Filmmaker Cyril Aris Sees Hope as an Act of Resistance in ‘A Sad and Beautiful World’
Filmmaker Cyril Aris sees art as a social duty to "reassert our presence and our culture and celebrate it."
Filmmaker Cyril Aris sees art as a social duty to "reassert our presence and our culture and celebrate it."
"With 'Renoir,' I wanted to focus more on themes that were ineffable and difficult to explain or put into words."
"Multiple truths can co-exist"
“Singapore is young and it's still struggling with the things that teenagers struggle with — the sense of identity, who...
"You can’t be funny for the sake of being funny. What makes a scene funny is truth."
"After doing this film, I realized that I should spend more time with my family."
"I had no worry with the Western audience on how they would receive this movie, but for the Chinese community,...
"There is an eternal longing in everyone to feel that love, to feel that spark, that wonder of someone else...
"When you have a physical mask, you actually feel more invincible."
“Tension, I understand. I know how to write a scene about two people who have something unspoken between them —...