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AH, GIRL (TIFF 2026) – Review by Rachel West

September 11, 2026September 11, 2026 Rachel West Ah Girl, Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, Singapore, TIFF 2026, Xuan Jing Ong

Ah Girl, the feature film debut of Ang Geck Geck Priscilla, is a tender and bittersweet tale of childhood in 1990s Singapore. Drawing on her own upbringing and childhood memories for the script, Priscilla centres her story on Swee Swee (Xuan Jing Ong), a plucky seven-year-old navigating the separation of her carefree but disengaged parents alongside her younger sister, Ah Tian (Sydney Wong). Nicknamed “Ah Girl” at home, Swee Swee’s personality shines through from her first moments on screen. She is weird, she is fun, she is expressive, and she is lonely.

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SOME WOMEN – Review by Jennifer Green

March 7, 2023 Jennifer Green documentaries, Quen Wong, Singapore, Some Women, trans women, Vancouver International Women in Film Festival, VIWFF

Some storytellers follow the motto, “Show, don’t tell.” Trans director Quen Wong does both with Some Women. She shows us her family life and tells us in voiceover about the various steps that got her to where she is today. She peppers her speech with declarations of self-love like “I am worthy of love,” “This is who I am,” and “My identity is determined by the act of living.” She is very open about her feelings as a child that she was in the wrong body, her first loves, the complicated conversations with potential lovers – including her current partner – about her body, and the process of reassignment surgery and hormone therapy.