The Singaporean satire comedy film, which was banned for not meeting guidelines as media authorities say it causes rifts in the country’s multi-racial and religious society, will not be fighting to show in local cinemas.
Movies News - The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) will return this year with a slate of 101 films from 57 countries. To be held from Nov 24 to Dec 4, the 33rd edition will, for the first time, open with a film from Central Asia. Assault, from Kazakh director Adilkhan. Read more at www.tnp.sg
The local film #LookAtMe might be celebrated in the film festival circuit but in its home country, it is the latest victim of media censoring in Singapore.
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A film by local film-maker Ken Kwek that premiered in New York in July has been barred from being screened in Singapore, with the authorities assessing it as having the potential to cause enmity and social division.