the following are the films i (alex has no choice but to follow me, hehe) am going to watch.
let me know if you want to come. i am booking the tickets soon.
Tickets priced at $8.40 each (inclusive of 5% GST), exclusive of $1 per ticket for SISTIC fee.
for other films, check out www.filmfest.org.sg or pick up a booklet from any SISTIC outlets.
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Date: 21st Apr 2007 Sat
Time: 11am
Venue: Lido Classic
M
Director: Ryuichi Hiroki
Country: Japan/ Canada
Duration:110min
Year: 2006
Rating: R21
Ryuichi Hiroki is an astonishing director of women. His films, Vibrator (2003) and It's Only Talk (2006), have clinched top prizes at SIFF and other festivals for their provocative explorations of female sexuality. His latest film, M, continues in that vein with its sublime study of a quiet housewife (Miwon) who turns into a prostitute to work out her repressed psychosexual issues. Things come to a head when a handsome teenager (Kengo Kora) hires her services. Not to be missed.
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Date: 21st Apr 2007 Sat
Time: 2pm
Venue: Lido Classic
We Shall Overcome
Director: Niels Arden Oplev
Country: Denmark
Duration: 105min
Year: 2006
Rating: PG
Well-directed and strongly-performed, this Danish family drama is set in a small conservative town in 1969, where 13-year-old rebel, Frits (Janus Dissing Rathke), is learning to be a man. After his monstrously strict principal tore his ear off for being mischievous, Frits and his family decide to stage a revolt against the principal with or without the support of the town. This film has garnered more than 14 international awards and has been likened to the sentimental crowd-pleaser, My Life As A Dog (1985).
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Date: 21st Apr 2007 Sat
Time: 7pm
Venue: Lido Classic
Footy Legends
Director: Khoa Do
Country: Australia
Duration: 89min
Year: 2006
Rating: TBA
If you loved The Full Monty, you will enjoy this Australian comic drama about a group of down-and-out men who try to regain their self-esteem by excelling in rugby. Luc (Anh Do), a Vietnamese-Australian, struggles to find a job to support his father and sister. He persuades his friends to form a rugby team and join an amateur tournament for the top cash prize. Directed by Khoa Do, whose debut film, The Finished People (2003), was widely praised. [Shown with The Kitchen (11 mins).]
The Kitchen
Director: Ben Ferris
Country: Australia
Duration: 11min
Year: 2003
Rating: TBA
A study of the dynamics of a dysfunctional family, taken in a single shot. [Shown with The Footy Legends (89 mins).]
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Date: 22nd Apr 2007 Sun
Time: 11am
Venue: Lido 3
Little Heart Songs
Director: Akio Nishizawa
Country: Japan / Japan/ Canada
Duration: 100min
Year: 2006
Rating: PG
Little Heart Songs is a heartwarming and nostalgic portrait of post-war Japan as seen through the eyes of a schoolboy. Young Akira, the earnest son of a poor carpenter, fights to keep his school in a choir contest after one of the choir members accidentally drowns. The choral music inspires the children and helps them overcome the tragedy. Sweet and genteel, there is an emotional and period authenticity to this animation that is hard not to like. Winner of Best Animated Film at Lyon Asian Film Festival.
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Date: 22nd Apr 2007 Sun
Time: 4.15pm
Venue: National Museum
In a Year With 13 Moons
Director: Reiner Werner Fassbinder
Country: Germany
Duration: 120min
Year: 1978
Rating: TBA
This film stars Erwin Spengler as a man desperately in love with his business partner. He decides to have a sex change operation, becomes Elvira, but still fails to attract the love of his beloved.
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Date: 25th Apr 2007 Wed
Time: 7pm
Venue: Lido 3
Waiter
Director: Alex van Warmerdam
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 97min
Year: 2006
Rating: M18
Edgar, the creation of the writer, Herman, crosses the fourth wall and jumps to life in this absurd, twisted comedy. The character wants time-out and protests against the misery of his existence in the story. The man holds a crummy job in a run-down restaurant as a waiter and is tired of being a doormat. His wife is chronically ill. His extra-marital affair offers little more than sexual gratification and he needs a change from his bullying neighbours. Much of it is caused by Herman's interfering wife, Suzie. The film is a witty spin on the practice of fiction writing with a surprising stance on creativity, power and providence.
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Date: 28th Apr 2007 Sat
Time: 2pm
Venue: Lido Classic
Don't Look Back (Nae Cheongchun-Ege Goham)
Director: Kim Young Nam
Country: Korea
Duration: 126min
Year: 2006
Rating: R21
Jung-hee (Kim Hye Na, Into The Mirror) is a 21-year-old dancer who experiences a roller coaster of emotions when her father returns after a long absence. A 25-year-old telephone mechanic (Lee Sang Woo, Almost Love) falls in love with a woman after eavesdropping on her conversations. A 30-year-old soldier (Kim Tae Woo, Woman Is The Future Of Man) returns home to discover his wife is no longer the woman he knew. Kim Young-nam's debut film is a triptych about misdirected passion and lost love. Winner of the NETPAC and FIPRESCI Awards at the 59th Locarno International Film Festival.
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Date: 29th Apr 2007 Sun
Time: 2pm
Venue: National Musuem
Various Titles. Check out : http://www.filmfest.org.sg/display.php?catid=506
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Time: 7pm
Venue: National Musuem
F*ck
Director: Steve Anderson
Country: USA
Duration: 94min
Year: 2006
Rating: TBA
The word "f*ck" is regarded as the most offensive word in the English language and is uttered by millions everyday. Yet how many people know the origin of the word? This deliciously funny documentary explores the history and usage of the word and its impact on democracy and civil rights. It features interviews with a diverse range of famous figures, from singer Alanis Morrissette to comedian Drew Carey to porn star Tera Patrick, interspersed with historical footage on the jailed comedian Lenny Bruce and original animation by the legendary Bill Plympton.
reader k | 3/24/2007 12:25:00 PM |
