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Reading Time: < 1 minuteMore theatre practitioners are creating and directing films as well as writing screenplays
More theatre practitioners are making the leap from stage to screen, taking up directorial and screenwriting duties.
Theatre director and playwright Irfan Kasban and actress Oon Shu An are creating their first short films. Playwright and director Shiv Tandan is writing his first screenplay for a commercial feature film, which he is also directing.
Three of Singapore’s most established theatre practitioners also have film projects in the pipeline. With several screen forays behind him, playwright Huzir Sulaiman recently completed a feature film adaptation of Malaysian author Tan Twan Eng’s Man Booker Prizeshortlisted 2012 novel, The Garden Of Evening Mists. The movie is produced by Malaysian film production company Astro Shaw and HBO Asia.
Playwright Chong Tze Chien is working on his sophomore screenplay for a horror film about a karang guni (rag-and-bone) man. The film is produced by Singapore’s Blue River Pictures and is slated for production later this year.
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