Following the announcement last week of the nine titles in its International Competition section, the Sheffield DocFest has released the full lineup for its 2022 edition, which sports a total of 135 .
Rén Yāo (人妖), loosely translated to ‘ human monster ’, is a term often used to describe transgender people in Mandarin. Much like its painful connotation, the term holds the weight of the depiction of trans people in the Asian community – alienated and perhaps to some even scary. In a modern-but-conservative Singapore, the queer and transgender communities may be.
Singapore Media Festival 2021, including the Asia TV Forum and Market (ATF), Singapore International Film Festival, Singapore Comic Con (SGCC) and VidCon Asia Summit, wrapped on December 5 after a strong showing.