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STREAMLINED BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline 2024
don't cry, butterfly
currently in post-production
currently in post-production
14 Asian films to tempt festival directors in 2024
Don’t Cry Butterfly (Viet-Sing-Phil-Indo) Dir. Duong Dieu Linh
"The directorial feature debut of Singapore-based Vietnamese filmmaker Duong is a comedy drama that continues to focus on angsty middle-aged Vietnamese women, following a series of shorts that include award-winning A Trip To Heaven and Sweet, Salty. The feature is about a woman who attempts to use voodoo to win back her unfaithful husband, while her 20-year-old daughter prepares to seek a more promising life abroad. Tan Si En from Singapore’s Momo Film leads the international co-production with Vietnam’s Kalei Films and the Philippines’ Fusee alongside Pupa Films, Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media and the UK’s Adeline Arts & Sciences."
FULL ARTICLE: Screen International, 19 JANUARY 2024
STILL: Don't Cry, Butterfly by Duong Dieu Linh
“Asia has a rapidly growing film industry, with several countries such as China, India, South Korea and Japan as leading players with international recognition. It is equally as important to also make space for other emerging countries like Vietnam and the Philippines to showcase their talent, diverse stories and artistry. Fusee continues to proudly promote and advocate for Asian representation and partnership,” said Fusee MD George Sommerrock.
FULL ARTICLE: Variety, May 19, 2023
ACCLAIMED FILMS
PLAN 75
Government program Plan 75 encourages senior citizens to be euthanized to remedy an aged society. An elderly woman whose means of survival are vanishing, a pragmatic Plan 75 salesman, and a Filipino laborer face choices of life and death.
BLUE ROOM
A progressive rock band composed of privileged teenagers get arrested for drug possession, and are brought into the "Blue Room" where they must make the difficult choice between freedom or standing up for what they believe in.
TOPAKK
An ex-special forces operative suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), who -- in his bid for redemption as a security guard, attempts to save the life of a woman who is being hunted by a corrupt police death squad working for a drug cartel.
