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India wins 2 years in a row at the SGIFF Silver Screen Awards with 'The...
Producer of winning film 'The Fourth Direction'. Kartikeya Singh, receives the prize from Brilliante Mendoza and Ivy HoThe 26th Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) announced its winners of...
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@SGIFF2015: Review - Singapore Minstrel
If you’re been in Singapore for the last 15 years, Roy Payamal is a figure you cannot miss. When busking was first legalised, he was the ubiquitous statue, painted in silver, baffling countless...
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@SGIFF2015: Production Talk with Ng Xi Jie on 'Singapore Minstrel'
Roy Payamal is the wildest busker of a country ranked the world’s most emotionless society. He takes his undermined line of work as a serious art- but is his faith impossible idealism or an admirable...
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@SGIFF2015 - Review of Kalo Pothi (The Black Hen)
The Story of Friendship away from the World as we know it"Didi(sister), can we name the hen "Karishma" after the actress? And when Karishma will give eggs, we will sell it and pay for our school"- goes...
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@SGIFF2015 Interview for Voluptas
Brief synopsis:After her failed marriage, Ariati descends into a downward spiral. Her waning spirits however is lifted, when she meets Aaron, who seemingly appears to be the better version of her...
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@SGIFF2015 Interview for "The Return"
Brief Sypnosis:Wen, a political detainee, is released after many years of imprisonment. Arrested forbeing an alleged communist, he returns, an old man, to an uneasy reunion with hischildren. Has his...
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@SGIFF2015: FilmTalk on the Southeast Asian Short Film Nominees
Lucky Kuswandi has become a good friend and a regular face at the Singapore International Film Festival of late. His first feature film 'In the Absence of the Sun' was the closing film of the 25th...
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@SGIFF 2015: Review - The Man who knew Infinity
Exploring infinite possibilities with this film besides just the universe of the numbers, the film The Man Who Knew Infinity debuted at the 26th edition of Singapore International Film Festival....
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@SGIFF 2015: Review - Dirty Romance
As lullaby music purrs, gentle rays light birthday decorations in what seems like a children’s room. Unsuspectingly, the camera floats to reveal Mi Joong’s reflection in the mirror; she is writhing,...
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@SGIFF 2015: Review - The President
The Presidentbegins with the line: “Set in an unknown country”. Our imagination is not starved of examples: the president could be Gaddafi, Assad, or Putin; the country could be Egypt, Tunisia, or...
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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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