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Three middle aged friends reunite for the first time in years. Each of them sets out to confess unexpressed feelings but their vacation takes a surprising turn when the undercurrent of their past lives threaten to resurface.
Disillusioned government worker, Ryan, is stuck in a soulless job at the local town council. While tracking down a missing recycling bin, he encounters a homeless man, Peng, who claims to be an extraterrestrial. As Ryan begrudgingly teams up with Peng to hunt for the latter's doomsday device, they embark on a madcap adventure through Singapore: running into a rabid doomsday cult hot on their heels, dodging top-secret government agents, yet finding surprising allies who join their cause. Sometimes by simply helping the person next to you — even if they are a crazy-looking homeless man who's really an alien — you can Save The World!!!
The festivities of Mior Sebatang comes to a halt when a group of cruel bandits led by the powerful Megat Hitam, robs and wipes out the village in a massacre. They take the village head’s daughter, Melor as hostage. The royal palace receives news of the tragedy and Prince Kelana defiantly leaves the palace with his aide to rescue his kidnapped fiancée. Hoping to protect her son, the queen devises a secret plan enlisting the help of her confidante Murai, who possesses mystical powers, to pursue and destroy the bandits ahead of Kelana. With the support of fellow warrior Kancil (played by Mat Sentol), Murai infiltrates the bandits’ hideout. Meanwhile, in his journey to gather firepower, Kelana and his aide discovers the world of other skilled pugilists and vigilantes.
Towkay Tan plans to go on a trip with his family during Chinese New Year, leaving his coffee shop under the care of his employee, Ah Biao, a shop runner from China. Things get challenging for Towkay Tan when he realises his business will be left to a foreigner who has yet to learn its language.
Landing in the Philippines for an operation he's a little embarrassed to discuss, Jacques finds himself caught up in an amusing - and frantically escalating - series of predicaments with no apparent end in sight.
This feature-length film — made under the auspices of a U.S. program of propaganda known as the "Campaign of Truth" — describes the impact of communist guerrillas on a Malayan village. The film was written and directed by B. Reeves Eason and produced by Sound Masters, Inc.
Trailer Boys follows the journey of Muhammad Irfan Rafieh, a key member of Abam2 Trailer Singapura, which is a community of heavy vehicle drivers from Singapore. Truck drivers are mostly seen as uneducated and unskilled compared to the rest of society, especially in fast-paced competitive Singapore. This film explores how young truck drivers in Singapore such as Irfan find ways to break stereotypes and improve how society perceives them through their day to day work and their trailer club.
The horrors of a shipwreck, the bells of aforgotten lighthouse and the coming and going of the tides surround a tale about the sea. 'Sailor’s Grave' is the result of a workshop based on a work method taking its inspiration from the exquisite corpse game, a mechanism of collective creation where the participants manipulate and transform one another's drawings to construct an intuitive, improvised narration.
Singapore production directed by L. Krishnan.
Centered on the wealthy Yang family during the Japanese Occupation, the film shows the wartime clash between colonials, collaborators, and resistance forces. Filled with intrigue, betrayal and sacrifice, the issues of class, ideologies behind the formation of the overseas Chinese as a diasporic community are explored. Restored by the China Film Archive and subtitled by the Asian Film Archive, this immediate post-war local film is a historical document on the urban landscape of post-war Singapore and Malaya.
A daughter accompanied her mother to visit her old friends on an island in South China. Subtle emotions that had been long hidden gradually emerged during the trip. As she uncovered them, the daughter chose to record them on her phone.
For a curious eight-year-old adjusting to a new life with her parents in America, the passing of her beloved grandmother in Singapore yields first encounters with painful truths about life, death, and cultural dislocation.
An animated adaptation of the famous Shakespeare poem 'All The World's a Stage' narrated by the renowned Shakespeare actor and director Samuel West.
Peace Fu Lee just wants to prove to her father, Michael Lee, that she’s ready to take over her namesake – Peace Funeral Home. But on her first case as acting funeral director, Peace has to fix an unfortunate mixup before her father finds out.
After meeting a fairy princess by a grand coincidence, the lives of two men have changed drastically. The hero has regained his youth while Toba has aged tremendously.
As part of a Total Defence Day exercise, 3 teenage NCC Cadets are assigned to roleplay as Japanese Occupation soldiers. However, things take a turn for the worse when their newfound power leads to them taking the students hostage.
Nadia, who is in her 40s, is a new airport ground staff. In her first week on the job, she must deal with a stubborn elderly passenger who arrives late for check-in and insists on travelling to attend his daughter’s wedding.
Pregnancy can be seen as one of the most important journeys of a woman's life, but for Tan Kaili, it has always been a source of pressure and stress. But being in the minority is not an easy journey. One day, when life gets her down, Kaili decides to pretend to be pregnant to see if there is solace on the other side. What ensues is a journey of discovery, adventure, and even love.
A strange film that comprises as much fiction as documentary and actually transcends the genre of the mockumentary, the fake documentary. Its maker Toh Hai Leong (in reality primarily a critic) more or less plays himself as a cult film maker looking for actors for a snuff film. He rattles off monologues about film and all kinds of things. He lives like a hermit in a grubby apartment with his elder brother. They criticise the material and sterile life of Singapore, but do not really make their scruffy alternative very attractive. You could suspect a skilled actor was behind the figure of Toh Hai Leong, but local connoisseurs point out that in reality, he is no different. A confusing supporting role - confusing because of its authenticity - played by Lim Poh Huat, the extra who also performs in the short film in this programme. (GjZ)
More than twenty years ago, Dazhang along with his three brothers came to Guangdong to work in a local quartz powder factory. However, a few years later, Dazhang was diagnosed with advanced staged pneumoconiosis. Returning to his hometown, the pneumoconiosis was gradually killing him every single day. The entire family was stuck in this seemingly endless suffering, while his children were still confused about what happened to their father.
Set in the 2000s, Aqua Man talks about the emotional transformation of a young boy, Junjie, and its religious dilemma of being a gay Christian individual in Singapore.
Paper House is a short film set against the backdrop of a traditional Chinese funeral and its customs. The film follows the story of a family as they descend into disharmony after the death of their patriarch. The title of the film refers to the old Chinese tradition of burning paper offerings for their deceased loved ones. This short film is a eulogy for this colourful art form that is fast disappearing in Singapore’s modern society.
Enslaved in a surreal world of living objects, a lamb cutlet does whatever it takes to make ends meet.
A documentary that threads on the hidden conundrums in the deaf world. Within the deaf and the hearing world is a fine line - so what's it like to live within as an in-betweener?
Inspired by a true story, ‘Oversteer’ follows the journey of Wind, a young man whose passion for cars leads him to fall out with his family, leading to a world he’s unprepared for. As he navigates financial struggles and personal challenges, Wind finds support from unexpected sources. The film explores themes of perseverance, friendship, and the pursuit of one's dreams, offering a heartfelt and inspiring narrative in a car racing world.
Lak Boh Ki is a Hainanese term for "Drop Nowhere". A one-and-a-half year old baby who dropped his plush Merlion toy onto the ledge outside of his HDB apartment window tries to get it back, and in the palm-sweating process reveals the contemporary Singaporean landscape made up of foreigners.
Tear film is Malay film which was published in Singapore when it was part of Malaysia in 1953. Tear Film issued in the form of black and white film without color . Tear film was released in 1953 in theaters across the country . Showing Datuk Ahmad Mahmood , Datin Rosnani Jamil and many more . This is the story about forbidden love, a father and his long lost son. Rashid only discovers about his son when he was after the same woman, Hasnah. The slender and legendary, Rosnani played Hasnah. True love prevails but who manage to be with Hasnah?
In a typical Singaporean family of three, life is well and comfortable. Unbeknownst to them, the forgotten fourth member is feeling neglected and alone. The only comfort she finds lies in her grandson.
Sang Kurnia was abandoned at birth, born destined to live a damned life
Air Mata Ayah is a heart-warming telemovie directed by Serwahyuni Jaes in conjunction with Fathers' Day 2022. This telemovie tells a tale about Mahmud, a strict and controlling retired teacher with unwavering expectations of his children, even as they step into adulthood. Failing to see their father's good intention, his children, Ali and Aisyah reciprocated with growing disrespect and hatred towards him.
A filmmaker abroad phones their brother and chat about the Asian koel, whose early-morning and evening calls are a feature of Singapore’s soundscape.
A grandfather decides to take his grandson on an outing.
The Opera Boat at Star Island 星 島 紅 船 (Xingdao hongchuan) (1955) aka The Opera Boat in Singapore is a Hong Kong film in the Cantonese language of the comedy and musical genre, directed by Ku Wen-Chung and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio.
Guoqiang is a socially awkward Instagram poet and occasionally posts his self penned haikus on his Instagram page. In order to get more attention for his haiku, Guoqiang decides to go to local author Augustine Chua’s writing panel to get his feedback. When he eventually gets the chance to ask questions during the Q&A, he comes off confusing instead, creating mass awkwardness.
What if you meet "the right one" just before you are about to die. Does life seem that hopeless after all? This is a story about a pair of strangers who meet each other whilst attempting to commit suicide. They then decide to help each other complete their "task" but end up finding love instead.
1955 / Duka Nestapa / Deep Sorrow / L. Krishnan / Keris
Krakatoa is a 1933 American Pre-Code short documentary film produced by Joe Rock. The story describes how the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa on the island blew half of the large island into the air that produced a tsunami, and an air wave that was felt seven times around the globe. The eruption also emitted tons of dust that dimmed the sun all over the world for many months. It won the Academy Award in 1934 for Best Short Subject (Novelty).
After drowning a bag of kittens, Oliver finds himself haunted by feline apparitions out for furry vengeance. What starts out as an almost playful tease escalates into a neverending cycle of terror. Nowhere is safe, and he will eventually meet his fate in the Chamber of Ox.
After Hou Yao moved to Singapore in 1940, he continued to work for the Shaw Brothers and made a handful of films, including Tiga Kekasih, before being murdered in 1942.
Moving through the rhythms of the day, man, as an organism, needs water, sunlight, rest—and a nice cup of coffee— but not without a few mishaps.
Raised in a strict household, Yasmin finds the missing passion in her life when she begins to secretly take professional wrestling lessons. But when her secret is threatened to be revealed, Yasmin will have to clothesline, pile-drive and slam her way through to keep her dream going and realize what she’s really meant to do in life!
Keep Smiling is a two-part narrative film which delves into what lies behind the professional smile of Hui Ling, a CPF Board’s Customer Service Executive (CSE) – the pain, the tears, the untold stories – as she struggles with the mounting demands of work and her personal life.
Facing the objections of a stubborn mother, star-crossed lovers Hassan and Lai Lai struggle to come to terms with the difficulties of separation in a time of a new multicultural Malaya. Believed to be one of the earliest Malayan film featuring an interracial romance between a Malay man and a Chinese woman, this film was deemed controversial for its time for being culturally and religiously insensitive.
Cambodia 1975: The capital Phnom Penh is a city under siege. Only the presence of the last remaining US troops is keeping Khmer Rouge guerrilla forces from overrunning the town's fragile defenses. Inside this dark, dystopian setting a stunning nightclub singer engages in a battle of wits and deception with two lovers in a bid to escape the doomed metropolis.
A 2D animated film set in a local art gallery, where a Victorian painting of a pair of twins has been a prominent attraction for decades. However, when one twin sister mysteriously disappears from the artwork, the other is then forced to leave the comfort of their painting and journey through the gallery to find her.
“At which point do you let go?…” – This is the central question of “Vios”, a short documentary that tracks the last days of a dog suffering from terminal cancer and how its owners struggle with the critical decision: whether or not to euthanise her. Shot over a 6-month period by the owners, Wendy and Ler, this intimate documentary is an unfettered access into the lives of the flmmakers, exposing their deepest vulnerabilities in face of this crisis, which had crushed their fnances and strained their relationship. Through their personal story, Wendy and Ler hope to create more awareness for dogs with cancer in Singapore and around the world.
Pin pin tells a day of her life in the kampong. One of the many that will soon remain only as a memory.
John returns to his village with his lover Eleanor, but his father passes away just as they arrive. At night in private, Eleanor removes her skin coat and is revealed to be a man. At the funeral, the Priest persuades them to stay longer for a welcome ceremony, which they reluctantly agree to.
In a small city in the north, the time of midsummer is very short. Two boys get to know each other by chance and agree to meet by a lake. But one of them doesn’t keep the agreement, and it begins to rain heavily.
The film draws on the tribulations following the Japanese Occupation and the subsequent stirrings of nationalism that arose. It marked the first time that both Chinese and Malay were portrayed on equal footing in a local production, with dialogue in both languages to depict how racial unity ensured the success of guerilla warfare in that era. The film follows the Malay protagonist, Rashid, in his work as a radio spy signaller for the allied forces in Japanese-occupied Singapore until his arrest by the Kempetai (Japanese military police) and subsequent escape and encounter with the man who betrayed him. - Government of Singapore
Steeped in familiar waves of nostalgia, a coming-of-age story unfolds around 11-year-old Kerri who spends an afternoon by the pool at her friend Jessica’s house and grows increasingly curious about Jessica’s elder sister, Clara.
City of Innovation: Singapore rides the balance between dramatic spectacle and emotional storytelling to explore the people and technologies that are changing how modern cities evolve. With two thirds of the world’s population predicted to live in cities by 2050, could this tiny city-state be the model upon which humanity’s future is built?
Tells the tale of Aladdin a young naughty boy with brains. One day a sorcerrer came up to him and admitted that he was his father. He brought Aladdin into a cave to accompany him in getting a lamp in the cave. Aladdin just followed his orders. As he got hold of the lamp he was hypnotized by it and couldn't get his eyes off of it. As the sorcerrer screamed to Aladdin to pass him the light Aladdin resisted and he was buried in the cave as the cave came down on him. To Aladdin's surprise there was a Genie in the lamp and requested his wishes to return home. Aladdin had three wishes to be made. What will his three wishes be?
A young street urchin, K, lives in Thailand and spends his time following around American soldiers, imagining what it would be like to live in America.
The amazing story of 1,000,000,000 people and their MAD MAD MAD rush to learn English! China 's love affair with the English language has reached feverish proportions. With half a million or more visitors descending on Beijing for the Games, can the Chinese pull it off with their newly-acquired English? Mad About English! follows the inspiring and heart-warming efforts of a city preparing to host the world by learning a once-forbidden tongue.
An evening of intense religious euphoria in the festive streets of Kolkata, India as experienced by a Hindu illegal migrant from Bangladesh, which has seen a genocide against Hindus. He is accompanied by his Muslim friend as they spend a surreal evening together. Has he found redemption at last?
Mat, Wahid and Badak are three happy-go-lucky friends. All unemployed, the men struggled to make ends meet. One stormy night, a lost girl seeking shelter wanders into their home and disrupts the otherwise peaceful lives of the bachelors. Despite their inability to understand each other, the trio develops a bond with the girl in their attempt to sell her away for money. In a side plot, housewife Lela awakes to find her husband and daughter missing from the bed and frantically heads out in search of answers.
The 2004 tsunami devastated the community in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, and accelerated the end of the civil war in this deeply religious region. A handful of survivors, men and women, tell their odyssey and question the community’s preparedness to face natural risks of this scale. How does a community keep life together after surviving a civil war and a massive natural disaster? Tsunami of New Dreams is a documentary about the impact of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami on the Banda Aceh community.