'Tatsumi' is Singapore's Oscar contender

BEIJING -- Eric Khoo's "Tatsumi," an animated docu portrait in the manga artist, will represent Singapore inside the foreign-language film category within the 84th Academy awards.Pic is founded on the manga book "A Moving Existence" together with other operates by Yoshihiro Tatsumi, creating a notable impression in Cannes' Not Sure Regard section.It traces Tatsumi's career from his beginning just like a comics artist in publish-WW2 Japan and includes his progression of the influential gekiga (dramatic pictures) genre of manga comics, which was pivotal to get manga to grownups.Khoo began his career just like a comic artist. He's known inside the city-condition for dramas for instance "Mee pok guy," "12 Storeys" and "Be Around Me.""Tatsumi" was produced by Tan Fong Cheng, Phil Mitchell, Freddie Yeo and Khoo.The 84th Academy awards will probably be held Feb. 26 within the Kodak Theater in Hollywood. Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com