Tiger Stripes directed by Amanda Nell Eu will open the Singapore International Film Festival which will take place from November 30 until December 10, 2023 in Singapore.

Tiger Stripes by Amanda Nell Eu – Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar | 2023 – 95 minutes | Singapore Premiere
Zaffan is a rebellious 12-year-old who attends a conservative, religious all-girls school in a rural part of Malaysia. Behind closed doors in the school toilet, Zaffan and her best friends Farah and Mariam indulge in schoolgirls shenanigans. But everything changes when Zaffan starts menstruating, the first to do so among her peers, and she begins noticing strange changes in her body that she has no control over.

As Zaffan confronts the wretchedness of her inexplicable transformation, she becomes the subject of bullying and is cruelly ostracized by her friends. Soon, supernatural sightings and occurrences begin taking place around her, and a particularly social media-savvy bomoh is hired to right things. (SGIFF 2023)

Screenings:
November 30, 2023 | Thursday | Shaw Lido, Hall 1 | 8:15 pm
December 1, 2023 | Friday | National Museum Singapore, Gallery Theatre | 4:00 pm

Trailer:

About the director:
Amanda Nell Eu is a Malaysian filmmaker whose work explores the female body and identity. Eu received her MA from London Film School and was part of Berlinale Talent Campus and Locarno Filmmakers Academy. In 2023, she became the first female Malaysian filmmaker to premiere at Cannes wit her feature debut Tiger Stripes, which took home the prestigious Grand Jury Prize at Cannes’ Critics’ Week.

Her previous shorts include Pasak (2012), Seesaw (2015), It’s Easier to Raise Cattle (2017), which received the special mention at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, and Vinegar Baths (2019), which premiered at Venice.

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