by Chia Jie Lin This essay was written by one of the curators for the Mapping the World: Perspectives from Asian Cartography exhibition as […]

Contributed by Janice Chen Much has been written about the escalating carbon footprint arising from digital consumption and its resulting environmental impact. The U.N. […]

This November, the Asian Film Archive sends our heartiest congratulations to not one, but two members of our International Advisory Board! Acclaimed Thai Filmmaker […]

How can film mediate the complications of grief and the myth of closure in an ‘ambiguous loss’[1]? Contributed by Rachel Wong A documentary inspired […]

Contributed by Toby Wu Hikikomori: A Deafening Silence presents what one would immediately expect of a film about socially withdrawn youth, or even more […]

Contributed by Filzah Yahaya   The ones we hold dear to our hearts always seem to find a way back into our lives. Ceasing […]

Contributed by Tanvi Rajvanshi Tan Wei Ting’s CA$H and Syamsul Bahari’s Damaged on the Inside are two very different films, but are both connected by […]

Contributed by Tanvi Rajvanshi   Singapore is often described as a modern-day island-nation; developed, and yet still traditional. However, in building this grand narrative, […]

By Jamie Lee A parent’s love for their child is unconditional – or is it? Lodged like bullets in the middle of Singapore Shorts’ […]

By Jamie Lee The Singaporean screen is no stranger to family drama. Familiar faces deliver well-worn lines in the hospital ward, the living room, […]