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Tanjong Rhu (The Casuarina Cove)

丛林湾

BOO Junfeng

Toronto Premiere

The 59th Berlin International Film Festival — Teddy Award Nomination

The 24th Torino GLBT Film Festival (now Lovers Film Festival) — Audience Award

12:00 PM, SAT, AUG 10

Innis Town Hall

Screening with · DIANA (15 mins), Manting (15 mins), · To Write from Memory (18 mins), Baby Gay (9 mins), Something Blue (14 mins)

12:00 PM, SAT, AUG 10

Innis Town Hall

Screening with

DIANA (15 mins), Manting (15 mins), To Write from Memory (18 mins), Baby Gay (9 mins), Something Blue (14 mins)

Tanjong Rhu in Singapore was once a meeting place for gay men. In an entrapment operation in 1993, 12 men were arrested there, and sentenced to imprisonment and caning. This is a fictionalized account of what has happened since then to one of these men.

Director

BOO Junfeng headshot

Singaporean filmmaker BOO Junfeng’s works often humanize large topics such as identity, memory and sexuality, using personal and intimate narratives. His debut feature Sandcastle (2010) was the first Singapore film invited to Cannes International Critics’ Week. His second feature Apprentice (2016) premiered at Cannes Un Certain Regard and was Singapore’s official entry to the Academy Awards’ Best Foreign Language Film category. Boo is presently the Chairperson of the Board of Singapore International Film Festival.

Credits

  • DirectorBOO Junfeng
  • Principal CastNick SHEN Weijun, Scott LEI, YEO Yann Yann, Pierre GOH
  • ProducerMarjorie Ann Van Der Straaten
  • ScreenplayBOO Junfeng
  • CinematographerKelvin KE
  • Production DesignerHE Shuming
  • EditorAmanda TAY
  • SoundHUANG Dingxiang
  • MusicHUANG Dingxiang