Elders see the younger generations as eyesores because of their overly ‘westernised’ (wild/ care free) behaviour and poor moral’s. Read More »
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The Warrior and the Wolf AKA Lang zai ji (2009) Zhuangzhuang Tian, Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q, Tsung-Hua To
The disillusioned general of an ancient Chinese army regiment finds himself stranded in a village populated by a strange clan with mystical connections to wolves. Read More »
Be with Me (2005) Eric Khoo, Theresa Poh Lin Chan, Chiew Sung Ching, Lawrence Yong
“Be with me” consists of three stories of love vs. solitude : 1) An aging, lonesome shopkeeper doesn’t believe in life any more since his wife died. Read More »
My Magic (2008) Eric Khoo, Francis Bosco, Jathisweran, Keng Yew Seet
A single dad looks to give up drinking and his bartender job in order to impress his son and find work as a magician. Read More »
Cyber Wars (2004) Jian Hong Kuo, Genevieve O’Reilly, Luoyong Wang, Kay Siu Lim
In the near future in the Asian city-state Sintawan, everyone’s identity is recorded in the vast CyberLink. Read More »
To Singapore, with Love (2013) Pin Pin Tan, Swee Chai Ang, Sun Wing Chan, Mr. & Mrs Hee Kim Tan, Documentary
In the 1960s and 1970s, Singaporeans, who were activists, student leaders or Communists were exiled from their country. Read More »
Afterimages (2014) Tony Kern, Sheena Chan, Pamelyn Chee, Daniel Jenkins, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
A group of film students burn paper effigy cameras for the wandering spirits during the ghost month in Singapore and receive a collection of horror movies in return. The first film received, GHOST POOL LEG, revolves around Chinese superstition in which ghosts are believed to pull swimmers legs to drown them. The second movie, XIAO BAO BAO, focuses on a young woman’s haunting experience after taking a postmortem photograph of a suicide jumper. The third movie, SKIN DEEP, finds a group of shoppers stuck in a mall elevator with a mysterious and beautiful woman who holds a terrible secret. The fourth film, REKINDLING, features a heartbroken hawker, a missing China bride, and the mysterious ring she left behind. The final film comes with a price.
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