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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'Hooped on You' by Butterworks
A Singaporean love story that will break your heart before putting it all together again, Hooped On You is a mini movie released on YouTube recently. Released by Butterworks, a Digital Content...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'Goldfish' by Jonathan Cheok
A boy, unexpectedly, meets a girl in a Hong Kong back alley. A series of unfortunate events turned their night around and they realized that they just might have been what each other's looking for all...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'The Longest-Distance Relationship' by Lee Sin Yee
The Longest-Distance Relationship is a light-hearted Singaporean documentary on a serious topic. Its premise is that a team of four film-school friends—one Buddhist, one atheist, one Christian and one...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'The Lying Theory' by Lauren Teo
The Lying Theory starts with a simple premise: that a mistrusting girl has developed an ability to see a counter floating above everyone's heads that clocks the number of times that they tell lies......
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'Aik Khoon' by Chris Yeo and Andie Chen
Aik Khoon, an old short film from 2005, by Chris Yeo and Andie Chen, will be screened as part of the National Museum of Singapore's Cinémathèque Selects programme. The short film centers on the...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'Before the Wedlock House' by Liao Jiekai
A wedding video filled with irony. Not the best gift to your childhood friend who is getting married. But a great gift to the audience. Filmmaker Liao Jiekai opens a door into the mind of a bride who...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'The Songs We Sang'我们唱着的歌 by Eva Tang
On the surface, this film seems just like an anthology of xinyao 新谣 music over its active decade in the 80s and early 90s, something made for diehard fans of xinyao. But the film The Songs We Sang by...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'Durian Picking' by Kray Chen
Photo credit: Still from Durian Picking by Kray ChenIn the wee hours of the morning, Kray Chen follows his durian obsessed father into the jungle, where they meet other equally passionate durian lovers...
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STOP10 Mar 2017: 'Jimami Tofu' by BananaMana Films
BananaMana Films, helmed by Jason Chan and Christian Lee, made a Netflix hit ‘Perfect Girl’ for just $1000. They are back with a new delicious tale that called ‘Jimami Tofu’. This is their first...
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STOP10: 10 local films to catch in March 2017
I dare put forward a question this month. Where do the new batches of filmmakers who graduate from film school in Singapore year after year go? Judging from the names floating around in the film...
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ShoutOUT! ASEAN International Film Fest back for its 3rd edition
The ASEAN International Film Festival & Awards 2017 (AIFFA), in its third edition this year, will showcase over 100 ASEAN films competing for the coveted AIFFA trophies. The films are adjudicated...
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Point and Shoot: 'Smoking Secrets' bags top prize; Watch all entries and vote...
Over the last weekend on Sunday 19 March, the Point & Shoot competition, concluded with a screening of the top10 entries and the giving out of the top prizes. Smoking Secrets, a short film...
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'Jimami Tofu' - A Love Affair Made in Okinawa
Earlier this month, we gave a shoutout for a newly-completed film called 'Jimami Tofu' by BananaMana Films, helmed by Jason Chan and Christian Lee. Fresh from the success of their Netflix hit called...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'Paperboat' by Ong Kah Jing and Yong Yan Hee
Paperboat is one of 32 short film entries for the Point and Shoot 55-hour filmmaking challenge organised by nuSTUDIOS Film Productions. Although it was not in the top 10 films by the jury's vote, it...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'Disconnected' by Goh Ansen
Disconnected is a film about the contradictions of the world wide web and how people interact within it. The internet on one hand connects us to one another in amazing ways, enabling instant...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'Open Doors: Singapore' by Daniel Yam
As part of a campaign kickstarted by the International Organization for Immigration (IOM) to promote understanding and better relationships between employers and domestic workers, three films are done...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'John Clang' by Kirsten Tan
Kirsten Tan has often stood on the side of the loner, whether in her various award-winning short films or in her Sundance-celebrated feature film Pop Aye (also reviewedin this month’s STOP10). Consider...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'Two Sides of the Bridge' (桥的两岸) by Chen Ge and Lim An
Photo courtesy of Wong Han MinVery little can be searched about this 1976 film on the internet. It was after all, a Singapore Chinese film made during a part of the century when Malay cinema ruled the...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'Adiwiraku' by Eric Ong
Coming in at a solid 2 hours, Adiwiraku is Eric Ong's heavyweight debut. Based on the real life story of two "Teach for Malaysia" teachers who teach English to their students in a kampung school, it...
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STOP10 Apr 2017: 'Pop Aye' by Kirsten Tan
Premiering as the opening night film at Sundance, Singapore’s first ever entry into the competition, Pop Aye is a humanistic, charming, off beat road movie full of odd encounters with eclectic...
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