Back for its sophomore outing as a component of the Singapore Media Festival, the 26th Singapore Intl. Film Festival is showing little sign of the malaise that often strikes after a particularly interesting debut. Festival runs Nov. 26-Dec. 6. Previous incarnations of the festival endured a particularly fractious relationship with the Singaporean authorities over persistent censorship, one that new management is not particularly keen on reigniting. Instead, according to festival co-director Yuni Hadi, the focus this year is on getting the festival more personal with its audience.

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