The 2nd Singapore Short Film Awards . Programme

CMYK

Director: Khoo Yi Hui

Rating: G / 2 mins

A humorous take on the colour theory of subtractive mixing.

Yi Hui is currently pursuing her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Nanyang Technological University, School of Art Design & Media. CMYK is her first independent short film. It won the Public Award at the Very Short International Film Festival in Singapore (Local selection) and placed 3rd at the SPACETIME 2010 Animation and exhibition held at the SIGGRAPH Conference in Los Angeles.

Soi Chang: Elephants on The Streets

Director: Low Ting Yi

Rating: PG / 19 mins

Soi Chang is a documentary about street elephants and their caretakers, known as mahouts, in Thailand. A mahout drags his elephant to beg on the streets in a struggle between preserving centuries old traditions and succumbing to modern day realities.

Ting Yi is a Communications graduate from Nanyang Technological University currently based in Japan. He has directed the award winning short You Singaporean? and is keen to pursue documentary filmmaking overseas. Soi Chang has been showcased at the 5th Annual Colorado Environmental Film Festival, 4th Annual Rockport Film Festival, New Filmmakers Los Angeles and First Take (Singapore).

Summer and Its Rain

Director: Joshua Simon

Rating: PG / 10 mins

In a world that has lost its colour, a young woman uses music to restore vibrancy to her life.

Joshua recently graduated from the Film, Sound and Video course at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. His film, 25th of Laura, was a finalist at the 2010 Singapore International Film Festival.

Timeless

Director: K. Rajagopal

Rating: TBA / 16 mins

What does the abolishment of slavery and the murder of J.W.W Birch, which spearheaded the nationalism movement in Malaya, in Pasir Salak, Malaysia, on the 2nd November 1875 and the massacre which discoloured the pages of Singapore's history on the 1st June 1969 have to do with an alienated post-modern man? Impotency can cast a long shadow over time, beyond its depiction, this is the story of Siva through the looking glass, weaved over time with the threads of humanity.

K.Rajagopal has worked on stage and in film for over fifteen years. He has collaborated with many notable theatre directors on projects such as Medea, Mother Courage and Private Parts. After an 11-year hiatus, he appeared in the role of King Lear in The King Lear Project at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts (Brussels) and the Singapore Arts Festival in 2008. As a filmmaker, Rajagopal has won the Singapore International Film Festival's Special Jury Prize for 2 consecutive years with I Can't Sleep Tonight (1995), The Glare (1996) and Absence (1997). His other films are Brother, commissioned by the Singapore Art Festival; and The New World, commissioned by the National Museum of Singapore. He also directed a segment of Lucky7, a collective feature film by 7 prominent Singaporean directors.

Waiting

Director: Jow Zhi Wei

Rating: PG / 20 mins

In an anonymous, empty corridor of the present, a man living on society's margins desperately tries to hold onto the fragile bond with his son.

Jow Zhi Wei's first short film, Outing was selected to screen in competition at the 58th San Sebastian International Film Festival. It was selected for numerous film festivals around Southeast Asia, and was nominated for the Anthony Minghella Award at the 8th Hull International Short Film Festival in the UK besides screening in 11 countries. His second short film, Waiting, had its international premiere at the 15th Pusan International Film Festival. He was recently an alumnus of the Golden Horse Film Academy 2010 organized by illustrious film director, Hou Hsiao Hsien.