For most awards observers, the Asian Oscars race narrative in the international feature category begins and ends with Bong Joon Ho’s South Korean contender “Parasite.” That said, there are other notable submissions from around the continent that might spring a surprise or two.
The deliciously surgical dissection of Korean society that is “Parasite” has rightly won acclaim and awards around the planet, beginning with its unanimous Palme d’Or victory at Cannes. Neon is distributing the film in the U.S. and its impressive box office will do the film’s prospects no harm. A nom seems certain.
Tiny Singapore has been punching well above its weight in recent years and this year’s submission from the country, Yeo Siew Hua’s “A Land Imagined,” has been garlanded with awards since it exploded onto the global festival circuit with three trophies at Locarno, including the Golden Leopard, in 2018. The...
The deliciously surgical dissection of Korean society that is “Parasite” has rightly won acclaim and awards around the planet, beginning with its unanimous Palme d’Or victory at Cannes. Neon is distributing the film in the U.S. and its impressive box office will do the film’s prospects no harm. A nom seems certain.
Tiny Singapore has been punching well above its weight in recent years and this year’s submission from the country, Yeo Siew Hua’s “A Land Imagined,” has been garlanded with awards since it exploded onto the global festival circuit with three trophies at Locarno, including the Golden Leopard, in 2018. The...
- 12/5/2019
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
A version of this story first appeared in the International Film edition of TheWrap’s Oscar magazine.
In the political documentary “M for Malaysia,” two first-time filmmakers, Dian Lee and Ineza Roussille, collaborated to chronicle the 2018 campaign of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (Roussille’s grandfather), a veteran politician who unexpectedly toppled the corrupt and scandal-plagued ruling party for the first time in the country’s 61-year history. While filming the campaign, the two figured that the candidate would lose, but his unexpected victory helped propel their film to become Malaysia’s entry in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.
At what point in the campaign did you come on board to start filming?
Dian Lee I started 16 days before the election. It was quite incredible to see a 92-year-old person campaigning, and you could see and feel the support that was swelling. So I asked his daughter if someone...
In the political documentary “M for Malaysia,” two first-time filmmakers, Dian Lee and Ineza Roussille, collaborated to chronicle the 2018 campaign of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad (Roussille’s grandfather), a veteran politician who unexpectedly toppled the corrupt and scandal-plagued ruling party for the first time in the country’s 61-year history. While filming the campaign, the two figured that the candidate would lose, but his unexpected victory helped propel their film to become Malaysia’s entry in the Oscars’ Best International Feature Film category.
At what point in the campaign did you come on board to start filming?
Dian Lee I started 16 days before the election. It was quite incredible to see a 92-year-old person campaigning, and you could see and feel the support that was swelling. So I asked his daughter if someone...
- 11/18/2019
- by Steve Pond
- The Wrap
Former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has been arrested by anti-corruption investigators and will be charged over his alleged role in the multi-billion-dollar embezzlement of a state investment fund linked to the financing of 2013 Hollywood hit The Wolf Of Wall Street.
A government task force said Najib’s arrest was connected to a suspicious multi-million-dollar transfer into his bank account from Src International, a former subsidiary of the fund known as 1Mdb.
The news of Razak’s arrest comes on the same day his stepson Riza Aziz, founder and CEO of The Wolf Of Wall Street producer Red Granite, was also questioned by the same Malaysian authorities.
1Mdb is the fund U.S. investigators have alleged was used to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars into private investments for Najib and his family including the funding of the Martin Scorsese hit and other films on the Red Granite slate. Following the stateside investigation,...
A government task force said Najib’s arrest was connected to a suspicious multi-million-dollar transfer into his bank account from Src International, a former subsidiary of the fund known as 1Mdb.
The news of Razak’s arrest comes on the same day his stepson Riza Aziz, founder and CEO of The Wolf Of Wall Street producer Red Granite, was also questioned by the same Malaysian authorities.
1Mdb is the fund U.S. investigators have alleged was used to siphon hundreds of millions of dollars into private investments for Najib and his family including the funding of the Martin Scorsese hit and other films on the Red Granite slate. Following the stateside investigation,...
- 7/3/2018
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
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