For the Love of the Medium. A note to all short film makers:
You want to craft something, do you not? So practice and develop your craft first. Survival for the filmmaker is conditioned by the fact that film is an...
THE TORCH
The Torch: Earth Review
You might have missed it, but one notable entry from Singapore made it into the 66th Venice Film Festival earlier this month: the medium length film Earth by...
Singapore Panorama Shorts 2 – Review
In 2008, SIFF successfully introduced a new section to its programming, called Singapore Panorama. That year, local film production was at a peak and there really was a...
Brother No 2 – Review
Screening at SIFF under the Singapore Panorama section this year was another politically aware documentary feature called “Brother No. 2" by Jason Lai. In well-established, almost plain, fashion,...
HERE – Review
It opens on a black screen and to traffic noise. A man returns home from work, sits down to read the newspaper and observes a crack in the...
White Days – Review
Are you feeling blue? Depressed? Or is it rather black-and-white, with a little more contrast to show? The latter in any case is what you will be treated...