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South China Morning Post
· collected 2026-10-09 · by CNA
Quick Summary
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) has decided to maintain South Korean political thriller "The Assassin(s)" as its opening film despite calls from a South Korean political party to remove it due to allegations of historical distortion. The festival, set to run from October 21 to November 1, announced that it would uphold the film's selection based on respect for the filmmakers' creative vision and in light of ongoing debates surrounding the movie’s historical accuracy in South Korea.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
AI analysis
runs on qwen2.5:14b, locally
Story summary
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) decided to keep The Assassin(s) as its opening film for their 37th edition, despite calls from a South Korean political party to drop it due to concerns about historical distortion. The festival stated that they respect the creative vision of the filmmakers and will proceed with the original plan for the film screening during the event which runs from October 21 to November 1, 2023.
Written for “Singapore Film Festival Controversy” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.
Why this leaning score
The model judged this article politically coded and scored it +0.25, but all 2 of its quote(s) are attributed speech - words the article quotes from someone, not the article's own narration, so the score is not published.
Written under an earlier scoring contract, which gave a paragraph
rather than checkable quotes. Re-analysing this article replaces it.
Leaning score withheld for article 67453: attributed speech only · logged 2026-10-09
Claims extracted
2
claim-shaped sentences
Uncertain
50%
1 of 2 hedged
Leaning
withheld
no quote in the article backed the model's score
Correction & hedging signals
66.7
corrections and hedging in what we collected;
not a measure of accuracy
Outlets on this story
1
Entertainment
Narrative spread
1
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Story
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Compared with similar articles
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Publisher
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Who wrote this
No reporter is named on this article,
beyond the feed's “CNA”.
Topics
Subjects
Narrative
Claims (2 extracted, 1 hedged)
Singapore film festival rejects South Korean party’s calls to drop The Assassin(s)
Organisers said the political thriller will open the festival amid growing backlash in South Korea over claims of historical distortion
SGIFF said it was aware of the discussions surrounding the film but would retain it as the opening title of its 37th edition, which runs from October 21 to November 1.
uncertain
which → reject → November
“SGIFF respects the creative vision of the filmmakers behind The Assassin(s), which remains the festival opening film of our 37th edition,” the festival said.
asserted
festival → respect → edition
