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Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga Kapoor (“The Elephant Whisperers”) and Michelin-starred chef and filmmaker Vikas Khanna (“The Last Color”) have boarded Oscar-qualified animated short “American Sikh” as executive producers.
The film tells the true story of an American-born, turban-wearing Sikh illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com, Vishavjit Singh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume. Singh is publicly known for his Captain America persona — a turbaned and bearded Sikh — fighting against bigotry, intolerance and perceptions of what an American should look like post 9/11.
“American Sikh” was created in partnership with Singh as the director-producer and director Ryan Westra. It was animated by Studio Showoff, a Melbourne-based production house founded by Ivan Dixon and Sean Zwan that has produced work for Childish Gambino, HBO and Cartoon Network.
The film has won best short animation at Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham,...
Oscar-winning producer Guneet Monga Kapoor (“The Elephant Whisperers”) and Michelin-starred chef and filmmaker Vikas Khanna (“The Last Color”) have boarded Oscar-qualified animated short “American Sikh” as executive producers.
The film tells the true story of an American-born, turban-wearing Sikh illustrator, writer, performance artist, diversity speaker and creator of Sikhtoons.com, Vishavjit Singh, who after a lifetime of facing prejudice, self-doubt and violence, finally finds acceptance in a superhero costume. Singh is publicly known for his Captain America persona — a turbaned and bearded Sikh — fighting against bigotry, intolerance and perceptions of what an American should look like post 9/11.
“American Sikh” was created in partnership with Singh as the director-producer and director Ryan Westra. It was animated by Studio Showoff, a Melbourne-based production house founded by Ivan Dixon and Sean Zwan that has produced work for Childish Gambino, HBO and Cartoon Network.
The film has won best short animation at Sidewalk Film Festival in Birmingham,...
- 11/13/2023
- by Naman Ramachandran and Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
Singapore comedy drama is produced by Antony Chen.
Beijing-based sales agent Rediance has boarded Ajoomma, a Singapore comedy drama directed by He Shuming and produced by Anthony Chen, set to premiere in Busan’s New Currents competition.
Written by He and Kris Ong, it marks the filmmaker’s feature directorial debut, following his Hainanese-language short documentary Letters From The Motherland, which was part of the 667 omnibus film that received its international premiere at Busan in 2017.
Producer Chen said: “It is especially fitting for our film Ajoomma to premiere at Busan as it is the first official Singapore-Korea co-production and so...
Beijing-based sales agent Rediance has boarded Ajoomma, a Singapore comedy drama directed by He Shuming and produced by Anthony Chen, set to premiere in Busan’s New Currents competition.
Written by He and Kris Ong, it marks the filmmaker’s feature directorial debut, following his Hainanese-language short documentary Letters From The Motherland, which was part of the 667 omnibus film that received its international premiere at Busan in 2017.
Producer Chen said: “It is especially fitting for our film Ajoomma to premiere at Busan as it is the first official Singapore-Korea co-production and so...
- 9/2/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Production has wrapped on the long-gestating “Ajoomma,” a feature film that delves into the fascination that Korean pop culture holds for middle-aged women in Asia.
The story, said to be based on the mother of director He Shuming, involves a K-drama-obsessed widow from Singapore who tries to find new purpose in life and instead ends up getting lost in Korea. The script was co-written by He and Kris Ong.
” ‘Ajoomma’ very nicely touches upon a phenomenon that has been taking place across Asia for over a decade – the fascination of middle-aged women across the region with South Korean culture and media,” Chen told Variety. “Now K-drama and culture has literally exploded all over the world.”
“Ajoomma” filmed principally in Seoul, Korea, at the beginning of the year and has now completed its final leg of production in Singapore. Post-prod has begun, putting the film on course for a delivery in the autumn.
The story, said to be based on the mother of director He Shuming, involves a K-drama-obsessed widow from Singapore who tries to find new purpose in life and instead ends up getting lost in Korea. The script was co-written by He and Kris Ong.
” ‘Ajoomma’ very nicely touches upon a phenomenon that has been taking place across Asia for over a decade – the fascination of middle-aged women across the region with South Korean culture and media,” Chen told Variety. “Now K-drama and culture has literally exploded all over the world.”
“Ajoomma” filmed principally in Seoul, Korea, at the beginning of the year and has now completed its final leg of production in Singapore. Post-prod has begun, putting the film on course for a delivery in the autumn.
- 4/5/2022
- by Patrick Frater
- Variety Film + TV
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