Cannes.

Boo Junfeng's debut feature film, Sandcastle, will be premiering at Cannes Film Festival's International Critics Week, the same programme which opened the eyes of the world to the works of Wong Kar-wai, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu and co.

There hasn't been much news of Sandcastle until this week and is definitely another proud moment for our young film industry.

I like how Boo is always constantly trying to renegotiate and explore the Singapore identity and our history in his short films, yet he does it without overcrowding the main narrative. I think and hope the same will go with his debut feature, which seems to be a small and subtle exploration of the trauma from our nation's troubled political past. Films should always be a filmmaker's vehicle of exploration and dialogue with their country.

Read the production talk here with Boo Junfeng by Sindie.