SGIFF 2019: New Programme Director and Inaugural SGIFF Film Fund Recipients Announced
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) has appointed Taiwanese film curator, Kuo Ming-Jung, as its new Programme Director to lead the Festival alongside Executive Director, Yuni Hadi. Entering its 30th […]
Preview: Singapore Repertory Theatre presents RSC Live!
The Singapore Repertory Theatre (SRT) is known for producing Shakespeare hits year on year, with their renditions of Shakespeare in the Park, and even acclaimed director Sam Mendes and The […]
Films From National Youth Film Awards 2018 To Be Screened at Shilin Night Market
While this weekend and next’s Shilin Night Market at the Singapore Turf Club might get your stomach grumbling, but stick around a little and you might just encounter a little […]
Film Festival Circuit: Romania Selected As Country of Focus For 29th European Union Film Festival This May (Singapore)
The European Union Film Festival (EUFF) is back at the National Gallery Singapore this May! This year, a total of 27 films from across Europe will be presented over the […]
Film Review: A Land Imagined (幻土) dir. Yeo Siew Hua
The wilderness of Tuas provides an alien backdrop for this Asian neo-noir about migrant dreams of a better life. Written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua, A Land Imagined emerged a […]
Review: Master Z – The Ip Man Legacy dir. Yuen Woo-Ping (Review)
The latest installment of the Ip Man franchise may not have Donnie Yen, but still dazzles with intricately choreographed fight scenes. Over the past few years, actor Donnie Yen has […]
SGIFF 2018: Cannonball dir. Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen (Review)
Whimsical roadtrip to nowhere Experimental films are often a love/hate affair, leaving one either completely baffled, or bowled over by its form. Often, it leaves us reeling as the latter, […]
SGIFF 2018: Cities of Last Things dir. Ho Wai Ding + Kingdom dir. Tan Wei Keong (Review)
A heart wrenching film about the absurdity of life and an animated short about finding one’s place in the world opens the 29th SGIFF Last Wednesday, the 29th Singapore International […]
Review: Sink or Swim dir. Gilles Lellouche (French Film Festival 2018)
Synchronized swimming drama moves with its tale of friendship and camraderie. Gilles Lellouche’s Sink or Swim opens with a familiar quote, along the lines of a “square peg never being able […]
Review: Just A Breath Away dir. Daniel Roby (French Film Festival 2018)
Unusual premise couples with family drama to leave viewers breathless Last week, Daniel Roby’s Just A Breath Away opened the 2018 French Film Festival Singapore. The post-apocalyptic thriller film follows separated parents […]
667, Omnibus Film By Local Filmmakers, Screens Again This November at the SCCC
To celebrate the latest win of local filmmaker, Jun Chong, whose debut short film Ke《客》, was awarded the Best Asian Short at the 13th Sapporo International Short Film Festival, the […]
Preview: Singapore International Film Festival 2018 – Let The Magic In
The annual Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) makes its return this November for its 29th Edition. Taking place for 12 days from 28th November to 9th December, the festival continues […]
Preview: French Film Festival 2018
The French Film Festival returns this November with a lineup of cinema to thrill, chill and evoke laughter! A bumper crop of around 30 classic and contemporary films will be […]
Perspectives Film Festival 2018: An Interview with Festival Directors Claudia Loo and Lee Yi Jia
The Perspectives Film Festival returns for its 11th edition from 25th – 28th October 2018! Taking on the theme of ‘Instituitions’, Singapore’s longest running student-run film festival will examine stories […]
Review: Of Love and Law dir. Hikaru Toda (Love and Pride Film Festival 2018)
The trials and tribulations of a law firm run by an openly gay couple in Japan tugs at the heartstrings and leaves one with irrefutable hope for the future. Of […]
Review: The Miseducation of Cameron Post dir. Desiree Akhavan (Love and Pride Film Festival 2018)
Gay conversion independent drama leaves audiences on a hopeful note Based off Emily M. Danforth’s novel of the same name, which in turn was based off the 2005 Zach Stark […]
