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@SGIFF 2015: Review - Happy Hour
With a runtime of 5 hours 17 minutes, the title Happy Hour may be a misleading one. Admittedly, this reviewer approached the screening with reluctance: I seriously contemplated if it was...
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@SGIFF 2015: Review - The House by the Bamboo Grove
Set in director Alvin B. Yapan’s hometown of Baao, The House by the Bamboo Groveresembles an abstract painting of nature and human in a single canvas, seemingly idyllic yet deeply perplexing. Michelle...
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An SG Film for Every Occasion in 2016
Happy New Year everyone! As the new year starts, here is something handy for those who want a primer on recent Singapore films, especially if you haven't been keeping up and you want a reason to watch....
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@SGIFF2015: Review - Paradise
Resignation reigns supreme in this somber film about the place of women in modern Iran.Directed by promising newcomer Sina Ataeian Dena, and co-produced by Yousef Panahi, brother of Berlin Golden Bear...
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@SGIFF2015: Imagine - Asian Shorts Programme
Asian Shorts Programme http://sgiff.com/browse-all-films/imagine-asian-shorts-programme-1/http://sgiff.com/browse-all-films/imagine-asian-shorts-programme-2/Held across two days at the Substation, the...
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@SGIFF2015: Review - The Return
There was an encouraging significant turn out at the National Museum to watch the Asian Premier of The Return by multi-disciplinary artist Green Zeng - a Singaporean film on an ex political detainee...
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@SGIFF2015: Review - The Kids
Sunny Yu’s debut feature The Kids revolves around the lives of teenage couple Pao-li (Wu Chien-ho) and Jia-jia (Wen Chen-ling). The narrative shifts between the couple's high school days and the...
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ShoutOUT!: State of Motion - A Bus Tour to iconic filming locations of a...
Singapore tends to be too hasty in obliterating things of the past. Thankfully, there are movies that have captured some of these lost monuments and places in Singapore. And here is your chance to set...
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ShoutOUT!: Watch 8 short films from 13 Little Pictures this Saturday under...
Lei Yuan Bin's 'An Autumn Afternoon'Presented as part of Singapore Art Week (16–24 January 2016), 13 Little Pictures, a filmmaking collective, will showcase 8 short films, including 3 new works this...
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@SGIFF2015: Review - Panay
We so rarely encounter nuanced treatments of aboriginal lives and struggles in the movies that some of the buzz around Panay, the opening film at this year's SGIFF, proved to be very promising indeed....
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ShoutOUT!: Discussing Singapore Cinema - A 5-week series
Conversations about the identity of Singapore cinema continues with this 5-part series of talks by academic Wong Hongyi. This happens every Tuesday from 26 Jan to 1 Mar 2016, 7.30pm (except 9 Feb) at...
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Review: The Songs We Sang
Watching The Songs We Sang (2015) would not have held that much importance for me had it not been a special screening organised by both Hwa Chong Junior College and CHIJ St. Nicholas’ Girls alumnai...
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@SGIFF2015: Banglasia, Truly Asia
Namewee's loss in weight was noticeable when he was in town for SGIFF 2015 last December. It's been a rough ride for the Malaysian director, whose fourth film Banglasia, completed in 2013, has been...
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Interview with Leo Poloniecki (representing Team Zissou) on "The Anniversary"
The Anniversary bagged the most prizes at the recent 48 Hour Film Project (48HFP) Singapore in December 2015, winning the awards for Best Film, Best Directing, Best Use of Props and Audience Choice. We...
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[Review] The Anniversary by Team Zissou, for the 48HFP (Singapore)
The predecessor to all film competitions with a time limit, the 48 Hour Film Project (HFP) made its yearly visit to Singapore last December 2015, and Team Zissou made a record-breaking debut, sweeping...
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Review - 'Homeground' by Jacen Tan
In 2005, filmmaker Jacen Tan made Singapore’s first viral short film perhaps even before the word ‘viral’ was a buzz word. Shot on digital camera, ‘Tak Giu’ which garnered about 100,000 views in 6...
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Review - 'Long Long Time' Ago by Jack Neo
In Jack Neo’s Long Long Time Ago, the progress of the central family closely follows the progress of Singapore starting from its independence in 1965. The beginning of Neo’s film in this momentous year...
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ShoutOUT!: 5 pairs of tickets to 'Anomalisa' to be given!
Dear readers, SINdie is giving away 5 pairs of tickets to the preview of the movie 'Anomalisa'.This is a darkly-comedic stop-motion feature about a man's own journey through his soul. Michael Stone,...
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Production talk with Director Derrick Lui on "1400"
1400 is a labour of love over 5 years by Director/Producer Derrick Lui as his first feature. Set in a hotel, we get to see 4 loosely-linked stories of love. Featuring a range of characters as diverse...
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@SGIFF2015: Review - Snow Pirates
Faruk Hacihafizoglu makes his directorial debut with Snow Pirates, a coming-of-age story set against the fraying situation of the 1980 military coup, whose tensions are felt in a small Turkish village....
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