughts