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Archive for October, 2007

So there I am, back in NYC, comatose from jet lag when I get a phone call at 5.30 am in the morning… I panic. At this hour, what kind of phone call can bring good news? But it’s Alice Lim, who plays ‘Ma’ in Singapore Dreaming… she’s saying something in Mandarin, but […]

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We had a great full-house premiere in Taipei, as the closing film of the Women Make Waves Film Festival, ahead of our commercial run on November 9 in Taipei and Kaohsiung!
Our star Yeo Yann Yann (recently of ‘881′ fame) flew in to add some glamour to the screening and was mobbed for autographs for an […]

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The following was published by the Sunday Times on 21 October 2007:
Sunday Times 21 Oct 2007
A Tale of Twisted Tongues in Taiwan
by Colin Goh
The Wife and I are in Taipei, where tonight, our film, Singapore Dreaming, will be having its Taiwanese premiere at the Women Make Waves Film Festival, ahead of a commercial theatrical release […]

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FALLACIOUS ARGUMENTS

We’re urging all of you to sign up to repeal the manifestly unfair section 377A of the Penal Code.
Some of my GLBT friends have been bugging me to write about this in my ST column for ages, but I have to keep telling them I can’t.
In 2004, before this movement to repeal section 377A began, […]

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The following was published in the Sunday Times on 7 October 2007:
Sunday Times 7 Oct 2007
Marching with the Monks
by Colin Goh
No, not those monks. (Much as I have great sympathy for their cause.)
Rather, last Sunday, I found myself walking alongside a group of Shaolin monks in a Mid-Autumn Festival parade held in Flushing, home to […]

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Here’s a really great review for Singapore Dreaming by a Taiwanese critic, ahead of our premiere there on Oct 21 as part of the Women Make Waves Film Fest. (Details here or see the posting below)
It’s interesting what points were noted, and the comparison to Ang Lee from a Taiwanese critic can’t be bad!
Somewhat embarrassingly, […]

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Hey, it’ll be a busy October for Singapore Dreaming! We’re playing in three cities:

The Women Make Waves Film Festival in Taiwan
Singapore Dreaming is honoured to be chosen as the Closing Film for East Asia’s most prestigious women’s film festival.
Date: October 21, 2007
Time: 7 pm
Venue: Shin Kong Cineplex, Taipei
Website: http://www.wmw.com.tw/
Tokyo International Film Festival
Singapore Dreaming has been […]

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