MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Presented by the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, with support from the Singapore Film Society, this year's edition features seven films – from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, Israel and Morocco.
The Orphanage (2019, NC16, 90 minutes, screens on Feb 14, 9.15pm), selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, is a drama about a street kid living in 1980s Afghanistan, then a nation under Soviet control.
The fan of Bollywood, who used to sell cinema tickets on the street, is captured and sent to an orphanage just as Soviet influence is waning. Soon, his new home is caught up in wider social changes.
WHERE: GV VivoCity, 02-30 VivoCity, 1 Harbourfront Walk MRT: HarbourFront WHEN: Feb 14 to 19, various times ADMISSION: $13 INFO: www.singaporefilmsociety.com/event/meff2020
ACCESSING THE ARCHIVE
Rare gems from the Asian Film Archive are released for public screenings in the Accessing The Archive programme and the pick this week is the drama Batch '81 (1982, NC16, 98 minutes), from acclaimed Filipino director Mike De Leon.
University student Sid Lucero (Mark Gil) dreams of being a member of a prestigious fraternity known for its brutal hazing rituals, but after becoming one, he sees that the group's love of violence has made it an unchecked forced interested only in securing more power.
De Leon's film, an allegory about the Marcos regime, has been hailed as a milestone in Asian cinema.
WHERE: Oldham Theatre, 1 Canning Rise MRT: Dhoby Ghaut/ Fort Canning WHEN: Today, 8pm ADMISSION: $10 a ticket, $20 for three tickets and $30 for five tickets INFO: asianfilmarchive.org
UNCUT GEMS (NC16)
Streaming on Netflix/135 minutes/4.5 stats
In this bone-dry comedy about a guy who cannot catch a break, Adam Sandler's Howard Ratner is a debt-ridden New York jeweller and gambling fiend who has come to own a rock of great value – one studded with the minerals of the filRead More – Source
MIDDLE EAST FILM FESTIVAL 2020
Presented by the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore, with support from the Singapore Film Society, this year's edition features seven films – from Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Algeria, Turkey, Israel and Morocco.
The Orphanage (2019, NC16, 90 minutes, screens on Feb 14, 9.15pm), selected for the Directors' Fortnight at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival, is a drama about a street kid living in 1980s Afghanistan, then a nation under Soviet control.
The fan of Bollywood, who used to sell cinema tickets on the street, is captured and sent to an orphanage just as Soviet influence is waning. Soon, his new home is caught up in wider social changes.
WHERE: GV VivoCity, 02-30 VivoCity, 1 Harbourfront Walk MRT: HarbourFront WHEN: Feb 14 to 19, various times ADMISSION: $13 INFO: www.singaporefilmsociety.com/event/meff2020
ACCESSING THE ARCHIVE
Rare gems from the Asian Film Archive are released for public screenings in the Accessing The Archive programme and the pick this week is the drama Batch '81 (1982, NC16, 98 minutes), from acclaimed Filipino director Mike De Leon.
University student Sid Lucero (Mark Gil) dreams of being a member of a prestigious fraternity known for its brutal hazing rituals, but after becoming one, he sees that the group's love of violence has made it an unchecked forced interested only in securing more power.
De Leon's film, an allegory about the Marcos regime, has been hailed as a milestone in Asian cinema.
WHERE: Oldham Theatre, 1 Canning Rise MRT: Dhoby Ghaut/ Fort Canning WHEN: Today, 8pm ADMISSION: $10 a ticket, $20 for three tickets and $30 for five tickets INFO: asianfilmarchive.org
UNCUT GEMS (NC16)
Streaming on Netflix/135 minutes/4.5 stats
In this bone-dry comedy about a guy who cannot catch a break, Adam Sandler's Howard Ratner is a debt-ridden New York jeweller and gambling fiend who has come to own a rock of great value – one studded with the minerals of the filRead More – Source
