Hard truths in the lens at film fest

A HARSH dose of reality can be expected at this year's Southeast Asian Film Festival as regional politics and identity are explored across many of the works that will screen in this year's edition. Close to half of the line-up will consist of documentaries as the grim issues of communities living through instability and hardship come under the microscope of filmmakers from across the region.

"To understand this region, the documenting of rea…