Stefan Says So: Memories of a Burning Tree [SIFF]

If at any time I were to be given an ultimatum to have a film made given limited resources, time and in a totally unfamiliar setting, the first name to pop into mind to be in my corner, will definitely be Sherman Ong.

With three feature films already under his belt (Hashi, Flooding in the Time of Drought and now this), each of them is a testament to his tenacity and ingenuity in grabbing the bull by the horns, in digging deep and with tremendous innovation and creativity, come up with a work of art through various improvisational techniques that work like magic. You may be surprised or apprehensive about that approach, but with Sherman you’re in safe hands.

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Upcoming SIFF films you don’t want to miss!

We’ve put together a few of the SIFF film highlights happening over the next few days here at Sinema.  One notable film you’d want to catch is Cameroon Love Letter, which will feature a live piano accompaniment by director Khavn De La Cruz!

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Stefan Says So: Roulette City [SIFF]

Roulette City is an ambitious project, set to maximize its returns with the odds stacked up against it through its limited budget.

Like a calculated gambler, Thomas Lim spreads his wings over to Macau takes on multiple roles of producing, directing, writing and acting, diving right into his first film (of any sorts), and probably emerged a winner through the filmmaking experience gained from the school of hard knocks.

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Singapore International Film Festival Lineup

Sinema Old School is proud to be part of the Singapore International Film Festival 2010.  We’ve compiled a schedule of films that will be screening at Sinema from the 16th to 24th of April.

For more information on the films, visit the SIFF website.

Tickets can be purchased at any SISTIC outlet, as well as the SISTIC website.

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Singapore International Film Festival 2010

Sinema is proud to announce that we are one of the venue partners of the 23rd edition of the Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF), which will take place from 15 to 24 April, 2010.

It will screen close to 200 films from over 36 countries.

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22nd SIFF Silver Screen Awards – Results

Sinema.SG is proud to announce that the results for the 22nd Singapore International Film Festival Awards are finally out!

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22nd SIFF Short Film Finalists – The Review

Nothing Short of Spectacular
By Tay Huizhen

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22nd Singapore International Film Festival, 14th-25th April 2009

By Charmaine Yap

The annual Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF), is back with it’s 22nd Edition from 14th April to 25th April 2009. This year’s SIFF kicked off with the Opening Film, “Sincerely Yours” by Taiwanese feature film director, Rich Lee, and ends with the Closing Film, “Milk” from Turkey.

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The Leap Years

By Cheng Xiaoan

The local film industry has a general unspoken segregation between mainstream English language and Mandarin films – the latter tend to be more commercial, while the former mostly consists of elusive art-house films (just look at Jack Neo’s I Not Stupid and Eric Khoo’s Twelve Storeys).

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