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Programme Title: S-Express: Singapore
Tickets at $5 / 7 (conc. for students, NSFs and Friends of The Substation)
20th September, Sunday, 6 – 7.30pm
Total runtime: 58 min
Session is rated M18 (Mature Content, Coarse Language)
Curated by: Low Beng Kheng (BK)
BK
is the Programme Manager of Moving Images at The Substation and
organizes the film programmes there including festivals such as the
Asian Film Symposium and the Singapore Short Film Festival, with the
aim of nurturing the next generation of film talents in Singapore by
connecting them to the film community in Singapore and to festivals
abroad.
Programme Write-up:
The spaces in-between can be found everywhere; on the pavements,
between text, through the eyes... Small fissures that rupture our
realities erupt from time to time. Fleeting moments that force us to
stare into these in-between spaces that are so hard to fill with words. |
1) We, the real people of Singapore
2009 / 16min / Ghazi Alqudcy / RATINGS TBA
Synopsis:
“We, the Real People of Singapore” is a collection of short stories
about Singaporeans and their lives. Diverse in theme and characters,
the short film shows a slice of Singapore in all its variety and colour.
Director’s Statement:
“We, the Real People of Singapore” is an experiment to give the
audience the chance to tell their stories.
In
this particular film, we received a lot of stories that were worth
telling but that had to be cut down until we had 6 stories that best
represented Singapore. There were then chosen and re-interpreted by the
production team.
It is a process of learning from others and what life on this sunny island means to them.
Director’s Bio:
Ghazi likes to tell stories through the medium of digital film. An
undergraduate under the Goh Chok Tong youth promise Award Scholarship
2007, his works vary from narrative, experimental to documentaries.
Contact:
ghazialqudcy@gmail.com |
2) National Day
2009 / 19min / He Shuming / RATINGS TBA
Synopsis:
Wei has finally collected enough National Day Parade tickets for the
whole family. But National Day happens to be the 7th day after his
father’s sudden death. The family forgoes the Parade to observe a
traditional Chinese custom – waiting for the father’s soul to return
home for the last time before its final journey into the afterlife.
Director’s Bio:
He Shuming is currently a Directing Major in his final year at The
Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of The Arts. He has previously
written and directed “Visiting”, which closed the first SMU Film
Festival in 2009. “National Day” is his second year Diploma film.
Contact:
shu.ming.he@gmail.com |
3) Kissing Faces
2009 / 11min / Wesley Leon Aroozoo / PG
Synopsis:
‘Eventually crashing. Purposely falling. To rid the feeling. That
lastly goes numb.” “Kissing faces” is about a KTV hostess who wishes
her life was like a karaoke.
Director’s Bio:
Wesley is currently a 2nd year film undergraduate at Nanyang
Technological University. His previous films have been screened and
have won awards at festivals both locally and abroad.
Film Festivals:
- 6th Singapore Short Cuts 2009
Contact:
moomeow@gmail.com |
4) à la folie
2008 / 12min / Sanif Olek / RATINGS TBA
Synopsis:
Sinta and Arjuna, a pair of lovers, reunite after a period of break-up.
Back together, Sinta confides in Arjuna her time with Rawana and a big
showdown ensues in this post-modern re-intepretation of the classic
Ramayana.
Director’s Statement:
à la folie
“like crazy”, is a simple story of love, manipulation and revenge that
was inspired by the classical Ramayana text. It was produced from my
desire for a less structured filmmaking style. I had just completed 6
months of shoot for a television drama series, a process of which was
largely structured by the needs of commercial television and scripted
narrative. For the cathartic experience, I chose to deconstruct the
Ramayana - the greatest love story ever told - and jazz it up with
rock-and-roll. With just a concept, a camera and no script, I devised
with my actors over 2 nights. Furthermore, I’ve always wanted to work
in a filming process where I can be intimate with my actors. In tune
with the origins of the original text, ‘Little India’ at Serangoon Road
in Singapore, became the set-up for this improvisation.
Film Festivals:
- 27th San Francisco Int'l Asian American Film Festival 2009
- 25th Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival 2009
- 32nd New York Asian American International Film Festival 2009
- 4th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (in competition) 2009
- 32nd Montreal World Film Festival 2009
- 29th Hawaii International Film Festival 2009
Contact:
reeljuice@gmail.com
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