By Clara Che Wei Peh Against a backdrop of 15-second viral videos, a digital media landscape of endless spectacles, and an audience acclimatised for […]

by Elaine Thanya Marie Teo Films provide a catharsis like no other medium. The familiar three act structure of a set-up, confrontation and resolution […]

by Charles Kurniawan As a Chinese Indonesian living in Singapore, I am often asked where I am from. People think I am a Chinese […]

by Pranamika Subhalaxmi Village Neighbours, Here is Not There and Hampshire Road are three films in Singapore Shorts ‘21 programme that encapsulate the tensions […]

By Wong Kar Mun Nicole This set of films that are part of the Singapore Shorts ’21 programme—The Cup, Sunday and A Piece of […]

The recurring theme of power and control seems to be prevalent within two films from Singapore Shorts ‘21. Mark Chee’s GUNKWORLD explores the insidious […]

By Euginia Tan Loneliness unfurls like a yawn. It stretches inert, neglected muscles, pausing the impulsion to go forward. In both films, Uncle Goose […]

By Weiqi Yap Dress is often celebrated as one of the most freeing mediums of self-expression. But in two short films in the Singapore […]

by Ethan Kan We bury so much of ourselves underground. We dig holes six feet beneath ourselves with the same earth-crusted hands that cradle […]

by Zulkhairi Zulkiflee Our visions begin with our desires – Audre Lorde In the film What We May Be (2020), we follow a father […]