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Arts, Film, Review, Singapore

★★★★★ Film Review: We Are All Strangers 我们不是陌生人 dir. Anthony Chen

Poignant conclusion to Chen’s Growing Up Trilogy that tugs at the heartstrings and makes you fully understand the many faces of Singapore across class, landscape, and lives. Duration: 157 minutes There are few filmmakers who have captured Singapore quite like Anthony Chen. Across Ilo Ilo, Wet Season and now We Are All Strangers, his vision of the country has remained remarkably clear: not simply the … Continue reading ★★★★★ Film Review: We Are All Strangers 我们不是陌生人 dir. Anthony Chen

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Arts, Film, Singapore

Film: An Interview with director Anthony Chen on new film ‘We Are All Strangers’ and closing the final chapter of his Growing Up trilogy

Seven years ago, when Anthony Chen last sat down to speak about Wet Season as the opening film of the 2019 Singapore International Fim Festival, he was reflecting on a film about longing, restraint, and quiet emotional fractures, hallmarks of a filmmaker deeply attuned to the rhythms of everyday life. Today, the conversation feels both like a continuation and a turning point, with his latest … Continue reading Film: An Interview with director Anthony Chen on new film ‘We Are All Strangers’ and closing the final chapter of his Growing Up trilogy

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Arts, Film, Singapore

Film: Anthony Chen’s new film ‘We Are All Strangers’ selected to compete in Berlinale 2026

This February, We Are All Strangers (我们不是陌生人), the latest film by acclaimed filmmaker Anthony Chen (Ilo Ilo, Wet Season), will become the first ever Singaporean film to compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival, marking a historic first for Singapore cinema. For Chen, whose films have long captured the emotional textures of everyday life in Singapore, the moment is both global … Continue reading Film: Anthony Chen’s new film ‘We Are All Strangers’ selected to compete in Berlinale 2026

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