‘Mongrel’ Takes Top Prize at Singapore International Film Festival
variety.comNaman Ramachandran Singapore director Chiang Wei Liang and co-director Yin You Qiao’s “Mongrel,” a portrayal of disenfranchised migrant workers in Taiwan, won Best Asian Feature Film at the 35th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF).
The jury praised the film’s “dense, shadowy and violent world” and its innovative approach to depicting contemporary issues of forced migration.
The film has previously won awards at the Cannes and the Golden Horse festivals and at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. Lou Ye‘s “An Unfinished Film” won the newly-revised Audience Choice Award.
The docufiction drama follows a director attempting to complete a decade-old project during the COVID-19 pandemic, blending footage from Lou’s previous films with new material.
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