Singaporean writer Ovidia Yu’s historical murder mysteries may be headed for the small screen.

Her whodunnit series, featuring a plucky teenage Peranakan detective in 1930s and 1940s Singapore, has been optioned for television by international production company Poisson Rouge Pictures.

Producer Christopher Granier-Deferre said the bright orange cover of The Betel Nut Tree Mystery (2018) caught his eye in a bookshop while he was filming in Stockholm. Realising it was the second book in a series, he asked his wife to send him the first, The Frangipani Tree Mystery (2017).

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Armando Iannucci’s Charles Dickens adaptation The Personal History Of David Copperfield leads the nominations for the 21st British Independent Film Awards (BIFAs), which were revealed today (October 30).

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From The Lobster to The End of the F****** World – this talented actress has so much potential

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Barnaby Southcombe adapts Fiona Evans’s play about two teacher-pupil relationships.

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The film is well directed and well performed but you have to see the relationships, not the crimes – and the crimes keep getting in the way.

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From writer and director Barnaby Southcombe (I, Anna) comes an absorbing screen version of Fiona Evans’ play of the same name, a drama focusing on two couples staying in a sprawling coastal hotel, their relationships seemingly mirroring one another.

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The director – and son to icon Charlotte Rampling – talks about his new film & what it’s like growing up in cinema.

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The international competition for first and second-time filmmakers will screen 11 films, including China’s Suburban Birds, India’s The Man Who Feels No Pain and Japan’s Jesus (see full line-up below). The best film in the international competition will receive a cash prize of $60,000.

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I, Anna director Barnaby Southcombe has started principal photography on Scarborough, starring Jodhi May, Jordan Bolger and Jessica Barden.

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The IFFAM Project Market (IPM) has unveiled 14 films that will be presented during its event December 9-11.

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