Date: 13 December 2008
Time: 4.00pm – 5:30pm
Venue:  library@esplanade
Esplanade Mall, 8 Raffles Avenue, #03-01. Singapore 039802
Adminission is free and open to the public.

Synopsis of Programme 
What inspires a filmmaker to make a film and how do they convey ideas through images? Join Singapore filmmakers Loo Zihan, Brian Gothong Tan, Mirabelle Ang and K. Rajagopal for an intimate Q&A session where they would talk about their inspirations and ideas behind their films and share their filmmaking experiences. Their films are recently released in the Singapore Shorts Vol.2 DVD - a compilation of nine outstanding short films by acclaimed Singapore filmmakers, curated on the theme of Family by the Asian Film Archive.

The talk will also feature a screening of some of their films, so don’t miss out this opportunity to view these cinematic gems and get upclose and personal with our homegrown film talents.

Visit www.asianfilmarchive.org/singapore_shorts2 for more information on the Singapore Shorts Vol.2 DVD.


Visit http://www.asianfilmarchive.org/blog//default.asp?Display=62 to see the blog entry on this event.
Biodata of Speaker


Loo Zihan has directed three short films and edited two others, within the year of 2005. One of the short films, Untitled (2005), was done in collaboration with the filmmaker Kan Lume, and was developed into their debut feature-length film, Solos (2007). Embryo (2006) was selected by the Asian Film Archive to be screened in Painkiller for My Foreign Body, a cogcollective showcase of Singapore films in London in March 2007. Loo Zihan also won the Judges' Choice Award for the Fly By Night Video Challenge 2006 with his short film Lucilla (2006). He is currently reading Digital Filmmaking at the School of Art Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University.

Brian Gothong Tan is best known for his cutting-edge and highly engaging multimedia works in theatre, film and installation art. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2005 under the Shell-National Arts Council Scholarship. He represented Singapore in the cultural segment of the Commonwealth Games at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, and was the youngest artist participating in the Singapore Biennale in 2006 with his installation, We Live In A Dangerous World. Pleasure Factory (2007), a film for which he was the Director of Photography and Chief Editor, was screened in Cannes Film Festival 2007 under the Un Certain Regard section. He has just finished directing his first feature film, Invisible Children, in March 2008.

Mirabelle Ang is a Singaporean documentary filmmaker based in Los Angeles, California. In 2003, she was awarded a scholarship by the Media Development Authority in Singapore and a full scholarship by California Institute of the Arts where she received her MFA in Film & Video. Her recent works have screened at festivals and venues such as the Viennale, Cinéma du Réel, Festival Internacional de Cine de Mar del Plata, Full Frame, Singapore International Film Festival and MoMA. Mirabelle divides her time between Los Angeles and Singapore whose ever-changing landscape she continues to respond to through her video works.

K. Rajagopal is the only filmmaker so far to have ever won the Special Jury Award at the Singapore International Film Festival for three consecutive years (1995 – 1997). He has immense experience as a theatrical actor, and has worked alongside veteran actors like Lim Kay Siu, Neo Swee Lin and Ivan Heng. Rajagopal is also a freelance television drama director. His latest project is Anita's Complaint, an adaptation of Simon Tay's Sita's Complaint for the Singapore Short Stories Project Season 3 on the local television channel, Arts Central.

About Asian Film Archive
The Asian Film Archive is a non-governmental organisation founded to preserve the rich film heritage of Singapore and Asian Cinema, to encourage scholarly research on film, and to promote a wider critical appreciation of this art form. As an important nexus, it brings together the various segments of the Asian film community in order to open and enrich new intellectual, educational and creative spaces. The Asian Film Archive aspires to be a hub for the film community, contributing to culture, scholarship and industry. The Archive is a registered charity, a non-governmental organisation and an Institution of Public Character (IPC). The Archive is also a proud affliate of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) and Southeast Asia Pacific Audio Visual Archive Association (SEAPAVAA).

 

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