25 June 2010

Boo Junfeng announced as [SIN]efest curator

Celebrated Singapore filmmaker/ Director, Boo Jungfeng has been announced as the curator for [SIN]efest, UK's largest Independent Singapore Film Festival, showcasing Singapore Films over a 3 day period.

Boo Junfeng is one of Singapore's most prolific young filmmakers. Since 2005 his short films have won several awards at the Singapore International Film Festival. Trained in film schools in Singapore and Spain, his works often centre on themes of alienation, kinship, love and sexuality. His short films, as well as his segment in the omnibus feature film, LUCKY 7, have won him acclaim at numerous film festivals, including Berlin Film Festival, International Film Festival Rotterdam and Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. SANDCASTLE, his first feature film, was the first film from Singapore to be selected at the prestigious International Critics' Week at Cannes Film Festival in 2010.