Edmund Yeo

Kimono-wearing woman at Hasedera Temple. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Mom and sis visiting the Great Buddha of Kamakura (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Buddha statues at Hasedera Temple, very soothing. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Observatory deck at the 1000+ year old Hasedera Temple of Kamakura (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Mom waiting for coffee at a cool bookstore/ coffee stand (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Shinjuku Labyrinth (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Shinjuku station. Everyone before me was a blur. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Someone's new #StarWars collection. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Examining... er, someone's new #StarWars toys. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

It's troubling to see the most rational of individuals being overwhelmed by #StarWars hype. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Always good to stop by at Shinjuku for some nice brownies and tea. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Dad walking towards Tokyo Tower. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

While I'm hanging out at the Tokyo International Film Festival, Ming Jin is in Taipei for the Taiwanese premiere of THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES tonight at the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. To commemorate that, we have uploaded a 3-minute excerpt from the film, which shows the beginning of Lai and Mrs Tan's steamy love affair. More related videos of THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES can be found on this playlist.

Oh, stop it, Nadal. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

AHHHHH! Godzilla!! (The new Toho Cinemas in Shinjuku is pretty cool) (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Gothic lolitas crossing the road (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

All right, I'm so lagging behind that even though I'm already in Tokyo for the Tokyo International Film Festival, I'm still trying to wrap up my Busan Film Fest experience. Okay, this will be my last post about this year's Busan Film Fest!

Nice view of Tokyo from 49th floor of Roppongi Hills (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Back in Tokyo. Won't be in Malaysia again until Dec, or Jan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

During my time in Tokyo from 2008 to 2013, I had enjoyed walking about at night, and stopping to watch and listen to buskers performing at the streets. I have shot a few videos, and posted all of them on this blog back then. Sadly, I've not shot any videos of them since 2011, I think. I guess once I picked up the habit of wearing my earphones all the time outside, I ended up walking past these performances without noticing. And mostly because I stopped carrying my Canon 7D with me all the time. My Youtube account had been abandoned for quite a while, but nevertheless, looking through it a few days ago, I had a lot of fondness of these busker videos that I shot, so I decided to compile them into a playlist. Some of these musicians are still active, and it's worth rediscovering them.

The cinematographer and the drone operators designing the next shot. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Been back from Busan for more than a week, and immediately dove into the production of a music video (well, if you are still following this blog, or my Instagram feed, you'll see the photos), hence the lack of recaps. On the 4th of October, Ming Jin's documentary RETURN TO NOSTALGIA finally had its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. RETURN TO NOSTALGIA is part of the POWER OF ASIAN CINEMA program, in commemoration with the 20th anniversary of the Busan Film Fest, 10 Asian directors were each commissioned to make a 50-minute documentary about their own cinematic history. Ming Jin chose to make a film about the search for SERUAN MERDEKA, the very first post-war Malay film which is missing. Before the screening of RETURN TO NOSTALGIA, however, I went to catch the first two volumes of Miguel Gomes' sprawling three-part ARABIAN NIGHTS. The films began with a disclaimer that they are not adaptations of the novel (more like a film that's very loos

Two girls preparing for the rain that never came. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Love. Where does it come from? Who lit this flame in us? Etc etc. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

This was supposed to be our Tomorrowland. It has its charms. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

An abandoned bridge, a symbol of decadence and flawed planning. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

The walk back to the apartment was more difficult than she remembered. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Girl walks through wasteland in a post apocalyptic world (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Our world has turned pretty grey cos of the haze. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Ah, it's good to sleep through almost an entire 6-hour flight. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Preparing to leave Busan, the sun is rising. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Taking the metro at night. Goodbye Busan. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Walking past a wall of Little Princes. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

Oct 3, Ying Xian (producer) and I were invited to eFM 90.5, Busan's one and only English radio station, to talk about RETURN OF NOSTALGIA. Ming Jin was only going to arrive a day after, so we had to handle promotional duties :) Whoa, I was on a radio show in Busan! We are talking about Woo Ming Jin's RETURN TO NOSTALGIA, which is the only Malaysian film screening in Busan Film Fest this year! Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Friday, October 2, 2015 Right after that, I got to catch the restored print of Edward Yang's monumental masterpiece BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY. I didn't expect this but I finally managed to catch Edward Yang's masterpiece BRIGHTER SUMMER DAY on the big screen just... Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Saturday, October 3, 2015 Yes, I was absolutely excited to catch the film in its full glory, after having already watched it a few times in low-res. So many details missed. Prior to this screening, I already believed that BRIGHTER SUMMER

Busking at the beach during the night (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

This is the bus that everyone's been waiting for. (Check out more photos from my Instagram account .)

I'm at Busan for the Busan International Film Festival. Ming Jin's documentary RETURN TO NOSTALGIA, which I served as executive producer (and final editor, and colorist, among others, as usual), is going to have its world premiere tonight. Thanks, Malay Mail Online, for sharing the news! Yup, RETURN TO NOSTALGIA by Woo Ming Jin will have its world premiere... Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Saturday, October 3, 2015 So, today's my third day. It wasn't exactly easy to get to Busan this year. On the day of the opening ceremony, there was a typhoon, and our plane was unable to land, so we ended up in Incheon Airport for a while. Urgh, arrived at Busan. Finally. Flight stopped by at Incheon for a couple of hours because of bad weather. Looking forward to another great festival!! Posted by Edmund Yeo on  Thursday, October 1, 2015 The next day, I decided to catch up with the Cannes films. The first I saw was Jacques Audiard's Palme D'Or winner,