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The pandemic notwithstanding, it has been a stimulating year for Southeast Asian cinema. Reflective, heartfelt and oddball new titles from Indonesia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand have won major prizes or become critical favourites at international film festivals throughout 2021. Now, many of these films are coming to the big screen in Thailand as the Bangkok Asean Film Festival 2021 (BAFF) is set to open tonight.
Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s film, set during the Cultural Revolution, praises the transformative power of cinema even as it warns against its misuse as propaganda.
Spidey is back, Steven Spielberg is behind a new version of West Side Story and a star-studded ensemble contemplate the end of the world.
A wide-ranging slate of 42 feature films will be shown in Palmerston North for this year's Whānau Mārama: New Zealand International Film Festival.
Besides the film screenings, a few of the titles will also feature post-screening discussions with filmmakers.