Red Carpet: "Not My Mother’s Baking" Team
On Saturday evening we will be joined live by the team of "Not My Mother’s Baking," which has its international premiere at Five Flavours!
We will be talking right after the first local screening of the film at Singapore International Film Festival. Our guests will be the director, Remi M Sali, the producer, Ho Pak Kin, and the lead actresses and stars of the Singapore culinary scene, Sara Ariffin and Siti Mastura Alwi.
"Not My Mother’s Baking" is a delightful story about intercultural and intergenerational relations set in the multilingual Singapore, where for decades people of various ethnicities and religions have been living side by side.
Siti Mastura Alwi
Already a household name with more than 20 years’ experience in the culinary world, Siti Mastura Alwi has won numerous awards that reflect her dedication to the art of baking, and in empowering others to follow suit. Currently a principal consultant at SSA Culinary Institute, she has come a long way, from hosting her own show on Mediacorp Suria, to being a judge on MasterChef Malaysia. Chef Siti is a bona fide social media influencer, with nearly 300,000
followers on Facebook alone.
Sarah Ariffin
Not to be outdone, Sarah Ariffin was the popular host and judge on two seasons of Astro Malaysia's Hero Oven, an all-male reality baking competition. She was also Chef Host for Mediacorp’s infotainment series, Manja. Her passion has led her to train in top culinary schools in France, Thailand and Singapore, and this rising star shows no sign of slowing down with her recent hosting of the Coupe du Monde de la Patisserie (World Pastry Cup) Asian Qualifiers in Singapore.
Remi M Sali
Remi M Sali has more than 20 years of experience creating long and short works, ranging from music videos to movie features. With his long-time collaborator Dzul Sungit he created short films "eddy" (1994) and "INfluence" (1995) awarded at Singapore IFF. In 1998, they made their first feature movie "OffCentre", an adaptation of the acclaimed play from one of Singapore's most successful theatre companies, The Necessary Stage. Remi has directed popular dramas, telemovies, info-ed programmes and art series for local television. He also directed popular food-related shows such as "Cinta Kek", "Delicatessen" and "Masak Mini" for Mediacorp Suria. Remi's fervour for telling inclusive stories of race, language and religion resonates in his latest independent films - "Konpaku" (2019) and "Not My Mother's Baking" (2020).
Ho Pak Kin
Economics & Finance lecturer turned Media Entrepreneur Ho Pak Kin shares his wealth of experience managing the team, having extensive background
working in Australia and New Zealand. Pak Kin manages the finances and leads the business development team at Studio59 Concepts, which he co-founded
with Remi M Sali. Pak Kin’s first film project is a community-led and independently produced documentary, Different Shades of Pink (2001), which provides an intimate and in-depth look at cross-cultural love and stereotypes in Sydney. His second independent film project, Konpaku (2019) was produced with a microbudget, had its World Premiere at the Udine Far East Film Festival 2019 and went on to grace the screens at the Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2019 and Cambodia International Film Festival 2020.
