Singapore Film Festival Lineup Unveiled

The Singapore International Film Festival is underway, with its 35th edition set for Nov. 28 to Dec. 8.

This year’s festival will showcase 105 films from 45 countries, with a strong focus on Asian cinema. Three Singaporean features will make their world premieres: The House of Janus, City of Small Blessings and Al Wada.

The lineup also includes Nightbitch starring Amy Adams, David Cronenberg’s The Shrouds, Miguel Gomes’ Grand Tour and Bong Joon-ho’s debut feature Barking Dogs Never Bite, which will be screened in a newly restored version.

The festival will feature two special gala presentations for The Fable and The Unseen Sister.

Taiwanese actors Yang Kuei-mei and Lee Kang-sheng will receive the Screen Icon Award. Yang is a four-time SGIFF performance award winner, while Lee stars in the festival’s opening film Stranger Eyes.

This year’s festival will introduce SGIFF Industry Days, a three-day conference hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority. The event will include a panel featuring filmmakers Ossama Mohammed and Santosh Sivan, along with other creative leaders, to discuss creating a global audience for Asian stories and other filmmaking topics. The conference will hold 15 sessions aimed at networking and industry insights.

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