Thanks to our colleagues over at Coconuts Singapore who alerted us of this: in its Dec 17 issue, entertainment read Variety magazine named Anthony Chen, the Singaporean director of Ilo Ilo, as one of the 10 directors to watch this year. The 29-year-old director was recently in Manila to participate in the Cinema One Originals Film Festival, of which Ilo Ilo was a part.
Ilo Ilo, a story about a Singaporean family and their Filipina nanny just opened in Manila cinemas this week. You should all check it out. In the mean time, here’s the trailer:
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