| 词条 | Ken Kwek |
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Ken Kwek (born 7 May 1979) is a Singaporean screenwriter, director, playwright and author. His short film compendium, Sex.Violence.FamilyValues,[1] was banned by the Singapore and Malaysian governments in 2012.[2] He released the feature film Unlucky Plaza in 2014. CareerAfter graduating from the University of Cambridge in 2003, Kwek worked as a camera assistant on various film productions in the United Kingdom. During this time, he also shot and produced The Ballad of Vicki and Jake,[3] a documentary about a heroin addict struggling to raise her 11-year-old son in the ghettos of Bristol. The film won the Best Newcomer Award at the 2006 Visions Du Reel Film Festival in Switzerland.[4] In 2008, after a three-year stint as a newspaper journalist, Kwek returned to filmmaking. He penned The Blue Mansion, a satirical comedy of manners. He also co-wrote the crime thriller Kidnapper and the period musical comedy It's a Great, Great World with director Kelvin Tong. In 2011, Kwek directed a trio of short films, Sex.Violence.FamilyValues. The component films, Cartoons, Porn Masala and The Bouncer, were selected for the Miami International Short Film Festival, Hollywood Reel Independent Film Festival, Seoul International Youth Film Festival and Sydney Underground Film Festival, amongst others. Porn Masala won the Audience Choice Award (Short Film) at the Gotham Screen Film Festival[5] and was nominated for Best Comedy at the Super Shorts Film Festival in London.[6] In 2012, Sex.Violence.FamilyValues was acquired by distributor Cathay, the first Singapore omnibus film to get a major theatrical release in Singapore. However, on 8 October 2012, just three days before the film's slated release, Singapore's Media Development Authority (MDA) revoked the film's M18 rating and banned it, citing public complaints about the film trailers' "racially offensive" content.[7] The ban ignited a debate about censorship in Singapore's Parliament.[8] Kwek's first feature film, Unlucky Plaza (2014) made its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September and opened the Singapore International Film Festival in December.[9] In January 2016, the film was withdrawn from Kuala Lumpur's Titian Budaya Festival after Malaysian censors requested eight to ten edits to it, including its sex scenes and language.[10] Unlucky Plaza opened in the United States in the same month, playing in New York City and Los Angeles. The film, which travelled to various film festivals, including the Warsaw Film Festival, Kolkata International Film Festival, International Film Festival Manhattan (where Quizon picked up the Best Actor award) and the Tehran Jasmine Film Festival (where Kwek won the Best Director prize), will also enjoy a nationwide release in the Philippines.[11] WorksFeature films
Screenplays
Short films
Plays
References1. ^Sex.Violence.FamilyValues. Svfv.com.sg. 2. ^Singapore bans satirical local film – Yahoo! Entertainment Singapore. Sg.entertainment.yahoo.com (10 October 2012). 3. ^http://www.theballadofvickiandjake.co.uk 4. ^Film Archive: Visions du Réel – Nyon – 19 au 26 avril 2013. Visionsdureel.ch. 5. ^/ 5th Gotham Screen Film Festival results 6. ^SUPERSHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2: Best Doc and Comedy | Hackney Picturehouse | London. Picturehouses.co.uk (2 January 2013). 7. ^http://www.gov.sg/government/web/content/govsg/classic/factually/factually-24102012-mdaclassificationdecisionon+sex.violence.familyvalues 8. ^MCI's response to the PQs on the film ‘Sex.Violence.FamilyValues’. Mci.gov.sg (4 December 2013). 9. ^{{cite news|last1=Yip|first1=Wai Yee|title=Ken Kwek's Unlucky Plaza to open the Singapore International Film Festival|url=http://stcommunities.straitstimes.com/movies/2014/10/02/ken-kweks-unlucky-plaza-open-singapore-international-film-festival-0|accessdate=2 October 2014|agency=The Straits Times|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|date=2 October 2014}} 10. ^{{cite news|last1=Chua|first1=Genevieve|title=Malaysian censors take issue with Singapore films|url=http://www.todayonline.com/world/asia/animals-security-threat-say-malaysian-censors-over-singaporean-film|accessdate=6 January 2016|agency=TODAY|publisher=MediaCorp|date=4 January 2016}} 11. ^{{cite news|last1=Chua|first1=Genevieve|title=S’pore film Unlucky Plaza to show in US|url=http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/movies/spore-film-unlucky-plaza-show-us|accessdate=6 January 2016|agency=TODAY|publisher=MediaCorp|date=31 December 2015}} External links
8 : 1979 births|Living people|Singaporean film directors|Singaporean people of Teochew descent|Singaporean writers|Singaporean screenwriters|Singaporean journalists|Singaporean dramatists and playwrights |
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