| Written by Jorge Seow,
on Monday, 2 March 2009
|
Published in : Culture, Arts |
  As part of the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF), a new section within the Silver Screen Awards has been born in the wake of Singapore’s growing film industry.
Say hello to the Singapore Film Awards. Set up with the aim of putting the spotlight on talents within the local film industry, especially where feature films are concerned. Participating films are at least 60 minutes in duration.
Previously, local film talents had to settle for just the Singapore Short Film Competition within the Silver Screen Awards.
Among the films nominated for Best Film under the Singapore Film Awards are 12 Lotus, 18 Grams of Love and Kallang Roar and A Month of the Hungry Ghosts.
OF LOTUS, BALLS, SOCCER AND GETAI
I have watched most of the films nominated and I have a strong feeling 12 Lotus is going to sweep this award for its strong getai theme and hilarious yet effective execution. This has definitely got to be one of the best works from Royston Tan after his spoof short Careless Whisperer.
Check out all the Singapore Film Award nominees here.
And since we’re at it, why not check out the finalists for the Singapore Short Film Competition here?
Results for the awards will be announced on Apr 24 at the Silver Screen Awards presentation.
What’s worth watching: SIFF highlights
Speaking of local films, Youth.SG highly recommends The Singapore Panorama section, where fresh offerings from local filmmakers make their appearance. We’re particularly excited that FEED ME ambassador Boo Junfeng’s short film Tanjong Rhu makes its Singapore premiere here as part of The Singapore Panorama Shorts 1 on Apr 18, 2pm. Recently selected for the 59th Berlin Film Festival, Tanjong Rhu is based on the notorious arrests of 12 gay men in a police entrapment exercise back in 1993.
TANJONG RHU
Also look out for six feature films brought in from the National Film Archive of Thailand for 25 Years of the National Film Archive of Thailand. The films follow the evolution of the filmmaking industry in Thailand and include masterpieces from two Thai filmmaking greats, R.D. Pestonji and Vichit Kounavudhi.
As for specific films, Critically acclaimed Japanese director Hirokazu Koreeda of Nobody Knows fame, will also have his new film, Still Walking, shown as part of SIFF. His new work explores the undercurrents of betrayal and hurt in an ordinary day of a family.
MILK: MAN FACES REALITY
Closing SIFF film from Turkey, Milk, is a powerful film which explores the relationship between a milkman and his mother in the milkman’s struggle to make ends meet in the wake of industrialisation: by selling milk, becoming a poet and enlisting in the army. JS
The 22nd Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) happens from Apr 14-25. Tickets are available through Sistic.
jorge[a]youth.sg
Jorge is a lover of bollywood as well.
THIS ARTICLE IS PART OF MAR 2-8 :: The Shoot & Run Issue
|
|
| Users' Comments |
|
Average user rating
 (0 vote)
|
|
|
