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ShoutOUT! New works from 'The Garden' @ Objectifs
In the Garden is an exhibition of new works from 6 artists which started from a discussion about the home and the cinematic narratives associated with such environs. Movements outwards from these...
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Big adult issues in young people's films: the HOP Short Film Project
The director of this film pictured above is only 15 years old and her name is Natasha Vokes. Containment, a short film that hopes to shed some light on mental illness, is one in a string of three short...
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Blink! The Future of Film Distribution
Photo credits: SINdie (by Mohan Deitrich)Filmmaker Daniel Yam (pictured above) had been making corporate videos, advertisements and other forms of content for more than a decade. Then in 2013, he...
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ShoutOUT! 2359 is back with more military-themed horror, in January 2018
Noah Yap in 'Pixellated' Clover Films, Gorylah Pictures and mm2 Entertainment Pte Ltd have just announced the sequel to the commercially successful 23:59. This sequel is called 2359: The Haunting...
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ShoutOUT! Special screening of '1965' with the filmmakers and sports...
Not in conjunction with another kind of history we are making in the news this month, a special screening of 1965 will be held at the end of the month, 30 June, where one of Singapore's original...
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ShoutOUT! NYFA 2017 presents films galore, a weekend of REALLY useful talks...
'Changi 樟宜', Nominee for Best Picture, Direction, Performance and EditingThe nominees of the 3rd edition of the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) are out. This year, entries from non-students are also...
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O.P.E.N. Films 2017: Curatorial Notes from Tan Bee Thiam
Curator of O.P.E.N. Films Tan Bee Thiam“Too often, an arts festival is a U.F.O. which descends on the city and then leaves as suddenly as it arrives.” This sentence is printed in the opening pages of...
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Festive Sneak Peeks – SINdie’s 5 (+2 Shorts!) Must-Watch Films from the...
Featuring a carefully curated selection of 26 films in the world canon, the O.PE.N. is both a great standalone event and an excellent preamble to the 4thedition of the Singapore International Festival...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Chicken Beauty Pageant' by Amrit Kaur Jastol, Jessica...
While most people are crazy over the latest trend of deep-fried Korean chicken, there are others who are obsessed with how they look. And by this, I mean chicken beauty pageants. Yes, there are beauty...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Han' by Jonathan Choo
The concept of ‘Han’ referenced in the film’s title is a uniquely South Korean notion. It is the Korean pronunciation of the Chinese word 恨, which means hate; To the Koreans, it refers to a lingering...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Dibashram' by Weilee Yap
From the quirky "Untitled (KAFKA)" to the heartwarming "Uncle Tommy", there is quite a wide range in the Non-Media Student category at the National Youth Film Awards. So if I had to recommend one, it...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Gunting' by M. Raihan Halim
Launched on the first day of Hari Raya, Gunting (which means ‘scissors’ or ‘to cut’ in Malay) tells the heart warming story of a young man, played by well-known singer-songwriter Taufik Batisah, who...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Azza' by Nur Shahidah and Eleaner Choo
Radicalization became a topic closer to home when on June 12, 2017, the Ministry of Home Affairs detailed the first femal Singapore for radicalism under the Internal Security Act (ICA). On June 22,...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: '#NOFILTER' by Ghazi Alqudcy and Kyle Ong
In #NOFILTER, Ghazi Alqudcy and Kyle Ong present life from the bird's eye view and the ant's eye view. The catch is, we see all of this on a space that's neither here nor there - the screen of our...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Remittance' by Patrick Daly and Joel Fendelman
To celebrate International Domestic Workers Day, Remittance, a feature film, that's been travelling in the film festival circuit, about the struggles of a Filipino domestic worker in Singapore, will be...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'Red Dragonflies' by Liao Jiekai
Filmmaker Liao Jiekai’s debut film Red Dragonflies came and went too fast about five years ago. We are glad it is back for a one-night screening on 6 July. To call it an ode to the discontinued KTM...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: 'The Lights Went Out' by Adar Ng
The Lights Went Out is one of many short films that will be featured in Asian Film Focus 2017. This year’s Asian Film Focus explores notions of archival and found footage.Adar’s work displays that idea...
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STOP10 Jul 2017: ‘Coming Attractions’ by Ting Min-wei
In ‘Coming Attractions’, director Ting Min-wei remixes the video and sound footage from numerous well-received American war movies into a two-channel video. The result is a film that critiques the...
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STOP10: 10 local films to catch in July 2017
Let’s talk cock. Chickens to most are considered ordinary but thanks to kampungs giving way to the concrete jungle, they are considered rare in Singapore and hence, quite a sight to behold, especially...
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ShoutOUT! Call for Submissions for the 3rd Southeast Asian Film Financing...
Bea Tanaka and Yasu Tanaka (Malaysia) from 42nd Pictures won the Aurora Producing Award for “Terbalik” at SAFF Project Market 2017ScreenSingapore, in partnership with the Southeast Asian Audio-Visual...
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