There’s a lot of news related to Hollywood films every single day, so here are some upcoming Asian films movie fanatics might be interested to read about if they ever want to broaden their horizon.
According to Variety, Taiwanese production house, Aview Images, formed a partnership with Singaporean film production company, Momo Film Co, and will work together in making two upcoming films. The two features include Nelson Yeo’s The Drought and Daniel Hui’s Other People’s Dreams.
Yeo’s The Drought is a sophomore film featuring Kai, who has a difficult time retracting his genitals while his wife, Ling, despises his husband due to his impotence. Meanwhile, their widowed neighbor, Daming, grieves over his last three sons’ death while his mother secretly plans for another grandson. All of this takes place during the time of an uninhabitable drought.
In Hui’s Other People’s Dreams, the film features two individuals who meet each other in Singapore as they run away from their gruesome past. They both start stealing without the public’s attention as a means to survive while they blend in with the rhythms of the dreaming city.
Film producer and founder of Momo Film Co, Tan Si En, stated this will be the studio’s first co-production with Taiwan and how exciting it is to collaborate with talented filmmakers from Aview Images as well as working with the industry there.
Aview Images founder, Kuek Shee Heng, expressed how excited it is for his studio to partner with Momo Film Co. The Malaysian producer also mentioned that the movies from Momo Film Co showcased Si En’s visionary approach clearly. He continued stating how Si En brought in two amazing directors to collaborate with them, which includes Nelson Yeo and Daniel Yui. Shee Heng also expressed his privilege that he and “Alice You, also the co-producer of these projects, are privileged to be part of this endeavor.”
