Singapore film director Edmund Yeo delivers a speech after recieving the Best Director award for his movie Aqerat (We the Dead) during the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) closing ceremony in Tokyo on November 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA
PETALING JAYA: Malaysian director Edmund Yeo (pic) wanted to provoke thought about the dilemma of the Rohingya with his movie Aqerat, which won Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF).
“I just wanted to ask questions with this film. The Rohingya plight is still happening. I don’t have answers, I’m just a filmmaker.
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