By Maya Caspari Directed by Nontawat Numbenchapol Banned by the Thai government shortly after its release in 2013, Thai director Nontawat Numbenchapol’s documentary Boundary sheds light on the conflict that has recently marked the Thai-Cambodian […]
Month: June 2016
With his dark, moving, often surprisingly comical feature debut, British director Joe Stephenson is quickly establishing a name for himself as a talent to watch. An adaptation of an acclaimed stage play from Freddie Machin, […]
By Leni De Castro Directed by Anysay Keola At the Horizon is an attempt to break the tempered glass surface of socio-political circumstances in Laos. The glass encasement is the censorship board, which protects these issues […]
Through three parallel narratives set in Paris, Bangkok and LA, Rooth Tang’s dreamy and disorienting Sway affectingly observes new forms of emotional and physical detachment in the increasingly globalised Information Age. Boasting an ensemble cast […]
By Sharon Calingasan Directed by Kaprice Kea Kaprice Kea’s Butterfly Man takes viewers on an eye-opening ride through Thailand as the story of Adam and Em unfolds through a series of escalating events, resulting in a […]
With the patient, delicately crafted Second Life of Thieves, Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin sheds light on the problems of the present by observing how the issues and encounters of the past get buried or […]