Singaporean producer bets on subcontinent films
Singaporean producer and screenwriter Jeremy Chua, whose association with Bangladeshi director Abdullah Mohammad Saad has earned him the title Un Certain Regard enthusiastically received ” Rehana Maryam Noor ”, is also betting on other filmmakers from the subcontinent.
Chua is currently working with Nepalese director Deepak Rauniyar on his third feature film, ‘The Sky is Mine’, a Nepal-Singapore-Norway-France co-production that won the 2019 Torino Film Lab Co-Production Fund award.
Rauniyar’s second film, ‘White Sun’ (2016), premiered at the Venice Film Festival before being screened at the Toronto International Film Festival.
” Heaven is Mine ” is a socially-oriented race against time drama that revolves around a policewoman, the first female superintendent in Nepal, who immerses herself in a kidnapping case that no one wants. to occupy. Chua also has a project in development with Indian filmmaking duo Roshni Sen and Aniket Dutta. He collaborates in the company with the producer of ” Brahman Naman ”, Dina Dattani.
Dutta and Sen made the 2019 film ” Shonajhurir Bhoot ” (‘Ghost of the Golden Groves’), a revolutionary diptych steeped in the tradition of Bengal fantasy tales. Saad’s second effort, who perfectly played Azmeri Haque Badhon in the lead role, received a prolonged standing ovation after its world premiere at the 74th Cannes Film Festival.
“I first met Saad at the Singapore International Film Festival,” says Chua. “I saw ‘Live From Dhaka’ (Saad’s first film) and he saw ‘A Yellow Bird’ (which Chua wrote and co-produced). I was drawn to his style of writing and storytelling, peeling the complexity of human nature through enigmatic characters placed in difficult and dangerous situations. Chua’s film company, Potocol, dedicated to the development and co-production of independent Asian films, is only seven years old. The consistent quality of its production has earned Chua a tremendous reputation.
Potocol co-produced ” A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery ” (2016) by Filipino maestro Lav Diaz, which was in competition at the Berlin Film Festival, where he won the Alfred Bauer Prize.
Chua’s first film, ‘A Yellow Bird’, directed by Singaporean K. Rajagopal, premiered at Cannes Critics’ Week in 2016.
Her other production credits are “A Family Tour” by Chinese filmmaker Ying Liang, “Motel Acacia” by Malaysian-born, Philippines-based Bradley Liew, “A Love Unknown” by Singaporean director John Clang and “by Philippine Raya. Martin. Death of Nintendo ”. The critical praise that ” Rehana Maryam Noor ” garnered at Cannes confirmed Chua’s belief in Saad’s sensibility. “Rehana is unwavering in her raw, headstrong approach to character study,” the producer said.
“The beauty of Saad’s work with his team and cast is that he’s not obsessed with beautiful images or the perfect aesthetic; he is always looking for authenticity and inner tension, ”says Chua.
Collaboration with Saad inevitably piqued Chua’s interest in Bangladeshi cinema. “Saad has influenced me and my cinema in many ways since we started working together… There is a lot of talent from Bangladesh that I didn’t know before and it made me want to explore its history. cinema and its cinematographic culture. PTI CORR SHD SHD
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