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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore

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 edition, the Festival continues its commitment to grow the independent film ecosystem in Southeast Asia through the introduction of the SGIFF Film Academy. It will bring together the Festival developmental programmes under one umbrella to … Continue reading SGIFF 2019: New Programme Director and Inaugural SGIFF Film Fund Recipients Announced

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Arts, Film, Preview, Singapore, SRT, Theatre

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 Bridge Project earlier on. Shakespeare in the Park is on a break this 2019, but that isn’t stopping The Bard from leaving his mark on SRT, as for three nights only, the company presents RSC … Continue reading Preview: Singapore Repertory Theatre presents RSC Live!

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Arts, Food, Singapore

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 more arts than you expected, with a lineup of film screenings from the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA). A selection of NYFA 2018 short films will be screened each night at 7pm, some of which have … Continue reading Films From National Youth Film Awards 2018 To Be Screened at Shilin Night Market

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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 10 day festival, with Romania as the featured country this year. While the selected films may each originate from different countries, all are representative of Europe’s common cultural heritage. The Festival opens with Romanian film Beside … Continue reading Film Festival Circuit: Romania Selected As Country of Focus For 29th European Union Film Festival This May (Singapore)

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Arts, Film, Review, Singapore

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 critical favourite at the 71st Locarno Film Festival, an Asian neo-noir following Lok (Peter Yu), a grizzled hardboiled detective as he embarks on an unusual job: tracking down Wang (Liu Xiaoyi) a Chinese migrant worker who … Continue reading Film Review: A Land Imagined (幻土) dir. Yeo Siew Hua

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Arts, Film, Review, SGIFF 2017, Singapore

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 become almost synonymous with the Ip Man franchise, playing the titular Wing Chun master and rapidly rising to become one of Hong Kong’s biggest martial arts stars. But while Master Z: The Ip Man Legacy does … Continue reading Review: Master Z – The Ip Man Legacy dir. Yuen Woo-Ping (Review)

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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, but for road trip film Cannonball, we were left surprised by how it ended up more charming than it has any right to be. Cannonball follows partners and music duo Frank and Lily as they set off … Continue reading SGIFF 2018: Cannonball dir. Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen (Review)

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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 Film Festival (SGIFF) kicked off with animated short Kingdom by local filmmaker Tan Wei Keong, and Ho Wai Ding’s feature length film Cities of Last Things, which first premiered at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival … Continue reading SGIFF 2018: Cities of Last Things dir. Ho Wai Ding + Kingdom dir. Tan Wei Keong (Review)

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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 to fit into a round hole.” Even from its poster alone, one might be tempted to laugh out loud at the almost comical sight of eight confused men in swimwear, some hairy, some rotund, some … Continue reading Review: Sink or Swim dir. Gilles Lellouche (French Film Festival 2018)

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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 Mathieu (Roman Duris) and Anna (Olga Kurylenko), as they raise an 11 year old daughter, Sarah, with a unique childhood illness. Forced to survive in a hermetic, bubble-like chamber with its own oxygen supply and … Continue reading Review: Just A Breath Away dir. Daniel Roby (French Film Festival 2018)

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