Malaysia’s ‘Tiger Stripes’ Set as Singapore Film Festival Opening Title – Global Bulletin
variety.comPatrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief “Tiger Stripes,” the Malaysian coming-of-age, body horror film that debuted in Cannes’ Critics Week section has been set as the opening title for this year’s Singapore International Film Festival (Nov.
30 – Dec. 10). Directed by Amanda Nell Eu, the film is a multinational coproduction that involved Singapore-based Fran Borgia and Akanga Film.
A handful of other Singaporean titles have also been teased by the festival, which will not make its full lineup announcement until Oct.
25. Three will play in competition: “Tomorrow Is a Long Time,” directed by Jow Zhi Wei; “Dreaming & Dying,” directed by Nelson Yeo; and “Last Shadow at First Light,” directed by Nicole Midori Woodford. Veteran local director Kelvin Tong will also launch his “A Year of No Significance.” The film takes audiences back more than 50 years to Singapore in the 1970s, when a Chinese-educated architect is forced to navigate the cross-roads of his career in an ever-changing workplace, language barriers, and father-son relationships.
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