Programme Schedule

Asian Film Archive Presents
Symposium on Singapore Cinema
Date: 20 September 08 (Saturday)
Time: 9:00am – 6:00pm
Venue: Singapore Management University, Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium

8.30am – 9:00am

Registration

9:00am – 9:10am

Opening Address

9:10am – 10.30am

Panel Discussion on Singapore Cinema

Speakers:

a)	Kenneth Tan (Director, Singapore Film Commission)
b)	Kenneth Paul Tan (Author, Cinema and Television in Singapore: Resistance in One Dimension)
c)	Sun Koh (Executive Producer, Lucky 7)

Chair: Mr. Tan Bee Thiam (Executive Director, Asian Film Archive)

10.30am – 11:00am

Tea Break

11:00am – 12.30pm

Presentation of Best Film Papers (Pre-Tertiary)

12 Storeys by Jasvin Wuu, Dunman High School
Examination of the Family in Singapore Film by Goh Shunjie, Dunman High School

Presentation of Best Film Papers (Tertiary)

The Singapore Heartland: The Performing Identities of Local Landscapes by Eleine Ng, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
881: The Postmodern Musical by Natasha Zhao, National University of Singapore, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Judges: Professor Chua Beng Huat, Mr. Stefan Shih, Mr. Yong Shu Chiang

12.30pm – 1.30pm

Lunch

1.30pm – 3:15pm

Presentation by Finalists of Best Cineodeon Team (Pre-Tertiary)

Through The Looking Glass: The Dichotomy Between Two, Dunman High School (Senior High)
Of Love and Literature, Hwa Chong Institution (High School)
Not 881, Not Money No Enough - But it’s Singaporean!, Shuqun Secondary School
MRT: Rail to Reel Life, Singapore Chinese Girls' School and Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus Secondary (Toa Payoh)

Presentation by Finalists of Best Cineodeon Team (Tertiary)

The Eagle Eye of Great Film, Institute of Technical Education, College East
Nothing Special - Just A Cup of Passion, Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, Nanyang Technological University
The Significant Dollar: An Occupation Of Singaporean Films, School of Art, Design and Media, Nanyang Technological University