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09 PROGRAMME PARTNER MESSAGE Making a film has always been a difficult and challenging endeavour. The COVID-19 pandemic has presented additional obstacles to filmmakers, and they have had to navigate ways to create films under more restrictions and safety concerns. It has been encouraging to see filmmakers make the best out of this situation, and continue to tell their stories through the film medium. The films from this year’s nominees are a diverse mix. The topics explored range from the emotional trauma of the pandemic, new beginnings, and bizarre environments, to the intricate yet complicated relationships we have with families. These films reflect the joy, sadness, fear, and hope of life through the eyes of our filmmakers. The National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) is the platform for young filmmakers to thrive and shine, providing valuable support and network for them. As the programme partner of NYFA this year, Objectifs is excited to champion the voices of young filmmakers together with *SCAPE and its partners, as we forge ahead to create a space for filmmakers to pursue their creative journey. Leong Puiyee Senior Manager Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film Emmeline Yong Director Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film
10 STUDENT CATEGORY BEST DOCUMENTARY BEST DIRECTOR BEST ART DIRECTION BEST SCREENPLAY BEST ANIMATION • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$300 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • D3 Pro worth S$267 presented by Deity Microphones • S$1,000 Cash • Script consultations (1-1.5hr script workshop session/mentorship session with SAS screenwriter member) and complimentary membership worth S$500 presented by Screenwriters Association (Singapore) • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • Intuos Med Bluetooth worth S$290 presented by Wacom • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$300 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • S$1,000 Cash • 1 x DCP + the winner’s film to be made available on apple tv / iTunes movie store for purchase and rent - TVOD) worth S$2,000 presented by Mocha Chai Laboratories • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • Latest Stage soundbar worth S$329 presented by Creative BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST LIVE ACTION BEST SOUND DESIGN BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC BEST EDITING • S$1,000 Cash • 2-day Short Film Final Cinema Mix in Dolby-certified dubbing theatre (including theatrical & online deliverables) worth S$7,000 presented by Mocha Chai Laboratories • S-MIC 2 worth S$495 presented by Deity Microphones • SXFI AIR GAMER worth S$199 presented by Creative • S$1,000 Cash • Sony Alpha 7S III worth S$4,899 presented by Sony • S$500 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$300 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • S$1,000 Cash • S-MIC 2S worth S$428 presented by Deity • Microphones • Latest Outlier Air wireless earbuds worth S$99 presented by Creative • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • Intuos Med Bluetooth worth S$290 presented by Wacom
11 OPEN YOUTH CATEGORY STUDENT & OPEN YOUTH BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY BEST LIVE ACTION BEST SOUND DESIGN BEST DOCUMENTARY BEST ACTOR & BEST ACTRESS BEST DIRECTOR BEST ART DIRECTION BEST SCREENPLAY BEST ORIGINAL MUSIC BEST ANIMATION BEST EDITING • S$1,000 Cash • S-MIC 2 worth S$495 presented by Deity Microphones • SXFI AIR GAMER worth S$199 presented by Creative • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$300 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • D3 Pro worth S$267 presented by Deity Microphones • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • The Actors’ Society one-year membership worth S$75 • S$1,000 Cash • Script consultations (1-1.5hr script workshop session/mentorship session with SAS screenwriter member) and complimentary membership worth S$500 presented by Screenwriters Association (Singapore) • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$1,000 Cash • Sony Alpha 6600M (body with SEL18135 Lens) worth S$2,449 presented by Sony S$500 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • S$1,000 Cash • Short Film Online Colourgrading cum DCP package worth S$10,000 presented by Mocha Chai Laboratories • $500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$1,000 Cash • S-MIC 2s worth S$428 presented by Deity Microphones • Latest Outlier Air wireless earbuds worth S$99 presented by Creative • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • Intuos Med Bluetooth worth S$290 presented by Wacom • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • S$300 Cathay Photo Accessories Voucher presented by Cathay Photo • S$1,000 Cash • 1 x DCP + the winner’s film to be made available on apple tv / iTunes movie store for purchase and rent - TVOD) worth S$2000 presented by Mocha Chai Laboratories • Latest Stage soundbar worth S$329 presented by Creative • S$1,000 Cash • S$500 worth of vouchers for Professional Short Programmes in Art, Design, and Technology presented by MAGES • Intuos Med Bluetooth worth S$290 presented by Wacom
12 12 STUDENT PRE-SELECTION JURY Duong Dieu Linh Linh Duong is a Vietnamese filmmaker whose series of shorts that combine her signature quirky sense of humour and magical realism elements have been competing and winning awards at prestigious film festivals around the world. Linh previously attended Berlinale Talents in 2020, Asian Film Academy in 2016, Locarno Summer Academy and Bucheon Fantastic Film School in 2015. She is developing her first feature, “Don’t cry, butterflies”, which recently won Moulin D’andé-CECI Award at Locarno Open Doors 2019. Ghazi Alqudcy Ghazi Alqudcy holds a Master of Fine Arts in Filmmaking from film.factory, an intensive programme created by the Hungarian film director Béla Tarr. He has produced more than 55 short films, which screened at various film festivals in Europe and Asia. In 2014, he produced a feature length omnibus documentary “Lost in Bosnia” - a collective poem about the act of filmmaking at a critical, (film-)historical moment. His directorial debut feature film, “Temporary Visa”, was awarded Best Film (Discovery Section) at the Asian Film Festival Barcelona. Ghazi is currently lecturing at the Faculty of Cinematic Arts, Multimedia University (Malaysia). Jeremy Sing Jeremy Sing is the founder and editor of SINdie (www. sindie.sg), a website on Singapore films. In the last 13 years, through SINdie, he has written extensively about local films, both short and feature films, as well as interviewed numerous filmmakers. Before SINdie, he was making short films and his works have been screened both locally and at overseas film festivals and competitions. Little known to many, he juggles all his film and film-writing commitments with his full-time job as a public relations consultant.
13 13 Juan Foo Juan Foo is candidly regarded as the pioneer independent producer who is ‘still’ around for the past 20 years. He produced Singapore’s first digital film, “Return To Pontianak”, first HD-feature “Dirty Laundry” and indie-cult film “Perth”. He started in script reading and distribution for a film finance company and freelanced in editing and production. Juan teaches filmmaking in NUS-CFA and has taught producing at NTU-ADM and NP-FMS-FSV; he believes the next generation of content talent is in producers. He is attached to Taipan Films developing and producing motion picture content, most recently, with Singapore’s first creature monster film, “Circle Line”. Mysara Aljaru Mysara Aljaru is a writer, researcher and lens-based practitioner. Previously a journalist and documentary producer, she works on the intersections of art and academia. Her works explore the politics of space and power structures in the process of narrative making that cuts across class, race and gender. Her commissioned short film has also been showcased at Objectifs in 2019 as part of their annual Women in Film programme. She also has showcased and performed at The Substation and ArtScience Museum as well. Marcia Ong Marcia Ong is a filmmaker and cinematographer based in Singapore. Her short film “Kristy” has travelled to numerous festivals in Melbourne, Brussels, Amsterdam and Seoul, and won awards at Kids First! Children’s Film Festival and the Pittsburgh International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. Since obtaining her MFA in Cinema at San Francisco State University, Marcia has taught video art at Lasalle College of the Arts in Singapore. She has also worked as a Director of Photography on a variety of productions, including feature documentary film “Ten Eleven O Two” and food and travel shows, such as “Street To Kitchen Asia”.
14 OPEN YOUTH PRE-SELECTION JURY Asra Aman Asra Aman is a Film and TV Producer with Papahan Films. She produced her first feature, “Banting”, in 2014, which was widely released in Singapore theatres to positive reviews. The film was supported by the Infocomm Media Development Authority of Singapore (IMDA) with their New Talent Feature Grant. In 2017, “La Luna”, a film that she developed with Creative Director, M. Raihan Halim, was selected for HAF (Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum) and won the Wouter Barendrecht award and White Light Post-Production Award. “La Luna” is planned to go into production late this year. Jaclyn Chan Jaclyn Chan is a recovering banker turned screenwriter and game writer. She has written for a variety of television shows in Singapore, in genres spanning comedy, drama and documentary. Her work has been nominated at the Asian Television Awards and International Emmys. Jaclyn currently teaches scriptwriting at Objectifs: Centre for Photography and Film. She is a SkillsFuture Fellow, a juror with the International Emmys and a member of the Independent Writers Caucus, Writers Guild of America, West. Jaclyn obtained her MFA in screenwriting from the University of Southern California and her BA in Economics from Stanford University.
15 Nelson Yeo Nelson Yeo is a Singaporean filmmaker. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Filmmaking from Nanyang Technological University in 2011. He participated in Berlinale Talents Tokyo in 2014, BiFan Fantastic Film School in 2015 and Locarno Filmmakers Academy in 2018. His recent short films, “Mary, Mary, So Contrary” (2019) and “Here is Not There” (2019), have been selected for international film festivals such as Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur, Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg and Cairo International Film Festival. He is currently working on his debut feature film, “The Drought”. Vincent Quek Vincent Quek is the founder of Anticipate Pictures, a Singapore film distribution company that focuses on bringing arthouse, independent films and documentaries from around the world into the Singapore market for meaningful distribution. Notable releases include “Portrait of a Lady on Fire”, “For Sama”, “The Kingmaker”, and “House of Hummingbird”. Before Anticipate, he worked at The Substation, a non-profit arts centre, for the now-defunct Moving Images Programme which championed local filmmakers’ works in Singapore and overseas. He holds a B.A. (Magna Cum Laude) in Film Production from the USC School of Cinematic Arts.
16 STUDENT JURY Huang Junxiang Huang Junxiang is a producer at Zhao Wei Films. He has worked on a number of feature films, including “In The Room” (Toronto 2016), “Apprentice” (Un Certain Regard 2016), “Ramen Teh“ (Berlin Culinary Cinema 2018), “Buffalo Boys” (Fantasia Film Festival 2018) and “Tiong Bahru Social Club” (Busan International Film Festival 2020). He has also served as producer for both HBO Asia anthology series “Folklore” (2018) and “Food Lore” (2019). His most recent effort is “Piece of Meat” (2019), co-directed with Jerrold Chong, which enjoyed its premiere at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes and subsequently travelled to Annecy and Busan. Oon Shu An Oon Shu An is a theatre, film and television actor, and host based in Singapore. Oon is a graduate of the acting course at Lasalle College of the Arts, and her best known roles were the ill-fated Song Dynasty courtesan Jing Fei in Netflix’s “Marco Polo”, and the troubled ex-con on her path to redemption Frances Lee in HOOQ’s “How to be a Good Girl”; where she received a nomination at the Asian Academy Creative Awards 2018. In 2020, she was nominated for Best Actress at Straits Times Life Theatre Awards, for the role Ellen Toh on “Mergers And Accusations”.
17 Tan Wei Keong Tan Wei Keong is an animation filmmaker. He was awarded the Young Artist Award by the National Arts Council of Singapore in 2019. His latest film, “Kingdom”, has been selected to compete at the Berlin International Film Festival. His previous film, “Between Us Two”, received the Best Singapore Short Film Award at Singapore International Film Festival and the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Short at Outfest Los Angeles. His films have been selected at many film festivals, including Annecy, Zagreb, Stuttgart and Toronto. He has been the Film Programme Director at Cartoons Underground since 2014. Yeo Siew Hua Yeo Siew Hua’s “A Land Imagined” (2018) won the Golden Leopard at the 71st Locarno Film Festival and was Singapore’s entry to the Oscars in 2020. The film won Best Original Screenplay and Best Original Music Score at the 2019 Golden Horse Awards. It is distributed on Netflix and received multiple Best Picture awards at international film festivals. It was awarded the Roberto Rossellini Jury Award at the Pingyao International Film Festival 2018. Yeo received the 2018 Singapore International Film Festival’s Lesley Ho Asian Film Talent Award, in recognition of his contribution to the development of cinema in Asia. Teo Wei Yong Teo Wei Yong is an award-winning film composer and sound designer. His film scores and sound design can be heard in many prestigious festivals and broadcasting channels around the globe, including a Best Original Score at the 56th Golden Horse Awards. He is currently scoring the 2021 local creature feature film “Circle Line”. He has worked on numerous Biennale art installations, and documentaries for the National Geographic Channel. Wei Yong has also created music and sound design for commercial brands, including Loreal, Intel, Toyota, Microsoft, and many others. He continues to do what he loves best.
18 18 OPEN YOUTH JURY David Chua David Chua was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Council in July 2015, becoming the autonomous agency’s first CEO. NYC was restructured into an autonomous agency under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth in January 2015, and operates as the national body coordinating holistic youth development. It also houses Outward Bound Singapore and Youth Corps Singapore. David is also concurrently the Chairman of *SCAPE. David graduated from Imperial College, University of London with a Master of Engineering, and subsequently a Master of Business Administration from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Denise Oliveiro Denise Oliveiro is a media professional with over 20 years of experience in content creation. Having helmed global content in Asia with brands like Netflix and Disney, she has collaborated with A-lister talent, animators and film crews in the U.S., Hong Kong, India, and SEA. A visual storyteller at heart, she turned her focus to executive producing social impact stories, backed by strong belief that storytelling is at its most powerful when it has social purpose. She feels the greatest privilege one can have in content creation is the consent to tell a story in its most authentic form. Lai Weijie Lai Weijie is a film producer based in Singapore and Toronto. In 2010 he co-founded E&W Films, a Singapore-based film development and production company, the producer of “POP AYE” (2017) by Kirsten Tan which received awards at Sundance, Rotterdam, and Zurich, and “Taste” (2021) by Vietnamese filmmaker Lê Bào, that received the Special Jury Award in the Encounters section of the recent Berlinale Film Festival where it had its world premiere. Upcoming projects include CNC Development Award recipient “Mongrel” by Chiang Wei Liang, developed at the Cannes Residence, Talents Tokyo, and TorinoFilmLab ScriptLab.
19 19 Genevieve Sarah Loh Genevieve Sarah Loh has been the resident film journalist and movie critic for Mediacorp’s Channel NewsAsia (CNA) and TODAY newspaper for the past 13 years. Her passion for film and pop- culture is presented across multiple platforms of digital, television, print and radio. She is part of the founding team that started CNA Lifestyle and currently serves as the platform’s senior journalist/ lifestyle editor. Having covered the Cannes Film Festival, Venice Film Festival as well as the Oscars (Academy Awards) and Golden Globes in Hollywood over the years, Genevieve is known for her in-depth interviews with international, award-winning actors and filmmakers. Lim Ting Li Lim Ting Li’s foray into sound for film began in 2004. Her extensive filmography comprises local as well as international commercial and independent feature films, with standouts including “Apprentice”, “Pop Aye” and “DAU”. She won the Motion Pictures Sound Editors’ Golden Reel Award in 2014 and was conferred the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award in 2018. She is currently the Director of Sound at Mocha Chai Laboratories, running Singapore’s first and only Dolby Atmos facility and is also an EXCO and founding member of the Singapore Association of Motion Picture Professionals. Sanif Olek Sanif Olek is a Singapore-based film and television director. His filmography includes television, strategised messages for corporate organisations and commissioned works for statutory boards and museums. He is accomplished in diverse television genres - dramatic, documentary, current affairs; and has earned multiple awards for directing drama narratives and writing since 1996. His shorts have won international awards and received critical acclaim for their authentic Singaporean stories that often look at identity, and ironies of the human condition. His debut feature, “Sayang Disayang” was Singapore’s official entry to the 2015 Oscars® (Best Foreign Language Film). He creates works that invite conversations.
20 NYFA YOUTH INSPIRATION AWARD
ABOUT THE NYFA YOUTH INSPIRATION AWARD The National Youth Film Awards is a beacon for aspiring youth filmmakers since its inception in 2015. For the last six years, NYFA has provided our youths with recognition, validation, and industry network, in addition to being the key national platform to showcase their talents in film. The NYFA Youth Inspiration Award was introduced in 2019 to recognise and honour young industry professionals who have made exemplary contributions towards the filmmaking industry in Singapore. Tan Si En is presented this award in recognition for her hard work and contribution that has resulted in some of the best films Singapore has produced in recent years. She constantly seeks new and emerging collaborators and stories, and her commitment to discover emerging Southeast Asian filmmakers led to her founding of Momo Film Co. which has since produced award-winning short film projects. Also the winner for NYFA 2020 Best Live Action Award (Open Youth), Si En joined NYFA this year as part of the NYFA Conference to share with youths on how to market their short films.
22 ABOUT THE AWARD RECIPIENT An alumnus of Berlinale Talents and Rotterdam Lab, Si En is known for her close collaboration with Giraffe Pictures, where she produced Wet Season by Anthony Chen. Wet Season made its World Premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2019, Platform Competition. The film has been selected by the Singapore Film Commission as the nation’s Oscars 2021 representative and was lauded critically, receiving 12 awards internationally including the prestigious Golden Horse Awards. She is also the co-producer of The Break Away by Anthony Chen, the short film is part of Neon’s anthology - The Year of The Everlasting Storm which will premiere in Cannes 2021 Si En was the assistant producer of POP AYE by Kirsten Tan, which won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2017 and the VPRO Big Screen Award at International Film Festival Rotterdam. She is co-producing prominent award-winning projects such as Arnold is a Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan (IFFR Hubert Bals Fund), This City is a Battlefield by Mouly Surya, Some Nights I Feel Like Walking by Petersen Vargas, among others. Her passion in championing talents from the Singaporean and Southeast Asian film industry culminated in her work at the Singapore International Film Festival, where she took charge of the offscreen programmes and oversaw development and industry initiatives at the SGIFF Film Academy. Most recently, she also spearheaded the Objectifs Short Film Incubator and Momo Distribution Grant. Si En’s producing efforts have been featured in publications such as Screendaily, Variety, Channel News Asia and Yahoo. In 2020, she was recognised as one of The Straits Times 30 under 30 - The Arts.
23 NYFA YOUTH INSPIRATION AWARD RECIPIENT MESSAGE It doesn’t escape me for a moment that it is such a privilege to make films. Filmmaking is hard work, and always a reminder that no one can be independent of others completely. I have and am benefiting from the efforts of filmmakers that have come before me, mentors and teammates who are so generous, and my parents who taught me to value freedom above all else. It is wonderful to create and to witness how everything comes together beautifully in film as in life. I am humbled to be given the NYFA Youth Inspiration Award. Thank you *SCAPE, National Youth Council (NYC) and Objectifs for the recognition. I take it extremely seriously to dream, to push boundaries, to always put out the best and most sincere work possible. The National Youth Film Awards has been a significant platform for me as I refine my craft and share experiences. To all the nominees of this year’s NYFA and the younger filmmakers, I hope that you flourish in this nurturing learning environment that the team at NYFA has built. Most importantly, never stop telling stories that matter and never never stop dreaming. Tan Si En Recipient NYFA Youth Inspiration Award 2021
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26 After 20 years of being away from Singapore, Zhang returns to the disappearance of 2 of his puppet troupe members. He goes to search for answers about the dreams from the City God. As he searches for clarity, he discovers that Singapore has changed and he struggles to come to terms with it. Gone Are The Moat And The Walls Student: Live Action LASALLE College of the Arts 18:00 mins NOMINEES Producer Nabillah Hamidah Director Joshuah Lim En Art Director Dionne Goh Sound Designer Florent Corchia Editor Clyde Kam Scriptwriter Tan Jit Jenn Cinematographer Randey Ng
27 Set in a traditional Chinese funeral, a young teenage girl, TING, struggles to cope with the death of her beloved grandmother. Throughout the funeral, we observe how the other family members cope with the death in their different ways and how Ting starts to question the real meaning behind some of the lively funeral rites. 释怀 (Holding On, Letting Go) NOMINEES Producer Fiona Ng Director/Writer/ Editor Lionel Seah Actress Iris Li Art Director Rebecca Lim Cinematographer Eddison Kuah Student: Live Action Ngee Ann Polytechnic 14:17 mins
28 A Little Closer Student: Live Action Ashwin, an Indian young man, works as a Stay-Home Caller during the pandemic. In his duties, he forms an unlikely friendship with a Chinese elderly lady, who is wandering alone in the streets of Singapore. Through this encounter, Ashwin learns the importance of tradition and family. NOMINEES Producer Deborah Wong Director/Writer Cheryl Mong Actor Timothy Immanuel Sound Designer/ Writer Tang Zhong Yi Art Director Hannah Koh Editor Lie Kai Yee Cinematographer Cedrick Ng Composer Robbie Say Temasek Polytechnic 15:10 mins
29 Scavenger Student: Live Action An old homeless scavenger must gather offerings for her wedding or she won’t be able to marry her late fiancé́ before he reincarnates. NOMINEES Producer Tan Min Ying Izelle Director/Writer Nicholas Ong Kok Weng Art Director Ihsan Bin Abdul Rahim Sound Designer Tan Jia-Hao Matthew Editors Ella Mellisa Puteri Bte Mohamed Yusof Cinematographer Lim Sze Yuan Derrik Temasek Polytechnic 15:00 mins
30 30 GIRLS Student: Live Action Tara and Ren run away from home. They loiter around their hangout spots and eventually gets into trouble when a prostitute steals their valuables in a toilet. Tara then seduces a tipsy passerby and managed to con money out of him before running away with Ren. Ren disagrees with Tara’s action, and Ren decides that she wants to go home. Tara forces Ren to stay, and the two of them are left to reflect on their relationship before dawn. NOMINEES Producer/Cinematographer/ Sound Designer/Composer Hoe Jian Wei Director/Writer/ Art Director Tamara Tan Actress Dewy Choo Editor Jacob Tan Ngee Ann Polytechnic 15:00 mins
31 31 Booking Student: Live Action After the death of his wife, a taxi driver, Hoon, struggles to survive financially for himself and his daughter, Mei, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hence, he must operate a mobile brothel along with a young prostitute, Xiao Yan, so that he can give his daughter a better life. However, as he is a widower, he must take care of his daughter on his own… Even during work hours. NOMINEES Producer Nur Laiyinah Najihah Bte Noor Izwar Director/Writer Haziq Adam De Silva Sound Designer Muhd Fahman Amran Bin Mohd Fauze Editor Esther Toh Art Director Lim Si Hui Genie Cinematographer Muhammad Hafeez Sahrin Temasek Polytechnic 14:38 mins
32 Skeletons In The Closet Student: Live Action Casey awkwardly navigates through his new friendship dynamic with his roommate Russell, after confessing his feelings. A party night has the roommates seeking refuge in a small closet after a random spot-check. This encounter throws Casey into a bottomless pit of self-doubt as the roommates’ weekly mahjong session causes Casey to spiral into a state of confusion. With growing suspicions about Russell’s true sexuality, Casey attempts to unravel the skeletons in the closet. NOMINEES Producer Sheryl (Sherelle) Lim Director/Writer Brendan Mayle Kor Chong Li Actor Li Jin Hao Art Director Lee Jia Rong Sound Designer Heng Jing Yu Editor Teo Chuan Chee Cinematographer Alvin Chew Jia Liang Nanyang Technological University 19:33 mins
33 After Student: Live Action This story revolves around Sam and her family who are forced to face the harsh reality of loss after the unexpected passing of her father. They attempt to readjust to daily lives, as traces of her father slowly fade away. NOMINEES Producer Goh Ryan Director/Writer Monika Tsang Actor Chen Run Sheng Actress Priscilla Chong Sound Designer Rashmila C Art Director/Writer Chia Wei Ling Editor Rebecca Lee Cinematographer Wang Hao Ming Composer Ryan Tan Ngee Ann Polytechnic 9:06 mins
34 Rocketship Student: Live Action In the days leading to the annual mid- autumn-festival celebrations, 10-year-old Samuel is on a mission to salvage his parent’s marriage by recreating a fond memory that they share as a family. As the date of filing draws closer, Samuel is pressured and challenged to carry out his ambitious scheme, and in the process, gains an important life lesson that would forever alter his outlook on life. NOMINEES Producer Peh Jia Qi Director/Writer Mathias Choo Art Director Tong Xu Han Sound Designer Arinah Sham Editor Wong King Lam Cinematographer Vanessa Tan Nanyang Technological University 18:25 mins
35 As Bold as Red, As Soft as Velvet Student: Live Action After finding out about his true sexual orientation as homosexual instead of asexual, a young man needs to face his partner, his mother, and himself, both in the real world and in his subconscious, to complete a maturity ritual and gain acceptance from everyone. NOMINEES Producer Hao Sijia Director/Writer/ Sound Designer/Editor Nguyen Minh Truong Giang Actor Belmont Soh Yu Xian Art Director Cordelia Tan Wen Ting Cinematographer Rahul Radhakrishnan LASALLE College of the Arts 14:58 mins
36 36 Eat What With Who Student: Documentary 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. NOMINEES Producer Tan He Ying Director/Art Director/ Writer Stella Seetoh Wai Yeng Sound Designer/Editor Wee Xuan Yi Cinematographer Sheryl Chua Yi Qian Composer Lemuel Lee Jong Yii Nanyang Technological University 15:00 mins
37 37 Between These Bones Student: Documentary 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 how people living here cope with the inherent limitations present in spaces within the country and attempt to transcend them. NOMINEES Producer Li Jiaqi Editor Caitlin Elizebeth Park Nanyang Technological University 17:00 mins
38 Wallflowers in the Parade Student: Documentary The documentary Wallflowers in the Parade begins with a prayer from a father about his son’s move into prison in a few day’s time. The filmmakers also follow past Jehovah’s Witness men who were imprisoned. Reenactment footage of life in the detention barracks is poetically displayed. The film then travels forward in time where we see the same family eating dinner again, without their son. NOMINEES Producer/Art Director Julia Aziz Director/Composer Tan Jit Jenn Sound Designer Florent Corchia Editor Syaza Agape Cinematographer Muzaffar Muhar LASALLE College of the Arts 17:45 mins
39 Mother & Daughter Student: Documentary Mother & Daughter is a documentary about matriarch Mdm Teo Kerk Eng and how she overcame a neglectful husband and raised her five kids. She started to make traditional Chinese treats as a way to cope financially and bring up her kids. These events had an impact on how one of her daughters,Goh Kim Huay, approaches her relationship with her mother and daughter in the present. Through the making of love letters, we start to unravel the layered relationships between the three women and how they have impacted each other. NOMINEES Producer Ashley Carmel Ang Xi Director Wee Antong Editor Peter Tan En Qiang Cinematographer Elton Toh Chen En Ngee Ann Polytechnic 13:31 mins
40 Sum of Our Parts A HOME Student: Documentary Sum of Our Parts introduces the extraordinary performance art form through the lens of four Singaporean performance artists. Deeply entwined with their practice, the film serves as an intimate inquiry into their experience of 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. NOMINEES Producer Nigel Phua Director/Art Director/ Sound Designer/Composer Olivia Tan Jia Yi Editor Kimi Ang Cinematographer Chloe Hwang Ke Sin Nanyang Technological University 17:27 mins
41 Reflections of a Housewife Student: Documentary This documentary will explore the life of a housewife, the thoughts and reflections of how she feels. It will discuss social norms surrounding housewives as well as discovering the fulfilment and sacrifices the subject has faced. We aim to learn how this particular housewife actually feels despite the negative connotations attached to the job. NOMINEES Producer/Director Alena Kristine Yeo Editor Hannah Wong Nanyang Technological University 19:51 mins
42 42 Tia Gong Student: Documentary Tia Gong (‘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. NOMINEES Producer Tiffany Lim Director Enkainia Lee Cinematographer Cornelius Tang Nanyang Technological University 15:12 mins
43 43 SORRY FOR EXISTING Student: Documentary The acknowledgement of anxiety’s uniqueness to every individual is universal, and this documentary opens the lid to a jar full of feelings and experiences. Through phone and live conversations with three different individuals of different ages and lives lived, anxiety and emotions are explored with a parallel to ocean waves. NOMINEE Producer/Director/ Writer/Editor Cinematographer Shelby Kho Nanyang Technological University 2:55 mins
44 Ah Ma Number One Student: Documentary Ah Ma Number One follows the journey of the director’s grandma with dementia, during her transient period where she remembers that she is forgetting her memory. It is a record of the relationship between the grandma and her immediate family, and their sentiments to witness her losing her losing memory day by day. NOMINEES Producer Tiara Lim XinCi Director Michelle Choo Sound Designer Sng Zi Feng Amabelle Editor Wong Min Quan Scriptwriter Esther Lee Zi Yan Cinematographer Dilraj Singh Ngee Ann Polytechnic 14:30 mins
45 Chop Thye Bee Student: Documentary Chop Thye Bee is a documentary about a monumental 65-year old convenience store which faces closure in a matter of days, and how the family behind the store deals with it. Geok Kim and Aik Thiam are a set of in-laws who have been overseeing the shop since its earliest days. They reminisce about familial relations and memories as they ponder life after the shop’s imminent closure. NOMINEES Producers Esther Lim Shi Ting & Fung Yu Han Director Md Azman Sound Designer Yoh Kai Xiang Scriptwriter Azrael Joseph Tay Cinematographer Diyana Nur’Batrisya Binte Suwarjo Editor Esther Lim Shi Ting Ngee Ann Polytechnic 11:23 mins
46 Drive With Me Student: Animation A short mixed-media film to stress the importance of company and time for a suicidal loved one even when it might seem useless. Aiden lives a busy, corporate- worker lifestyle; he comes home late everyday to a wife that wouldn’t talk to him. One night, upon watching a shocking news report, he decides to break his routine; for himself, but most importantly for his wife. NOMINEE Producer/Director/ Writer/ Sound Designer/ Art Director/Editor/ Cinematographer Huang Shiao-ya Nanyang Technological University 6:56 mins
47 Strange Occurrences: Bukit Bulabu Student: Animation Strange Occurrences: Bukit Bulabu is a fictional ghost documentary done in stop motion. The story takes place in Singapore and involves a Singaporean influencer, a German Professor and a Singaporean Auntie who is a “superstitions expert”. With the interviewees recounting their haunted experience at the rediscovered colonial bathroom atop Bukit Bulabu, an underlying family history between the three characters unfolds. NOMINEES Producer Wong Shi Teng Directors Wong Shi Teng, Hana Lee, Gloria Yeo Sound Designer Hana Lee Art Director/ Cinematographer Gloria Yeo Nanyang Technological University 7:38 mins
48 48 Tankboy Student: Animation Kevin has to move town against his will. But that isn’t the worst thing: he develops uncontrollable and never-ending tears that spill everywhere! So he decides to wear a tank on his head- but is that the smartest answer to deal with it? NOMINEES Producer/Writer Uma Bhojraj Director/Editor/ Cinematographer Novella Art Director Ng Hui Fong LASALLE College of the Arts 6:31 mins
49 49 Bolder Student: Animation A young wizard in training is forced to deal with not only her annoying classmate, but also an angry boulder. NOMINEES Producer Verista Joan Alicia Director/Editor Alex Li Art Director Brenda Wijaya 3dsense Media School 4:55 mins
50 BirdFeed Student: Animation A Baker has lunch at a park. What could go wrong? NOMINEES Producer Timothy Wee Director/Editor Chia Chin Yong Art Director Nichole Jillian Khoo 3dsense Media School 3:02 mins
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