Boo Junfeng
出生 : 1983-12-04, Singapore
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Boo Junfeng is one of Singapore’s notable young film-makers. His short films, as well as his segment in the omnibus feature film, LUCKY7, have won him acclaim at numerous film festivals, including Berlin International Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. His debut feature film SANDCASTLE premiered in-competition at Cannes Film Festival’s International Critics’ Week in 2010, and was subsequently invited to film festivals around the world, including Toronto, Pusan, Vancouver and London. Produced by Eric Khoo’s Zhao Wei Films and distributed by Fortissimo Films, SANDCASTLE won the Best Film, Best Director and the NETPAC Jury Award at the Vietnam International Film Festival, and was listed by The Wall Street Journal as one of Asia’s most notable films of 2010. Trained in film schools in Singapore and Spain, his works often centre on themes of identity, memory and sexuality.
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From Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to 12 Storeys (1997) to Sumpah Pontianak (The Curse of Pontianak) (1957), Singapore’s film industry is a diverse one and its evolution is nothing short of colourful. Recollecting Singapore’s famed studios in the 1950s to uncovering new waves of filmmakers in 90s and into today’s digital revolution, Singapore Cinema: Between Takes provides an insight into the rich history, and culture of Singapore films and its industry through candid reflections of filmmakers and content creators.
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The year is 1985. The first cases of AIDS have been found in Singapore. With so much stigma attached to the disease and so little information available, health worker Iris Verghese has no way of knowing what her patients are going through. So when one of them stops coming to the clinic, she decides to pay him a visit.
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When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to become the hangman's apprentice is not only professional but born of an unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him.
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When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to become the hangman's apprentice is not only professional but born of an unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him.
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An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore's most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by Eric Khoo, Jack Neo, K. Rajagopal, Royston Tan, Tan Pin Pin, Boo Junfeng, Kelvin Tong.
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Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while stories of men falling in love from the USA and Hawai'i to Singapore via Korea round out the collection. Volume 6: Pacific Rim contains eight complete films: Craig Boreham's "Drowning" starring Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Bren Foster; Hannah Hilliard's "Franswa Sharl" starring Callan McAuliffe, John Batchelor, and Diana Glenn; Boo Junfeng's "The Casuarina Cove" starring Nick Shen, Scott Lei, and Yann Yann Yeo; Christopher Banks's "Teddy" starring Brian Moore, Chris Tempest, and Alan Granville; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Love, 100°C" starring Do-jin Kim, Jae-won Kwak, and Se-Hyun Yun; Sophie Hyde's "My Last Ten Hours With You" starring Toby Schmitz and Joel McIlroy; Darcy Prendergast's "Ron the Zookeeper" featuring Marc Gallagher and Darcy Prendergast; and Brent Anbe's "Ajumma! Are You Krazy???" starring Thea Matsuda, Tessie Magaoay, and Cari Mizumoto.
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Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while stories of men falling in love from the USA and Hawai'i to Singapore via Korea round out the collection. Volume 6: Pacific Rim contains eight complete films: Craig Boreham's "Drowning" starring Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Bren Foster; Hannah Hilliard's "Franswa Sharl" starring Callan McAuliffe, John Batchelor, and Diana Glenn; Boo Junfeng's "The Casuarina Cove" starring Nick Shen, Scott Lei, and Yann Yann Yeo; Christopher Banks's "Teddy" starring Brian Moore, Chris Tempest, and Alan Granville; Kim Jho Gwang-soo's "Love, 100°C" starring Do-jin Kim, Jae-won Kwak, and Se-Hyun Yun; Sophie Hyde's "My Last Ten Hours With You" starring Toby Schmitz and Joel McIlroy; Darcy Prendergast's "Ron the Zookeeper" featuring Marc Gallagher and Darcy Prendergast; and Brent Anbe's "Ajumma! Are You Krazy???" starring Thea Matsuda, Tessie Magaoay, and Cari Mizumoto.
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En is an 18-year-old who has lost his father to cancer. As his family is drawn together in a sudden tragedy, he has to decide what he believes in. But in a country where ideologies are forged on constantly shifting sands, he struggles to stay true to what he knows to be right. And in a family that prefers to forget, the sandcastles of all he holds dear seem doomed to be washed away by the tides of time.
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En is an 18-year-old who has lost his father to cancer. As his family is drawn together in a sudden tragedy, he has to decide what he believes in. But in a country where ideologies are forged on constantly shifting sands, he struggles to stay true to what he knows to be right. And in a family that prefers to forget, the sandcastles of all he holds dear seem doomed to be washed away by the tides of time.
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A former military officer makes a film about a man he encountered in Tanjong Rhu, a secluded cruising ground.
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A former military officer makes a film about a man he encountered in Tanjong Rhu, a secluded cruising ground.
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Seven young directors from Singapore produce a cinematic cadavre exquis.
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A boy returns to Singapore from his studies in Europe, two days before he is enlisted into the army. A sensitive depiction of an 18-year-old’s struggle between national duties and personal liberty.
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A boy returns to Singapore from his studies in Europe, two days before he is enlisted into the army. A sensitive depiction of an 18-year-old’s struggle between national duties and personal liberty.
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A boy with a hidden life and a mother desperately trying to reach out.
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When Sergio’s little sister asks him for the definition of sex, he revisits a memory from years ago, in which he discovers a secret in his family.
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When Sergio’s little sister asks him for the definition of sex, he revisits a memory from years ago, in which he discovers a secret in his family.
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Johnny, a popular megachurch pastor, adopts Chinese Confucian values into his sermons and performs Shaolin-esque stunts as testimony of his strength from God. When Johnny becomes infatuated with Yang, his new disciple, it disturbs those around Johnny. Until one day, Yang goes missing.
