Royston Tan roundup 12-06

Singapore’s leading director and TIME Asia's officially designated “Asian Hero“ of 2004, Royston Tan is very busy indeed these days, ever further building his record into some amazing success story.
Not only did “4:30”, easily one of the best films ever made by my reckoning, win the NETPAC award at this year’s Hawaii International Film Festival earlier in October, it now also secured victory in both, the Asian Film Festival in Rome for best film, and at the 8th International Film Festival Bratislava (Slovakia), there too winning the "Grand Prix for the Best Film".

Now, whilst talks are ongoing to have Royston bring this film and some of his other, more recent works to festivals in Europe next year, including Germany (details will be given here as they become available), the stage is already set for the singular screening of his 35 min. documentary “Sin Sai Hong”. This one is about the eponymous Chinese theatre troupe from Singapore and will be shown to a sell-out audience at Singapore National Museum, December 17th.

Meanwhile, to heighten expectations with his devoted following, Royston Tan will give a press conference shortly to unveil details of his next feature film project, “132”.
To get all the confirmed information about this one and all the rest, it’d be best you had a look at the one most reliable source of Tan-stuff and goings-on, the flawlessly tended (and a proudly presented “friendly link” to proto-ymagon, at that) royston-tan.blogspot, here, to finally end all speculation…
As you see, come 2007 there’s a lot in store from this, my favourite director. I’ll keep you updated, for sure!

(pic©AFP/File Roslan Rahman)