Between These Bones

Documentary | 17 mins | PG

Singapore: a bustling metropolitan city-state. In a staggeringly short timespan, it has become a ‘first world’ nation despite its geographical and historical limitations. But what does this mean to the people who live within her borders?

An intimate look at Singapore as a body, Between These Bones is a poetic exploration of the everyday lives of people in the country. The film looks at how they cope with the inherent limitations present in spaces within the country and how they attempt to transcend them.

Directors: Joyce Ng, Pranamika Subhalaxmi
Producer: Li Jiaqi
Director of Photography / Editor: Caitlin Elizebeth Park

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Death Do Us Part

Narrative | 18 mins | PG

After the sudden and untimely passing of Adam, who dreamt of opening his own café, Sarah decides to fulfil his lifelong wish by taking over the reins of his business.

Adam returns to the human world as a spirit and gets help from a mysterious old. Along the way, he discovers what letting go really means and must decide whether to sacrifice his dream.

Writer / Director / Editor: Caleb Wong
Producer: Jena Ong
Director of Photography: Ng Yi Yang
Sound / Art Director: Yeo Yong Lun

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Deliver

Narrative | 20 mins | PG

John Tan lives a mundane life. He delivers food around Singapore, fishes at a reservoir but catches nothing, and delivers food again. When a stranger calls and asks him to spy on a customer, John discovers his innate curiosity and cautiously plays along. However, when the customer is suddenly murdered, John quits spying and returns to his routine, which he gradually becomes dissatisfied with. John refuses to admit that he needs to change his life. When the stranger challenges him to kill a criminal, John must choose between his mundane life or an extraordinary one.

Director: Yap Chia Shen
Producer: Lee Soong Liang, Peter
Writer / Director of Photography: Khoo Kai Wen Kenny
Co-Producer / Sound / Editor: Jett Yeo

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Divided

Narrative | 12 mins | PG

10-year-old Isaac’s innocent request for his dad to accompany him results in his divorced parents’ accidental meeting. Isaac feels misunderstood and wronged when his mum protects her new partner over Isaac during dinner. His fears and insecurities drive him to search for his dad late at night, only to realise that he is truly alone now.

Writer / Director / Sound Designer: Willie Tan
Producer: Chin Gon Yew
Co-Producer: Joanna Theng
Director of Photography / Editor: Joel Ang

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Eat What With Who

Documentary | 15 mins | PG

Eat What With Who is a digital dining table and everyone is invited to join. This film dives into the colourful, bizarre world of gastronomic voyeurism – following a social phenomenon that takes root from food porn, modernity and new online behaviours. Along with the rest of the world, mukbang is now part of the Singaporean youth online diet and it is characteristic of our relationship with food, culture and technology.

Director: Stella Seetoh
Producer: Nana Tan
Director of Photography / Animator: Sheryl Chua
Sound Designer / Editor: Wee Xuan Yi

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Night Bloom

Narrative | 16 mins | PG

When a young woman meets her estranged grandfather in a dream, she gets a chance to express what she can’t get across to him in real life – the two looking for closure in a world far from reality.

Writer / Director: Ong Jie Xin
Producer: Regina Teo
Director of Photography / Editor: Guo Run Dong Ni
Sound Recordist: Zheng Wenjie

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Reprise

Narrative | 20 mins | PG

Emotionally withdrawn 17-year-old Nathan is pressured by his mother, Hannah, to quit dance. She consistently pleads him to focus on his studies to get into a ‘good local university’. However, Nathan yearns for a life pursuing his passion and decides to audition for a dance academy in secret. In the days preparing, he meets with Annie, a teacher who provides him emotional guidance. But when Hannah uncovers his secret, Nathan is forced to choose between his identity as a dancer or his family.

Writer / Director: Lucas Tan
Producer: Juliana Lye
Director of Photography: Jaron Boey
Editor: Clamus Pang

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重来 Restart

Narrative | 18 mins | PG

In 2020, Zeming receives a phone call in Taiwan informing him that his mother, Jia’en, has passed on. After returning to Singapore, he regrets not spending quality time with his mother and begs for a chance to start over. After meeting with a fateful car accident, he successfully travels back in time to 2015 and is determined to not repeat his mistakes again. However, his attempt later proves to be futile as he is forced to face the reality of fate again.

Writer / Director: Hayden Tan
Producer: Lim Hui Yoong
Director of Photography: Wong Si Jin
Sound / Art Designer: Briana Soon

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Sum Of Our Parts

Documentary | 17 mins | PG13

Sum of Our Parts introduces the extraordinary performance art form through the lens of four performance artists. Deeply entwined with their practice, the film serves as an intimate enquiry into their experience with the physical body; weighing on and grounding them — shaping, bending, and ebbing with the passing of time and life.

The film presents a collection of extracts from the artists’ documented performances, stylistically shot and ordered to explore the depth and beauty of performance art. Thoughtful treatment characterises the unfolding of their stories: how these artists overcame challenges, navigated the complex, introspective nature of the art form; increasingly present with their oft-unseen humanity.

Director: Olivia Tan
Producer: Nigel Phua
Director of Photography: Chloe Hwang
Editor: Ang Kimi

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Tia Gong

Documentary | 15 mins | NC16

Ah Beng is a term typically used on Chinese males in Singapore who are loud, tattooed and seen as “hooligans”. Tia Gong, which means ‘hearsay’ in Hokkien, is an intimate yet light-hearted documentary that charts the stories of two young men who have been labelled as Ah Bengs since they were young: restaurant owner and chef Jason Chua from Beng Who Cooks, and student social worker Gary Lau from Happy Children Happy Future. They set out on their own individual journeys to seek deeper connections, question the boundaries set by society and ruminate about what the label means for them today.

Writer / Director: Enkainia Lee
Producer: Tiffany Lim
Co-Producer / Assistant Director: Justin Teo
Director of Photography / Editor: Cornelius Tang

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Waiting For Tokyo

Documentary | 17 mins | G

Waiting For Tokyo follows four Singaporean athletes in pursuit of a common goal – qualifying for their first Olympic Games. Amid the pandemic, they are forced to prepare for the biggest competition in their lives in an atmosphere of uncertainty over the status of the Games. At this pivotal moment, they reflect on their Olympic dreams, and the obsession and sacrifice necessary to make it as an athlete.

Directors: Alan Yuen, Edwin Chan
Producer: Chew Yi-Xinn
Director of Photography / Editor: Merilyn Cheong

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