Anthony Chen – MRQE

Ah ma

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Ah Ma is lying in the hospital, her life hanging by a thread. Her family gathers by her deathbed to send her off. Overwhelmed by sadness, they struggle to find their own way of coming to terms with the impending end.

Breaking Ice

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China’s northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.

Drift (2012/I)

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Jacqueline, a young refugee, lands alone and penniless on a Greek island where she tries to survive, then to cope with her past. While gathering her strength, she begins a friendship with a rootless tour guide and together they find the resilience to forge ahead.

Wet Season

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling’s students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. The two become closer as Wei Lun embraces Ling’s extra tutoring.

Ilo Ilo

Sat, 30 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.