Ajoomma
A Singaporean widow obsessed with Korean soap operas embarks on a crazy adventure in this feelgood winner starring national treasure Hong Huifang.
Writer-director He Shuming’s first feature has charmed its way around the world since it debuted at Busan and earned four nominations including Best New Director and Best Actress in the prestigious Golden Horse Awards. Leading lady Hong Huifang shines as Mrs Lim, whose closeted son suddenly drops out of their package holiday visiting locations of Korean TV dramas. Plucking up the courage to bust out of her cautious comfort zone for the first time, Mrs Lim decides to go anyway and promptly becomes stranded in Seoul. There’s a beautifully warm heart beating beneath this breezy comedy of mishaps and misadventure. A journey that proves that life and love can be wonderfully strange at any age.Sunday 11 June , 5.45pm session presented in partnership with FBi Radio.
Special Guests
He Shuming
Director
He Shuming is a writer and director from Singapore. He is a graduate of the American Film Institute Conservatory’s directing program. Ajoomma is his debut feature film.
Hong Huifang
Cast
Hong Hui Fang is a Singaporean television actress who is known for her breakthrough role in 1986’s Samsui Women and Price Of Peace, for which she received a Best Supporting Actress Star Award in 1997. Since then, she has secured one challenging role after another. In 1999, she was invited by Singapore's most popular filmmaker and actor Jack Neo to perform in his movie That One Not Enough. She has appeared in countless productions, including Reach For The Skies, Babies On Board, While You Were Away and Hello From The Other Side.
- Program Strand
- Special Presentations
- Year
- 2022
- Classification
- All Ages
- Country
- Singapore, South Korea
- Language
- In Mandarin and Korean with English subtitles
- Director
- He Shuming
- Producer
- Anthony Chen
- Cast
- Hong Huifang, Jung Dong-Hwan, Kang Hyung Suk
- Screenwriter
- He Shuming, Kris Ong
- Cinematographer
- Hwang Gyeonghyeon
- Editor
- Jasmine Ng, Armiliah Aripin
- Premiere
- Australian Premiere
- Genre
- LGBTQIA+ Films, Comedies, Asia, Seniors
- Company Credits
- Sales Agent: Rediance Films
