Singapore literature transformed into animated works1 min read
Reading Time: < 1 minuteA Singapore Writers Festival initiative, this edition of Utter will feature five short stories and poetry by celebrated local writers.
Roaming tigers, invisible minorities and a cat that has lived out all its nine lives – these are only some of the wide-ranging subject matter that will feature in this year’s edition of Utter. Come Aug 28, five original short stories and poetry by celebrated Singapore writers Alfian Sa’at, Amanda Lee Koe, Dave Chua, Chow Teck Seng and Vanessa Ng will jump from print to screen as animations.
Now in its fifth year, Utter is a Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) initiative, commissioned by the National Arts Council, to adapt local literature for different media and across languages. This edition, co-presented by The Filmic Eye and titled Utter 2015: Head Trips, sees the written word meeting the aesthetic sensibilities of both established and emerging homegrown animation directors such as Tan Wei Keong, Samantha Seah, Henry and Harry Zhuang, Ang Qing Sheng and Darran Kuah. With these award-winning animators at the helm, each film portrays their unique adaptation styles and encourages greater appreciation of Singapore’s literature and animation.
“It is also the first time we have used a theme – Head Trips – so do look out for a common thread through the five pieces,” shared SWF festival director Yeow Kai Chai. “SWF has always been about more than static words on a page and, through Utter, we look forward to broadening the appeal of our homegrown authors’ talents across different platforms.”
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