SINGAPORE -- Despite facing a significant cut in its annual budget, the Singapore International Film Festival that kicks off Friday will welcome more than 200 films from 40 countries.
Now in its 21st year, SIFF saw its budget drop from S$850,000 ($611,372) in 2007 to S$400,000 this year.
The program opens with a Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective and a collection of human rights shorts, while the main 10-day festival will open a week later on April 4 with Wayne Wang's "The Princess of Nebraska", a story of a pregnant Chinese girl living in the U.S. Other films include the critically acclaimed Golden Bear winner "Tuya's Marriage", by director Wang Quan'An, along with "I'm Not There", Todd Haynes' unorthodox biopic in which Bob Dylan is played by a number of actors.
The festival also includes an Australian Focus segment, a tribute to the late Indonesian film director Sjuman Djaya (1934-85) and a retrospective of 55 years of Vietnam cinema, ranging from such classics as "Little Girl of Hanoi" and "Mrs. Tu Hai" to the recent "The Life" by Dao Duy Phuc, in competition along with another 11 films for the festival's Screen Awards for best Asian feature.
Now in its 21st year, SIFF saw its budget drop from S$850,000 ($611,372) in 2007 to S$400,000 this year.
The program opens with a Rainer Werner Fassbinder retrospective and a collection of human rights shorts, while the main 10-day festival will open a week later on April 4 with Wayne Wang's "The Princess of Nebraska", a story of a pregnant Chinese girl living in the U.S. Other films include the critically acclaimed Golden Bear winner "Tuya's Marriage", by director Wang Quan'An, along with "I'm Not There", Todd Haynes' unorthodox biopic in which Bob Dylan is played by a number of actors.
The festival also includes an Australian Focus segment, a tribute to the late Indonesian film director Sjuman Djaya (1934-85) and a retrospective of 55 years of Vietnam cinema, ranging from such classics as "Little Girl of Hanoi" and "Mrs. Tu Hai" to the recent "The Life" by Dao Duy Phuc, in competition along with another 11 films for the festival's Screen Awards for best Asian feature.
- 3/24/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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