Edmund Yeo

Recently, a local filmmaker named Indrani Kopal had won an award from a student showcase that was part of the Cannes Short films Corner. Good for her, congrats! But somehow, the media had been mistaking her award as an actual, official award from the Cannes Film Festival itself. We don't think we should lie to ourselves about these things (no, I'm not implying Indrani's doing that, she knows pretty well what the award is, but there are too many misleading articles since her win). So... today, after reading one article to many that showed the writer's lack of research and knowledge on these film festival stuff, I decided to write this lengthy post in response to Edgar Ong's article (more like a poorly constructed rant piece, really), "M’sian wins at Cannes but potential winner at home is banned!" I can't let this stand.

Two weeks ago, RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS was screened at the Green Film Festival in Seoul ... which was in Seoul. Based on its official website, the Green Film Festival in Seoul (GFFIS) "is the film festival to seek the co-existence between humans and the environment through cinema. Green matters have become one of our common issues, but we still want to meet more people and share the green messages together. We are still living in the age of reckless development, environmental destruction, climate change and poverty. The GFFIS dreams of the co-existence between humans and nature, the alternatives for the future, and the ways to put ideas into action through films. Until the day all these dreams come into reality, we will be here with you and do our works.".

On my trip to Seoul for the Green Film Festival in Seoul last week, I stopped over in Hong Kong for three nights. Utopia for book lovers. A photo posted by Edmund Yeo (@edmundyeo) on May 7, 2015 at 11:29pm PDT

The finale "Late Show with David Letterman" was aired today. I have yet to watch it. But I have this to say, because somehow, the show makes me nostalgic. The Late Show with David Letterman ended today. My earliest memory of the show comes from 1995. (what? 20 years... Posted by Edmund Yeo on Thursday, May 21, 2015 And now, other articles, videos and posts about David Letterman's retirement. So that years from now, when I read this post, I remember.

谢谢《男友》杂志的专访。 （其实是《女友》杂志啦， 但加了一部分是给男读者的。） 杨毅恒导演告诉《男友》，他是用电影写日记的人，因为他在人生每一个阶段都有不同的故事要说，娱乐观众之余，也能保留一个时代的记忆。 #NanyouMay #thedirectorissue #director #杨毅恒 #nuyoumalaysia A photo posted by Nuyou Malaysia (@nuyoumalaysia) on May 19, 2015 at 7:09am PDT Wow, the May 2015 issue of nüyou Malaysia magazine has me in it! Thanks to Andy 池存健 for the great interview!(There's a... Posted by Edmund Yeo on Monday, April 27, 2015

Has there not been update on this blog for that long? It happens, when you are buried with work. A month ago, RIVER OF EXPLODING DURIANS was shown at the Singapore Chinese Film Festival. At the very same festival, I was able to meet Taiwanese directors like the legendary Li Hsing (considered a godfather of Taiwanese cinema), the influential Wan Jen (of the Taiwan New Cinema, a contemporary of Hou Hsiao-Hsien and Edward Yang's), and the much respected Yang Li-Chou (whose critically and commercially successful documentaries opened the way for Taiwanese documentaries to be shown in their cinemas).