the 33rd edition of the Singapore International Film Festival are naturally keen to prove that

Wee, in his first full year as program director, has also been keen to put

has been embodied by a widening of the Asian-themed festival’s geographical catchment area and

came in, I wanted to break the geographical mold of how curation is done

thought through them in terms of where you will position things,” Thong told Variety

lineup stretches to 101 films (features and shorts) from 50 countries, to play out over 11 days

structure now arranges titles according to six different categories: Altitude, Foreground, Horizon, Undercurrent, Standpoint and

Thong, comprises accessible, top of mind, festival films

Altitude section is the highbrow pen for Asia’s leading auteurs, making significant films

include: Hong Sang-Soo’s “The Novelist’s Film”; Jafar Panahi’s Cannes title “No Bears,”