
Singapore Film Database
To, Paisan
Abdul Nizam Hamid
2016
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The film is an ode to the pioneering Thai performance artist Paisan Plienbanchang who passed away in July 2015. In February 2015, Nizam and fellow artists Jeremy Hiah, Dennis Tan and Han Xiaohan traveled to the Mekong River to join their friend Paisan on a community art project.
On the trip, they found out that Paisan is suffering from late-stage pancreatic cancer. To Paisan is a documentation of a spontaneous performance they did at a site known as the 9000 Holes and a moving farewell to a friend.
Centrepoint Kidz
Wee Li Lin
2015
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It is 1985, Singapore. Meishi, a gawky 16 year old school girl, desperately wants to be part of a group and be cool. She lives alone with her strict father who's nursing a broken heart as Meishi's mother left them for an Australian sailor. Meishi follows her cousin who's part of a mall gang clique (CP kidZ) and tries to infiltrate in. But the gang leader, Zach, thinks Meishi is just not cool enough. There is a big dance off between rival gangs CP KidZ and Loverboys coming up and Meishi endeavours to do well during the dance off to prove her worth into CP kidZ.
The Minotaur
Yeo Siew Hua
2016
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Xiao Hong is feeling guilty about killing a snail, and the uncertainties of the afterlife. Unable to sleep, he seeks solace in his grandfather’s company. Storytelling unfolds into nightmare when the act of narrating a story brings about a real and certain existence through a confluence of mythologies, Meanwhile, the Minotaur pays them a visit…
For Two
Tan Shijie
2009
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Inspired by true events, Er Ren is a story about relationships and their illusions. A lonely widower lives in his sparse apartment, still longing for his deceased wife. Living secretly in his house, however, there is a woman, who takes part to this life "together" with him, taking care of the home when he's not there. When the fragile reality of this life "together" threatens to become too real for either to take, both Man and Woman must react.
City Made from the Sky
Wayne Peng
2011
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The theme for the World Expo 2010, Shanghai, was on the importance of sustainable development within today's ballooning urban centers. And Singapore's own sustainable story lends itself pertinently to the subject.
Like many of its contemporary doubles, circa 1965 Singapore was caught between a rapidly rising population and limited land space. The short film, "City Made from the Sky" explores Singapore's brand of sustainable development. How it evolved from a means to survive to a constant balancing act between development and environment today.
The film is narrated by the very architect who drafted the blueprint for Singapore's unique brand of sustainable development, Mr. Lee Kuan Yew.