Colin Goh and Woo Yen Yen

Hello friends,
We are proud to announce that our multiple-award winning Singaporean film, SINGAPORE DREAMING 美满人生, is premiering on Friday, November 9th, 2007 in Taipei and Kaohsiung.
SINGAPORE DREAMING 美满人生 is the first Singapore film to have a commercial release in Taiwan since ‘I Not Stupid’ in 2002, and is a great opportunity for Singaporeans based in […]

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The following was published in the Sunday Times on 4 November 2007:

Sunday Times 4 Nov 2007
Playing With Oneself in Tokyo
by Colin Goh
So I was recently in Tokyo for the Tokyo International Film Festival, and I really must thank everyone out there who sent the Wife and I your congrats on our very unexpected win.
In […]

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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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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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Caught Julie Taymor’s much anticipated new movie ‘Across the Universe’ the other day.
I wanted very much to like it. I really liked her previous films ‘Frida’ and ‘Titus’, and c’mon, who doesn’t like Beatles’ songs?

But I came out with really mixed feelings.
The visual direction was very deft, the set and costume design was inventive and […]

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Hot on the heels of our win at the Asian American International Film Fest, we’re very happy to announce that Singapore Dreaming has been invited to compete in the Tokyo International Film Festival 2007 for the Best Asian/Middle Eastern Film Award.  Naturally, this is a huge deal for us.  Yasujiro Ozu’s ‘Tokyo Story’ was a […]

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A biiiig, wet and sloppy kiss from us to everyone who came for our New York premiere of Singapore Dreaming yesterday at the Asia Society. We were very thrilled by the full house, and so was the Asian American International Film Festival - one of our favourite fests in the entire world. Pictures […]

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