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Deep Cut is a director-focused film podcast featuring deep-dive discussions about international, art-house, and independent cinema.

Each episode we discuss either a director's most popular film or a "Deep Cut Pick": a personal favorite chosen by one of us: Wilson Lai, Benjamin Yap, and Eli Sands.

 

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Festival Dispatches

Festival Dispatches

117. 36th Singapore International Film Festival (2025) Dispatch (Resurrection, Silent Friend, Two Seasons Two Strangers, Amoeba, and MORE!)

We’re back to back with Asian film festivals and Ben returns to Singapore to cover the hottest films from the festival circuit and the region for the 36th Singapore International Film Festival.

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December 14th, 2025
Festival Dispatches

115. 38th Tokyo International Film Festival (2025) Dispatch (Hamnet, Love Massacre, Palestine 36, The Mastermind, and MORE!)

Armed with a press pass and the Japanese language level of a 3 year old, Ben took to the cinemas of Tokyo during the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival.

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November 23rd, 2025
Festival Dispatches

111. 63rd New York Film Festival (2025, NYFF63) Dispatch (No Other Choice, The Mastermind, A House of Dynamite, One Battle After Another, and MORE!)

Eli joins the other boys hot off of his Lincoln Center press screenings to tell us the must-watches and the maybe-skip-overs of this year’s New York Film Festival.

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October 5th, 2025
Festival Dispatches

101. HKIFF49 Dispatch (Youth Trilogy, Phantosmia, I'm Still Here, Dreams (Sex Love), and MORE!)

Wilson comes on the podcast to talk about all the films he saw at the 49th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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May 26th, 2025
Festival Dispatches

087. SGIFF35 Dispatch (feat. No Other Land, An Unfinished Film, By The Stream, Viet and Nam, and MORE!)

Ben recently attended the 35th Singapore International Film Festival and watched a whole lot of films, and made a few new friends along the way.

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December 12th, 2024
Festival Dispatches

081. NYFF62 Dispatch (Anora, Queer, The Shrouds, Eephus)

Our very own Eli attended the 62nd New York Film Festival this autumn as a bona fide member of the press! Read his dispatch!

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October 6th, 2024
Festival Dispatches

064. HKIFF 2023 Dispatch

An exhausted Wilson joined Ben and Eli in the middle of his festival marathon to dish about the movies he saw at this year’s Hong Kong International Film Festival.

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May 31st, 2023
Festival Dispatches Guest

058. Sundance 2023 Dispatch (featuring Russell Goldman)

Wilson, Ben, and Eli are once again joined by director and friend of the podcast Russell Goldman to talk about his experience and the best movies he saw at this year’s Sundance Film Festival!

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February 11th, 2023

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