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...
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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...
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...
Film Review: ‘Brother No 2’
Screening at SIFF under the Singapore Panorama section this year was another politically aware documentary feature called “Brother No. 2" by...
HERE – Review
It opens on a black screen and to traffic noise. A man returns home from work, sits down to read 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...
Singapore film shines at AHSB 2009
Some habits are practical and make for simple sense. There are others which it is simply a luxury to indulge in....
The Olive Depression – A Review by Mathias Ortmann
The Olive Depression is every bit your satire template in the mold of that memorable Zo Gang ridicule of Singaporean films....
The Torch — Calling it a day on Sinema.SG!
Well now, everybody, it has been my honour and a pleasure indeed! Having some of you out there as my readers...
The Torch: What about quality? — Putting the Singapore instant into doubt
Quality by itself is just a neutral term, neither positive nor negative per se, dependant always on what context it comes...
Review of Royston Tan’s fourth feature film: ’12 Lotus’
Yes, there has been an impressive tide of local films washing over the silver screens islandwide these past two months, and...
The Torch: In The Crux: Short films – what is the art in being short?
A short film is an effort in concentration and hence, precision. Thus, above all else, it should be one thing: short....