“This Director’s Weird, Wonderful Film Is Censored In Her Home Country”

“Ah, adolescence, that tender, delicate time of transition in young peoples’ lives. In certain cases, given a sufficient balance between isolation, repression, and proximity to nature, girls become weretigers, too. (Boys have no such privilege, but they’re animals to begin with, so it’s a wash.) Malaysian filmmaker Amanda Nell Eu’s debut feature, Tiger Stripes, follows this logline to an encouraging, heartfelt end, with a pairing of body horror, folk horror, and coming of age drama.” (Full interview at JoySauce.)

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