Free Hugs 2023
A jaded Office Lady’s perspective on life is thwarted when she runs into her ex, an Ah Beng giving out free hugs to strangers.
A jaded Office Lady’s perspective on life is thwarted when she runs into her ex, an Ah Beng giving out free hugs to strangers.
Tired of his turbulent family life, Adam seeks out an alternative arrangement in hopes of finding his place.
Inspired by a true story of an aviation disaster, a daughter tries to bridge the bond she lost after her father returns home from a plane crash, where he struggles to remember his life before that fateful catastrophe.
Ten year old Eliza's perception of reality begins to shatter after witnessing the limit of her mother’s mental deterioration. Illusions, memory and observations cast light and transform her world into something ill-fated.
19-year-old Anne adjusts to driving her Dad’s car, while struggling with whether to keep the family secret of his terminal illness from Grandma.
Still Voices is a one-room drama about a young woman navigating the complexities of motherhood while confronting her broken marriage, and estranged daughter.
A dementia stricken elderly man is disturbed by a mysterious chirping sound in his flat. With the emergence of a cricket, he finds himself in the forest where he finally embraces the shadows of his past.
Two university students unexpectedly win £100,000 from taking a photo of Jupiter. A lighthearted comedy drama about not growing up.
17-year-old Jason's world shifts when his estranged grandma moves in, disrupting his routine as he undergoes a journey of transformation.
As two old men fish by the jetty, they begin to remember their kampong days.
After cooking a scrumptious meal for her family, Ah Ma endlessly waits for them to arrive until she realizes her innocent mistake.
“Crossing Over” is a poetic and reflexive documentary that delves into the ways in which people grapple with mortality, connect with the deceased and give meaning to the spaces for the dead. Laying our eyes on burial grounds and places of commemoration and lending our ears to tales of rituals and traditions that surround death, the film brings both the filmmakers and viewers on a journey to “cross over” from the realm of the living to the land for the dead. The transition from graveyards to columbaria and the replacement of cemeteries with modern buildings prompts a much-needed rumination on the significance that the living bestows on those revered sites and rites, which in turn, defines their relationship with the spaces. The film does not and is unable to provide an answer to the meaning of death and space, but rather it strives to provoke contemplation and reflection on the dichotomy of "for the dead or for the living".
A grieving tattoo artist returns to his late Ah Gong’s home, where fragments of memory and loss quietly resurface. As he moves through the spaces they once shared, he is drawn into a quiet journey of remembrance and emotional closure.
Set against the backdrop of an active volcano in Bali, In The Line Of Fire is a documentary that unravels an intertwining and pensive portrait of two of its inhabitants and their families.
While avoiding a conversation with his mum, Elliot encounters a peculiar little creature in need of his assistance!
In some mystically-inclined literature from the Persianate world, individual letterforms, words, the reed pen of calligraphy and other calligraphic-related elements have been used as metaphors to explain the unexplainable secrets of the universe. This film is inspired by some of those metaphors and is a celebration of the beauty of the art of calligraphy.
A heartwarming tale of Lucas, a Singaporean boy who faces up to his fears in the neighbourhood playground, and reunites his neighbour Angie with her lost doll.
Merde follows 3 current and former ballerinas who all started from the same ballet studio, but are all in very different places in life now, exploring what ‘failure’ means to them in their relationship with ballet.
Ping is a reclusive musician who is behind on rent due to writer’s block. When the landlord pressures him to pay up, Ping seeks creative inspiration from the view of a young couple below his apartment. Through this exercise, he is forced to confront the buried guilt borne from his girlfriend’s suicide, and ultimately learns to let go.
Interviewees in Singapore recount their haunted experiences at the rediscovered colonial bathroom atop Bukit Bulabu.