Shekhar Kapur and other International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM2018) gems…

Macao Day 4/5

Shekhar Kapur tells us about his desire to turn the sea trilogy of books by novelist Amitav Ghosh into film…

What else is coming up as we head into the home straight of IFFAM 2018 (December 6-14)

• Review of ‘Mary Queen of Scots‘ and other films screened here at the International Film Festival and Awards Macao (IFFAM); ‘Empire Hotel’, which is about Macao and shot here;  ‘Aruna and her palate’ – a fun and tender film about food and romance from Indonesia and…

•Look at the New Chinese Cinema strand here with IFFAM programmer Giovanna Fulvi and reviews of ‘Baby’ and ‘Lost and found’

*Macao and fest offside – a look at the island, landmarks, culture and some non-film observations.

* Interview with ‘Tumbbad‘ co-writer and editor Adesh Prasad; film opened Flying Daggers section of festival on December 8 here in Macao.