Cinematic tales from Singapore come to Delhi India these films that are meaningful to Singaporeans. We hope that Delhi will enjoy the films,” said Ong Chong Hui from Singapore High Commission.
This weekend’s plans are all sorted for Delhiites, as February 21 marks the return of the Singapore Film Festival to the Capital, after a gap of two years.
In the three-day festival, the visitors will get to see three feature and short films, each, followed by discussions and talks between the filmmakers and critics.
The festival, in its fourth edition, will open with Singaporean filmmaker Abbas Akbar’s Chennai 2 Singapore, which is about an Indian filmmaker who travels to Singapore to finance his movie.
The second day will have a screening of three short films — Melodi, BTO and Life As It Is. While Melodi is an awardwinning film, talking about a lonely boy infatuated with his new neighbour, BTO — named after Singapore’s build-to-order public housing scheme — is about a young couple breaking off their wedding and giving up their new apartment. Life As It Is explores family dynamics during a funeral.
These will be followed by a feature film, Ramen Teh, directed by Eric Khoo, an award-winning filmmaker often credited with reviving the Singapore film industry in the 1990s. It is about a chef in Japan, who travels to Singapore to learn about his deceased mother’s past.
For the closing day, the festival will show 3688, directed by Royston Tan. It is about a parking attendant, who dreams of becoming a singer like her idol.
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