At its heart, the fervour around the Teochew-language film is not about disagreement with Singapore’s language policy. It is grief for a dying language, says NTU linguistics professor Tan Ying Ying.

“We remain open to facilitating and supporting further Teochew screenings should the distributor wish to apply for them, in response to audience interest,” said the Ministry of…

The Ministry of Digital Development and Information said earlier on Monday that it remained open to facilitating and supporting further Teochew screenings of the film.

SINGAPORE, June 23 — The Singapore government will adopt a more “flexible approach” toward the screening of dialect films in cinemas, the Ministry of Digital Development and...

This is not a call to promote dialects or introduce them into the public education system, but to no longer treat them as something that requires special approval, says NTU…

At its heart, the fervour around the Teochew-language film is not about disagreement with Singapore’s language policy. It is grief for a dying language, says NTU linguistics…

The 50 screenings of Dear You in Teochew are in addition to the 22 screenings approved previously.

Extra Teochew shows of the indie hit signal ‘increasing liberalisation’ towards dialect films, but long-term changes will take time, analysts say.