Warren Sin, Film programmer

Warren Sin has been a film programmer at the National Museum of Singapore since late 2008 and is responsible for the World Cinema Series and other retrospective highlights at the museum's Cinémathèque programme. He also co-curates Singapore Short Cuts with The Substation and is currently working on a major retrospective of a legendary director.
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Mayo Martin, Arts journalist

Mayo Martin writes about the visual and performing arts, and occasionally, cinema for the TODAY newspaper in Singapore. He recently covered the Cannes and Bangkok International Film Festivals. He also maintains the TODAY arts blog, “For Art’s Sake!”
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Victric Thng, Singaporean filmmaker

Victric Thng started his affair with filmmaking in 2003. A filmmaker by accident, he is known for creating lyrical stories that revive that precious sense of intimate human interactions and relations. His sublime and insightful examination on the nature of identity, connection and desire for intimacy sets him apart and he was named one of the next new wave of filmmakers to watch out for by The Straits Times, Singapore. In 2007, Thng was honoured by Q! Film Festival for the "Focus on Director" segment. And in 2008, he was jury for Macao International Film Festival, Singapore Short Film Festival and Cineodeon by Asian Film Archive. He also curated twice for PROJECT : slingSHORT 2008 - a showcase of Singapore short films screened in London. Thng is currently an Associate Artist of The Substation and his films are distributed by Objectifs Films.
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Jasmine Ng, Singaporean filmmaker

Jasmine Ng has directed and co-directed a number of award-winning short and feature films such as "Eating Air", "Moveable Feast", "Pink Paddlers" and numerous TV commercials. She was previously a board member at the recent Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) in 2009 and she is currently represented by Salt Films, a division of Two Ocean Films for TV commercials, and continues to work freelance for other long-form projects.
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Liew Seng Tat, Malaysian filmmaker

Liew Seng Tat has been actively involved in the Malaysian independent film scene since 2003. His first live-action short film "Bread skin with Strawberry Jam" garnered much attention and won at the 8th Malaysian Video Awards. In 2004, he set up Da Huang Pictures with Amir Muhammad, James Lee, and Tan Chui Mui. In 2007, his first feature film “Flower In The Pocket” made its world premiere at the 12th Pusan International Film Festival and won the New Currents and the KNN Audience Awards. The film has also won the VPRO Tiger Award at the 37th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2008, "Le Regard d’Or" (Golden Gaze) Award at the 22nd Fribourg International Film Festival 2008 and a few more. He is currently working on his 2nd feature project “in What City Does it Live?”
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