31 January 2010
For Immediate Release
1ST SINGAPORE SHORT FILM AWARDS WINNERS
The Substation and Objectifs Centre for Photography & Filmmaking is proud to announce the winners for the 1st Singapore Short Film Awards (SSFA). Out of 133 films submitted, 33 films have been selected as nominees in 10 different categories, highlighting technical achievements, as well as performance. An Honorary Award was also presented to influential filmmaker, Royston Tan, recognizing the impact made by his works on the Singapore short film industry.
The awards ceremony was held on 31 January 2010 at the Substation Theatre. With Singapore-based actress Yeo Yann Yann as emcee, and renowned Singaporean director Eric Khoo, as Guest of Honour, the ceremony had close to 100 attendees, namely invited nominees and guests.
After an intensive screening session of all 33 nominated films, 8 films were chosen by the jury, as the winners. The jury panel, consisting of Malaysian independent filmmaker, Liew Seng Tat; former Board Member of the Singapore International Film Festival, Jasmine Ng; experimental filmmaker, Victric Thng; National Museum’s Cinematheque programme curator, Warren Sin and TODAY newspaper journalist, Mayo Martin, deliberated for over 2 hours before deciding.
Sun Koh’s Dirty Bitch was the big winner, nabbing two awards for Best Director and Best Fiction. Aside from trophies, additional prizes included $500 cash and a HD Post-production package valued at SGD$10,000. Tan Wei Keong’s Hush Baby, Vicknesh Varan’s Special Pass and Kirsten Tan’s Sink also won awards in different categories.
The award for Best Performance however was not given. A statement from the jury members reads, “The jury has enjoyed the performances in the nominated films in this category, but we feel that as the Singapore film community, we can push ourselves much further, and would encourage filmmakers and actors to rise to the occasion.”
The SSFA is an independent effort by two major Singapore film contributors who have garnered the support of film community to make this event happen. This year’s SSFA supporters and sponsors include production company The Shooting Gallery Asia, post-production house, Infinite Frameworks and Face to Face (apbcOffices).
For more information, please contact:
Aishah, The Substation
Email: aishah@substation.org
Tel: 6337 7535
Annex A: Winners per category
Best Director
Sun Koh - Dirty Bitch
Best Animation
Tan Wei Keong - Hush Baby
Best Fiction
Sun Koh - Dirty Bitch
Best Documentary
Vicknesh Varan - Special Pass
Best Cinematography
Chananun Chotrungroj - Sink
Best Editing
Jack Haycox - 5 Films in an Anthology of a Film a Month
Best Script
Loo Zihan - Threshold
Best Art Direction
Rene Pannevis - Rare Fish
Best Soundtrack
Newton
Best Performance
Not given
Honorary Award
For outstanding contribution to the film community through short films
Royston Tan
Annex B: Royston Tan Filmography
A graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, Royston Tan’s films have screened worldwide at film festivals and received over 40 awards. He has made 4 feature-length films and continues to work within the short film genre when the right idea comes along. Tan is one of the most influential filmmakers locally. In 2002, The National Arts Council honoured him with Young Artist Award. In 2004, Time Magazine cited Tan as one of the “Top 20 Asian Heroes”.
His works were outstanding since his days as a student when he won awards such as the NTU's All-School Students' Photo-Videographic Competition: First prize for Music Video "Remains" (1995) and the UTV International Book Prize for “Adam.Eve.Steve” (1997).
After graduation, Tan received the Best Short Film and Special Achievement Award for the short film “Sons” in 2000. In 2001, his short film “Mother” received the Voice Award at The Substation’s Singapore Short Film Festival. He has won two awards at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, what is considered one of the most important short film festivals worldwide – the Canal+ Award 2005 for "Cut" and the Grand Prix for "Monkeylove" in 2007.
Tan remains one of the filmmakers in Singapore who can straddle both the commercial film world and the international film festival critics. His film, “881” grossed over S$3 million; making it the top grossing Asian film in Singapore in 2007. In 2009, he was invited to be part of the Jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Filmography as Director
Feature films
- 15: The Movie (feature) (2003)
- 04:30 (feature) (2006)
- 881 (feature) (2007)
- 12 Lotus (feature) (2008)
Short films
- Adam.Eve.Steve (1997)
- Jesses (1999)
- Sons (2000)
- 4A Florence Close (2000)
- Hock Hiap Leong (2001)
- 48 on AIDS (2002)
- 24 HRS (2002)
- Mother (2002)
- 15 (short) (2002)
- The Old Man and The River (2003)
- 177155 (2003)
- Cut (2004)
- The Blind Trilogy: Blind / Old Parliament House / Capitol Cinema (2004)
- The Absentee (2004)
- Careless Whisperer (2005)
- New York Girl (2005)
- Monkeylove (2005)
- DIY (2005)
- Sin Sai Hong (2006)
- After The Rain (2007)
- My SARS Lover (2008)
- Little Note (2009)
- Anniversary (2009)
Annex C: Judges
The SSFA judges are:
Jasmine Ng, Filmmaker
One of the few women filmmaking veterans in Singapore, Ng received was the first to receive a scholarship from the National Arts Council to study filmmaking, which she did at NYU’s Tisch in New York City. She started out as an Editor with post-production company VHQ and in 1999 she co-directed the film “Eating Air” with Kelvin Tong. The iconic Singapore film was one of the first Singapore films that travelled the international film festival circuit and winning awards. She has since directed several television projects and the documentary “Pink Paddlers” (2007). Ng was also a Board Member of the Singapore International Film Festival from 2008-2009.
Liew Seng Tat, Filmmaker (Malaysia)
Liew Seng Tat is considered one of the most promising filmmakers in Malaysia and 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 fellow filmmakers 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?
Victric Thng, Filmmaker
Cited as “one of the new wave directors to look out for” by The Straits Times, Victric Thng’s filmmaking career started when he made a 3-minute short film “Locust” (2003). The film won the Renault Samsung Prize in the Busan Asian Short Film Festival, Best Asean Short Film Silver Award at the Malaysian Video Awards and also screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His short film “Locust” (2003) remains one of the most highly requested films from festivals until today. He has since made 11 other short films including more recently, “The Mole” (2007), which won first prize at the Panasonic-MDA Digital Film Fiesta 2007, and “Twogether” (2007) which screened at the 27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2009. In 2009 he executive produced the short film series “Infinity” which premiered at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival.
He has been invited to jury regionally at festivals including in Macau and in Singapore, the 7th Fly By Night Video Challenge 2009. In 2009, John Badalu in Jakarta curated a retrospective of his works.
Warren Sin, Assistant Manager, The National Museum of Singapore
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.
Mayo Martin, Journalist, TODAY newspaper
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!”
Annex D: Prizes, Sponsors & Supporters
Prizes:
Best Director: trophy +$500 cash
Best Animation: trophy
Best Fiction: trophy
Best Documentary: trophy
Best Editing: trophy + HD Post-production package from Infinite Frameworks valued at SG$10,000
Best Soundtrack: trophy
Best Art Direction: trophy
Best Cinematography: trophy
Best Performance: trophy
Best Script: trophy
Special award:
An Honorary Award will also be presented to a Singapore filmmaker/professional who has contributed significantly to the film community through his/her short films.
Sponsors & Supporters:
Infinite Frameworks
|
The Shooting Gallery Asia
|
Face to Face
|
About The Substation
Founded in 1990 by the late Kuo Pao Kun, The Substation is Singapore's first independent contemporary arts center, aimed at nurturing and challenging Singapore artists, providing an open space for artistic experimentation, and also fostering regional and international arts networks. Our venues include a black box theatre, a gallery, a dance studio, and two multi-function classrooms. We present and co-present a wide range of artists and programmes, from traditionally trained dancers to local rock bands; established visual artists to young poets; publications to international short film festivals; experimental theatre to seminal conferences on Singapore arts and culture. Since 1990, The Substation has worked with some of Singapore's most critically acclaimed artists, writers and intellectuals, as well as younger and emerging artists. In addition, we are committed to facilitating artistic dialogue between countries in the region and the world, and forge closer ties with our international counterparts.
The Substation is a non-profit organization and registered IPC in Singapore, which relies on financial and in-kind support from the general public, commercial organizations and government ministries to cover the costs of operating and developing arts & educational programmes.
About Moving Images
Moving Images is The Substation's year-round film programme dedicated to supporting local and independent film in Singapore and nurturing emerging filmmakers since 1997. It is the most popular regularly-running film programme in Singapore organizing film screenings, festivals, workshops and seminars, including annual events like the Singapore Short Film Festival and the Asian Film Symposium, and organizes the only Singapore Indie Doc Fest (biennial international documentary festival) in Singapore, which alternates with the biennial Experimental Film Forum, the only showcase in Singapore dedicated to experimental films which will have its first run in 2010.
Apart from nurturing film directors and producers, Moving Images has also proven to be an excellent breeding ground for future curators. Moving Images’ previous programme manager have had the opportunity to experiment and grow while managing the film programme before moving on to establishing other film infrastructures in Singapore:
Yuni Hadi (1999-2003) established Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking which has a film distribution arm & was the Festival Co-Director of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2008 and 2009, Zhang Wenjie (2003-2005) established the National Museum of Singapore’s Cinematheque programme & was the Festival Co-Director of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2009, Kristin Saw (2005-2008) who is now part of the Singapore Film Commission in the Media Development Authority in Singapore.
Low Beng Kheng, Programme Manager
Low Beng Kheng (BK) is the Programme Manager of Moving Images at The Substation, having joined in 2008; 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. He also runs the First Take film programme, an entry level screening platform for local short films to exposure, encourage and identify the next generation of directors and producers in Singapore. In 2009, he co-organized the 5th Singapore Short Cuts with the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Film Commission. In addition, he organizes other ad-hoc screenings, training & exposure programmes whilst taking care of strategic developments at Moving Images.
BK is also involved as an alumni member in nuSTUDIOS, a student film production house & film programme at the National University of Singapore.
Aishah Abu Bakar, Programming Assistant
Aishah Abu Bakar is the Programming Assistant of Moving Images at The Substation. She assists BK in organizing the film programmes and festivals. She has previously been a film traffic coordinator for 2007’s and 2009’s edition of the Singapore International Film Festival and has had a hand in television productions for Mediacorp’s Channel News Asia and Suria.
About Objectifs Centre for Photography & Filmmaking
Established in 2003, Objectifs offers a space for all photography and filmmaking enthusiasts to learn and share. To complement its courses and workshops, Objectifs regularly hold photography exhibitions, film screenings and talks to create awareness among our students and other visual arts enthusiasts. Objectifs has judged, co-/curated and/or organized national and international events such as the Digital Film Fiesta, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Month of Photography, NOISE Singapore, to name a few.
Objectifs is a partner of Objectifs Films, spearheaded by Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Filmmaking, Infinite Frameworks and Shooting Gallery Asia. Objectifs Films is the largest short film distributor in Southeast Asia, and represents award-winning short films from the region.
www.objectifs.com.sg
Wahyuni Hadi, Partner:
Wahyuni has programmed and curated both locally and overseas to promote Singapore film. She was formerly the Commissioning Editor for Mediacorp TV12 Arts Central and Snr. Programme Manager at The Substation, where she substantially profiled its film programme with the Asian Film Symposium and the Singapore Short Film Festival. In 2006 she co-founded Objectifs Films, the first film distributor that focuses on short films and documentaries from Singapore and the region. She has since participated in numerous film festivals and projects as curator, jury member and advisor. She was recently Festival Director of the Singapore International Film Festival. She also co-founded the community film event Fly By Night Video Challenge with filmmaker Tan Pin Pin.
12 January 2010
For Immediate Release
1ST SINGAPORE SHORT FILM AWARDS NOMINEES
The Substation and Objectifs Centre for Photography & Filmmaking is proud to announce the nominees for the 1st Singapore Short Film Awards (SSFA), which received an outstanding 133 entries this year. 33 of the films are being nominated this year.
“We are encouraged by the number of films we received this year. There is participation from both experienced professionals and students from schools such as Tisch and NTU. Aside from the film director, SSFA also gives a nod to key film crew such as the cinematographer, actor and art director who rarely get recognized for their craft. ”, says Mr. Low Beng Kheng, The Substation’s Moving Images programme manager.
The SSFA serves as an annual celebration of Singapore short films and welcomes submission of films released in the past year. There are not more than 5 nominees per category and there are 10 categories in total including Best Director, Best Fiction, Best Documentary, Best Cinematography, Best Performance and Best Soundtrack.
“The SSFA allows us to have an overview of how much work has been done annually in the short film genre in Singapore. It gives us the opportunity to reflect our standards and spotlight new blood. Our aim is to bring together both the veterans and the young talents as a community and create space for networking and sharing.” adds Ms. Yuni Hadi, Partner of Objectifs Centre and independent film curator.
In addition, SSFA also presents an Honorary Award yearly to a professional who has contributed significantly to the Singapore short film scene. This year’s Honorary Award goes to filmmaker Royston Tan who has made a total of 22 short films in his 12-year film career. He has been recognized in Asia with several awards including ASEAN Director of the Year (2001), Young Artist of the Year (2002) by the National Arts Council in Singapore and in 2003, NETPAC Jury recognized him as one of Asia Most Promising Talents. In 2004, Time Magazine cited Tan as one of the “Top 20 Asian Heroes”.
The SSFA is an independent effort by two major Singapore film contributors who have garnered the support of film community to make this event happen. This year’s SSFA supporters and sponsors include production company The Shooting Gallery Asia, post-production house, Infinite Frameworks and Face to Face (apbcOffices). Filmmaker Eric Khoo will honour the event as Guest-of-Honour.
All film entries and nominees will be screened at The Substation Theatre from January 25-31. Full schedule is available on www.substation.org/SSFA/. Admission is by donation. No advanced booking of tickets is necessary.
The Awards will be held on 31 January by invitation.
For more information, please contact:
Aishah, The Substation
Email: aishah@substation.org
Tel: 6337 7535
Annex A: Nominees per category
Best Director
Sun Koh - Dirty Bitch
Wu Ruojing - Home?
Basil Mironer - Rare Fish
Kirsten Tan - Cold Noodles
Jmin (Benjamin Tan) - The Girl with The Red Balloons
Best Animation
Tan Wei Keong - Hush Baby
Iyvone Khoo & Miguel Guzman - The Mothcatcher
Joo Choon Lin - Come out and Play! 2
Best Fiction
Kat Goh - Swimming Lesson
Sun Koh - Dirty Bitch
Basil Mironer - Rare Fish
Eric Elofson - Master of His Domain
Sulaiman Salamon - Fighting Fit
Best Documentary
Dana Lam - She Shapes A Nation
Wu Ruojing - Home?
Vicknesh Varan - Special Pass
Ghazi Alqudcy & Ezzam Rahman - Forgotten Merlion
Wan (Idzwan Othman) - Black Friday
Best Cinematography
Chananun Chotrungroj - Sink
Tay Yuxian - A Hole In The Bed
Isabel Wong Liliing, Lydia - Home?
Eugene Koh - Blue Date
Lim Teck Siang - Threshold
Best Editing
Kirsten Tan - Cold Noodles
Jack Haycox - 5 Films in an Anthology of a Film a Month
Daniel Hidajat - Outing
Alicia Yang & Danny Lim - My Underwear My World
Chen Junbin - The Girl with The Red Balloons
Best Script
Martin Hong - Dreaming Kester
Christopher Broe - A Perfect Harmony
Loo Zihan - Threshold
Eric Elofson - Master of His Domain
Best Art Direction
James Page - H The Happy Robot
Eric Lim - Public Phone
Rene Pannevis - Rare Fish
Jacen Tan - Hymns of The Blazing Chariot
Eric Lin & Wong Munlai - The Robber
Best Soundtrack
Dirty Bitch
Threshold
Newton
The Karma of The Tree Sentinel Who Awakes
Best Performance
Ong Xiu Ping – Madam Chan
Rebecca Dass – Bright
Oliver Mangham – Master of His Domain
Damus Lim - Brazil
Honorary Award
For outstanding contribution to the film community through short films
Royston Tan
A graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, Royston Tan’s films have screened worldwide at film festivals and received over 40 awards. He has made 4 feature-length films and continues to work within the short film genre when the right idea comes along. Tan is one of the most influential filmmakers locally. In 2002, The National Arts Council honoured him with Young Artist Award. In 2004, Time Magazine cited Tan as one of the “Top 20 Asian Heroes”.
His works were outstanding since his days as a student when he won awards such as the NTU's All-School Students' Photo-Videographic Competition: First prize for Music Video "Remains" (1995) and the UTV International Book Prize for “Adam.Eve.Steve” (1997).
After graduation, Tan received the Best Short Film and Special Achievement Award for the short film “Sons” in 2000. In 2001, his short film “Mother” received the Voice Award at The Substation’s Singapore Short Film Festival. He has won two awards at Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival, what is considered one of the most important short film festivals worldwide – the Canal+ Award 2005 for "Cut" and the Grand Prix for "Monkeylove" in 2007.
Tan remains one of the filmmakers in Singapore who can straddle both the commercial film world and the international film festival critics. His film, “881” grossed over S$3 million; making it the top grossing Asian film in Singapore in 2007. In 2009, he was invited to be part of the Jury at the Shanghai International Film Festival.
Filmography as Director
Feature films
- 15: The Movie (feature) (2003)
- 04:30 (feature) (2006)
- 881 (feature) (2007)
- 12 Lotus (feature) (2008)
Short films
- Adam.Eve.Steve (1997)
- Jesses (1999)
- Sons (2000)
- 4A Florence Close (2000)
- Hock Hiap Leong (2001)
- 48 on AIDS (2002)
- 24 HRS (2002)
- Mother (2002)
- 15 (short) (2002)
- The Old Man and The River (2003)
- 177155 (2003)
- Cut (2004)
- The Blind Trilogy: Blind / Old Parliament House / Capitol Cinema (2004)
- The Absentee (2004)
- Careless Whisperer (2005)
- New York Girl (2005)
- Monkeylove (2005)
- DIY (2005)
- Sin Sai Hong (2006)
- After The Rain (2007)
- My SARS Lover (2008)
- Little Note (2009)
- Anniversary (2009)
Annex C: Judges
The SSFA judges are:
Jasmine Ng, Filmmaker
One of the few women filmmaking veterans in Singapore, Ng received was the first to receive a scholarship from the National Arts Council to study filmmaking, which she did at NYU’s Tisch in New York City. She started out as an Editor with post-production company VHQ and in 1999 she co-directed the film “Eating Air” with Kelvin Tong. The iconic Singapore film was one of the first Singapore films that travelled the international film festival circuit and winning awards. She has since directed several television projects and the documentary “Pink Paddlers” (2007). Ng was also a Board Member of the Singapore International Film Festival from 2008-2009.
Liew Seng Tat, Filmmaker (Malaysia)
Liew Seng Tat is considered one of the most promising filmmakers in Malaysia and 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 fellow filmmakers 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?
Victric Thng, Filmmaker
Cited as “one of the new wave directors to look out for” by The Straits Times, Victric Thng’s filmmaking career started when he made a 3-minute short film “Locust” (2003). The film won the Renault Samsung Prize in the Busan Asian Short Film Festival, Best Asean Short Film Silver Award at the Malaysian Video Awards and also screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. His short film “Locust” (2003) remains one of the most highly requested films from festivals until today. He has since made 11 other short films including more recently, “The Mole” (2007), which won first prize at the Panasonic-MDA Digital Film Fiesta 2007, and “Twogether” (2007) which screened at the 27th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival in 2009. In 2009 he executive produced the short film series “Infinity” which premiered at the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival.
He has been invited to jury regionally at festivals including in Macau and in Singapore, the 7th Fly By Night Video Challenge 2009. In 2009, John Badalu in Jakarta curated a retrospective of his works.
Warren Sin, Assistant Manager, The National Museum of Singapore
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.
Mayo Martin, Journalist, TODAY newspaper
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!”
Annex D: Prizes, Sponsors & Supporters
Prizes:
Best Director: trophy +$500 cash
Best Animation: trophy
Best Fiction: trophy
Best Documentary: trophy
Best Editing: trophy + HD Post-production package from Infinite Frameworks valued at SG$10,000
Best Soundtrack: trophy
Best Art Direction: trophy
Best Cinematography: trophy
Best Performance: trophy
Best Script: trophy
Special award:
An Honorary Award will also be presented to a Singapore filmmaker/professional who has contributed significantly to the film community through his/her short films.
Sponsors & Supporters:
Infinite Frameworks
|
The Shooting Gallery Asia
|
Face to Face
|
About The Substation
Founded in 1990 by the late Kuo Pao Kun, The Substation is Singapore's first independent contemporary arts center, aimed at nurturing and challenging Singapore artists, providing an open space for artistic experimentation, and also fostering regional and international arts networks. Our venues include a black box theatre, a gallery, a dance studio, and two multi-function classrooms. We present and co-present a wide range of artists and programmes, from traditionally trained dancers to local rock bands; established visual artists to young poets; publications to international short film festivals; experimental theatre to seminal conferences on Singapore arts and culture. Since 1990, The Substation has worked with some of Singapore's most critically acclaimed artists, writers and intellectuals, as well as younger and emerging artists. In addition, we are committed to facilitating artistic dialogue between countries in the region and the world, and forge closer ties with our international counterparts.
The Substation is a non-profit organization and registered IPC in Singapore, which relies on financial and in-kind support from the general public, commercial organizations and government ministries to cover the costs of operating and developing arts & educational programmes.
About Moving Images
Moving Images is The Substation's year-round film programme dedicated to supporting local and independent film in Singapore and nurturing emerging filmmakers since 1997. It is the most popular regularly-running film programme in Singapore organizing film screenings, festivals, workshops and seminars, including annual events like the Singapore Short Film Festival and the Asian Film Symposium, and organizes the only Singapore Indie Doc Fest (biennial international documentary festival) in Singapore, which alternates with the biennial Experimental Film Forum, the only showcase in Singapore dedicated to experimental films which will have its first run in 2010.
Apart from nurturing film directors and producers, Moving Images has also proven to be an excellent breeding ground for future curators. Moving Images’ previous programme manager have had the opportunity to experiment and grow while managing the film programme before moving on to establishing other film infrastructures in Singapore:
Yuni Hadi (1999-2003) established Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking which has a film distribution arm & was the Festival Co-Director of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2008 and 2009, Zhang Wenjie (2003-2005) established the National Museum of Singapore’s Cinematheque programme & was the Festival Co-Director of the Singapore International Film Festival in 2009, Kristin Saw (2005-2008) who is now part of the Singapore Film Commission in the Media Development Authority in Singapore.
Low Beng Kheng, Programme Manager
Low Beng Kheng (BK) is the Programme Manager of Moving Images at The Substation, having joined in 2008; 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. He also runs the First Take film programme, an entry level screening platform for local short films to exposure, encourage and identify the next generation of directors and producers in Singapore. In 2009, he co-organized the 5th Singapore Short Cuts with the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore Film Commission. In addition, he organizes other ad-hoc screenings, training & exposure programmes whilst taking care of strategic developments at Moving Images.
BK is also involved as an alumni member in nuSTUDIOS, a student film production house & film programme at the National University of Singapore.
Aishah Abu Bakar, Programming Assistant
Aishah Abu Bakar is the Programming Assistant of Moving Images at The Substation. She assists BK in organizing the film programmes and festivals. She has previously been a film traffic coordinator for 2007’s and 2009’s edition of the Singapore International Film Festival and has had a hand in television productions for Mediacorp’s Channel News Asia and Suria.
About Objectifs Centre for Photography & Filmmaking
Established in 2003, Objectifs offers a space for all photography and filmmaking enthusiasts to learn and share. To complement its courses and workshops, Objectifs regularly hold photography exhibitions, film screenings and talks to create awareness among our students and other visual arts enthusiasts. Objectifs has judged, co-/curated and/or organized national and international events such as the Digital Film Fiesta, Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival, Month of Photography, NOISE Singapore, to name a few.
Objectifs is a partner of Objectifs Films, spearheaded by Objectifs - Centre for Photography and Filmmaking, Infinite Frameworks and Shooting Gallery Asia. Objectifs Films is the largest short film distributor in Southeast Asia, and represents award-winning short films from the region.
www.objectifs.com.sg
Wahyuni Hadi, Partner:
Wahyuni has programmed and curated both locally and overseas to promote Singapore film. She was formerly the Commissioning Editor for Mediacorp TV12 Arts Central and Snr. Programme Manager at The Substation, where she substantially profiled its film programme with the Asian Film Symposium and the Singapore Short Film Festival. In 2006 she co-founded Objectifs Films, the first film distributor that focuses on short films and documentaries from Singapore and the region. She has since participated in numerous film festivals and projects as curator, jury member and advisor. She was recently Festival Director of the Singapore International Film Festival. She also co-founded the community film event Fly By Night Video Challenge with filmmaker Tan Pin Pin.
