Tag: brunei

An earnest and heartfelt coming-of-age story hailing from the tiny South-East Asian sovereign state of Brunei, Siti Kamaluddin's debut feature has attracted widespread attention thanks to its spirited use of en vogue martial art silat. While Yasmine trades the visceral...

We have been following the production of Siti Kamaluddin's silat-infused drama Yasmine for quite some time now, and a full English-subbed trailer is now online, which gives us a far clearer sense of the film and its narrative.  Only the...

Here's a surprising fact: Despite having the second highest standard of living in SE Asia (behind Singapore) and local cinemas doing a bustling business, the country of Brunei had not produced a single feature film for commercial release in the...