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Saturday, June 18, 2005
2nd Singapore Short Cuts
Showcasing the Best of Singapore Short Films
Singapore Short Cuts is back again in 2005 with a whole new selection of outstanding local short films.
Every third Saturday of the month from January to June 2005 at the Singapore History Museum, you can expect an exciting and diverse selection of short films, animation and documentaries, which includes award-winning works like Exodus by Sherman Ong, Birthday by Bertrand Lee and 9:30 by Yong Mun Chee. Many of these shorts will be screened for the first time in Singapore. You will also be able to interact with the filmmakers after each screening.
Presented by the Singapore History Museum, Singapore Film Commission and The Substation.
DISPLACEMENT
Saturday 18 June
4.00pm - 5.30pm
For this June's screening, take a look at the rest of the world through the eyes of overseas-based Singaporean filmmakers in this selection of short films.
9.30
Dir: Yong Mun Chee
2003 / Singapore-USA / 13 min
Chan Kin Fai flies 14092.2km to Los Angeles from Singapore to forget the person he loves. But he ends up calling his love everyday at 9:30am Singapore time.
Eat Rice
Dir: Angela How
2004 / Singapore-USA / 13 min
Three women sit down to their daily afternoon ritual of eating lunch, and listening to their favourite radio melodrama. As they slurp their porridge in beat with the melodic radio show, three men enter their home and sanctuary, breaking the peace.
Crocodile Journals
Dir: Yeo Lee Nah
2004 / Singapore-USA / 6:30 min / Animation
Living in disguise, a crocodile goes through the everyday, in a human world. One day, it gets invited to a masquerade party...
Happy Day Naom
Dir: Chang Yee Yeo
2004 / Singapore-USA / 10:40 min
An intricate sensual drama revolving around a pair of best friends who have known each other since college, but due to their respective insecurities, are unable to come to terms with their real affections for each other.
Un Retrato De Familia (A Family Potrait)
Dir: Boo Jun Feng
2004 / Singapore-Spain / 8:20 min
Sergio is a seventeen year-old photographer who is aroused by black-and-white cross-section diagrams of the female genitalia and breast in an encyclopedia. When his little sister asks him about sex one day, he revisits a memory years ago, in which he discovers a sexual secret amongst his family members.
This film won the Best Film and Special Achievement Award at the recent SIFF 2005 Silver Screen Awards for Singapore Short Films.
Free tickets (limited) can be collected from 1 June at The Substation and the Singapore History Museum. Tickets will be issued on a first come, first served basis.
Please note that the screening is rated as M18.
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