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Singapore Film Fest To Honor Jafar Panahi, ‘Stranger Eyes’ Selected As Opening Film
Jafar Panahi will receive an honorary award at the Singapore International Film Festival. The fest will open with 'Stranger Eyes' by Yeo Siew Hua.
The festival’s Cinema Honorary Award was introduced in 2014 and has recognized filmmakers like Hong Kong’s Fruit Chan, Indonesia’s Garin Nugroho, Cambodia’s Rithy Panh, and Japan’s Takashi Miike. The festival’s new leadership team under managing director and veteran film producer Jeremy Chua has also introduced new initiatives, including a revamped Audience Choice Award, to boost support for local filmmakers. Blending historical drama and the monster film genre, Orang Ikan draws from Southeast Asian folklore to tell the story of two stranded WWII prisoners from Britain and Japan forging an unlikely kinship as they attempt to survive the unknown.
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