Four legends survived genocide, abuse, and poverty—then picked up cameras.
"Life in 24 Frames a Second" is a film about hardship, misfortune, perseverance and triumph. The personal stories of John Woo (The Killer), Anurag Kashyap (Sacred Games), Rithy Panh (The Missing Picture) and Lav Diaz (The Woman Who Left), who survived extreme poverty, disease, sexual abuse, genocide and civil war to go on to become maestros of world cinema. 'Survivors' united by their abiding love of the movies.
Direction
Tiong Guan lets pain breathe without exploitation.
Production
Intimate access to four towering, vulnerable artists.
Director
Saw Tiong Guan
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
All four directors came from countries with virtually no film infrastructure, making their global recognition a quiet middle finger to industry gatekeeping.
Released during peak pandemic when theaters were dying, the title's reference to 24fps became accidentally poignant—cinema itself needed survival stories.
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