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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
It's been a rough ride for Malaysian director Namewee whose consequent weight loss was noticeable at a press conference at SGIFF 2015. His fourth film 'Banglasia', completed in 2013, has been banned in...
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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 - 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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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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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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@SGIFF2015: Review - The Fourth Direction
In the history books during the film’s period of reference, the road to the famed golden temple at Amritsar was treacherous and ill-fated. In the film ‘The Fourth Direction’, the journey to Amritsar as...
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ShoutOUT!: Watch Local @ Objectifs: First Short. First Feature.
Still from Raihan Halim's 'Banting'The Watch Local programme is back at Objectifs! This year's series features the first short and feature films from an eclectic selection of Singapore filmmakers such...
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Short Films That Leave Us Thinking: A Conversation
Some films ground us in the action of the moment. But others leave us with lingering thoughts, even after many days after viewing.Last month, we encountered a selection of contemplative short films...
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Tony Yeow, the 'has-been who never was'?
I was one degree of separation away from the late Tony Yeow about 6 years ago when I had the opportunity of meeting ex-bipolar patient Choo Kah Ying who turned her life around after being hit by the...
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SINdie reviews: 1400
The most remarkable fact about 1400 was that it was even made at all. With no script, no funds, and little support, director Derrick Lui laboured through 7 years of production hell to finally finish...
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Singapore Heritage Short Film Competition: A Wistful Yet Lucid Glimpse Into...
Heritage film. It's a phrase that local cinephiles greet with trepidation. Many are, after all, weary of the endless sepia filters, over-generous doses of sentimentality, and nostalgic voiceovers that...
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The State of Motion: A Tour of Rediscovery
I have to admit I was never much of a history buff. Still, the one afternoon retracing and relearning the history of local Cinema made me realize how grave a misconception I had, in thinking that the...
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ShoutOUT!: New Waves - Emerging Voices of Southeast Asian Cinema
The Singapore International Film Festival is presenting a series of dialogues called New Waves. This series shines a spotlight on young filmmakers who are making waves through the archipelago, forming...
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ShoutOUT!: Serving up FoodCine.ma, a film festival on food
'The Birth of Sake' by Erik ShiraiFoodCine.ma is a film festival on food. Presented by the creators of A Design Film Festival, it is a wide-angle, round-table take on contemporary food culture and...
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Making music like they used to, in Xinyao
The Straws and Eric MooIn Eva Tang’s documentary on Xinyao (made-in-Singapore Chinese folk music) ‘The Songs We Sang’ (TSWS), singer of former Xinyao trio The StrawsKoh Nam Seng said that pride and...
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