Goethe Institut 24.09.2026 Porto Alegre
This is a draft of a speech I gave at the Goethe-Institut in Porto Alegre, Brazil, where I was invited after serving on the FIPRESCI jury at the Festival de Brasília do Cinema Brasileiro. Due to the festival’s financial difficulties (reportedly, it nearly did not take place because of delays in receiving state funding), the…
The camera creates a distance. You’re part of the world, but slightly protected from it at the same time: Tan Siyou on “Amoeba”
Tan Siyou discusses the function of the camera within the narrative, teenage desire, Singaporean society, exhibition and reception of the film in Singapore, China, Taiwan and worldwide at film festivals.
