Kabul, City in the Wind (Netherlands/Afghanistan/Japan/Germany, 2018) [Aperture 2019]
Aboozar Amini’s documentary Kabul, City in the Wind is a film with a metaphorically and literally apt title. Not only is Kabul a windy city,...
Nakorn-Sawan (Thailand/South Korea/Germany, 2018) [Aperture 2019]
The emotion and intention that drove the making of Puangsoi Aksornsawang’s debut feature film are clear and affecting: the passing and memory of her mother....
Poetic Voices: A Trip Through the Taiwanese Avant-garde of the 1960s [Aperture 2019]
Presented as part the 2019 Aperture: Asia and Pacific Film Festival, “Poetic Voices: A Trip Through the Taiwanese Avant-garde of the 1960s” is a collection...
The Open Door (Bhutan, 2018) [Aperture 2019]
I suspect that many readers will be unfamiliar with the emerging Bhutanese cinema, yet they might know the director of the short film The Open...
The Sweet Requiem (India, 2018) [Aperture, 2019]
Husband-and-wife filmmaking duo, Tenzing Sonam and Ritu Sarin, take on the politically charged issue of Tibetan immigration in their latest project, The Sweet Requiem. Set...
Fake (Japan, 2016) [Aperture 2018]
Mamoru Samuragochi was a widely acclaimed composer in Japan, with an 18-year career creating music for orchestras, film and video games. He was also deaf,...
In Time to Come (Singapore, 2017) [Aperture 2018]
How does one describe a film’s musical dimension when the film is completely devoid of music? Without a doubt, acclaimed Singaporean filmmaker Tan Pin Pin’s...