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Screen Singapore
Screen Singapore was a film festival in Singapore held from 1 August 2005 to 31 August 2005, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the independence of Singapore, to celebrate the heritage of Singaporean cinema from pre-independence days to the present. Presenting a total of 31 feature films (17 vintage ones, from 1955 to 1978, and 14 contemporary ones from 1995 to 2005), plus 15 short films (from 1996 to 2004) over an entire month, it was and has remained the largest showcase of Singaporean cinema. Festival Organisation Organised by Phish Communications, Screen Singapore was conceptualised and curated by Shirlene Noordin and Raphaël Millet, with curatorial support from Yuni Hadi and Wenjie Zhang. It was sponsored by the Singapore Film Commission, Kodak and the Ministry of Information, Communications and the Arts. It was also supported by Cathay Keris Films, Oak3 Films and the French Embassy in Singapore. Launch The festival was officially launched at Alliance Française ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south, the South China Sea to the east, and the Straits of Johor to the north. The country's territory is composed of one main island, 63 satellite islands and islets, and one outlying islet; the combined area of these has increased by 25% since the country's independence as a result of extensive land reclamation projects. It has the third highest population density in the world. With a multicultural population and recognising the need to respect cultural identities of the major ethnic groups within the nation, Singapore has four official languages: English, Malay, Mandarin, and Tamil. English is the lingua franca and numerous public services are available only ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Maid (2005 Film)
''The Maid'' ( zh, 女佣) is a 2005 Singaporean horror film directed by Kelvin Tong, revolving around a maid who recently arrived in Singapore from the Philippines. She has to acclimate herself to the customs of the Singapore Seventh Month, during which she struggles with supernatural forces. The maid is employed by a Teochew opera family with many secrets, who give her a place to stay in their dilapidated shophouse. The film broke the box office record in Singapore for the horror genre, making S$700,000 on its opening weekend. It won the European Fantastic Film Festival Federation (EFFFF) Asian Film Award at the 10th Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival (PiFan). The EFFFF Asian Film Award is a prize awarded to the best Asian film of the year by the federation, of which PiFan is a supporting member. It starred Alessandra de Rossi, Hong Huifang, Benny Soh, Guan Zhenwei and Chen Shucheng. Plot The Chinese believe that during the Seventh Month, the gates of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors' Fortnight
The Directors' Fortnight (french: Quinzaine des Réalisateurs) is an independent selection of the Cannes Film Festival The Cannes Festival (; french: link=no, Festival de Cannes), until 2003 called the International Film Festival (') and known in English as the Cannes Film Festival, is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films .... It was started in 1969 by the French Directors Guild after the events of May 1968 resulted in cancellation of the Cannes festival as an act of solidarity with striking workers. The Directors' Fortnight showcases a programme of shorts and feature films and documentaries worldwide. Artistic directors Programming is overseen by an artistic director. The current artistic director is Paolo Moretti who has programmed Director's Fortnight since 2018. * – 1969–1999 * – 1999–2003 * Olivier Père – 2004–2009 * Frédéric Boyer – 2009–2011 * – 2012–2018 * – 2018– Awards *Art Cinema Award *SACD Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maria Menado
Liesbet Dotulong (born 2 February 1932), better known by her stage name Maria Menado, is a Malay actress and producer who is known for her contributions to Malaysian cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. At the height of her fame she was voted “Malaya’s Most Beautiful” by ''Times Magazine'' and the “Best Dressed Woman in South East Asia” by publisher United Press International. In addition to acting, she also sang and went on to direct and produce films under her own production company, Maria Menado Productions. Menado is Minahasan and was born in Manado, North Sulawesi (present Indonesia),. Early life Liesbet Dotulong was born in the Minahasa Regency of Indonesia in 1932. When she was seven years old, her parents died, and she was sent to live with an aunt and uncle in Makassar. They eventually moved to Jakarta to escape fighting between the Dutch and Indonesian nationalists. By the time Liesbet was seventeen, she was known locally for her beauty, and appeared as a fashion mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cleopatra Wong
Cleopatra Wong is a fictional character created in 1978 by Filipino filmmaker and producer Bobby A. Suarez, who featured her in three feature-length movies: ''They Call Her Cleopatra Wong'' in 1978, ''Dynamite Johnson'' (a.k.a. ''Bionic Boy II'') in 1979, and ''Devil’s Angels'' (a.k.a. ''Devil’s Three'') in 1980. She was portrayed by Singapore actress Marrie Lee. Fictional character biography The Singapore-based fictional Interpol agent has been used in an early film franchise hailing from Southeast Asia, and has remained the only film franchise featuring a Singaporean as the central figure. In ''Dynamite Johnson'', the character Cleopatra Wong joined forces with Bionic Boy, another recurring character also created by Bobby A. Suarez. The Cleopatra Wong films are renowned for bringing together elements pertaining both to the Western spy movie genre and to the Asian martial arts film genre, with the use of numerous gadgets and a variety of exotic locations, as well as for the c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marrie Lee
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Lim Kay Tong
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Kelvin Tong
Kelvin Tong Weng Kian (Simplified Chinese: 唐永健) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and producer. He was a former film critic for ''the Straits Times''. Career Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary school days in Victoria School. He went on to study at Victoria Junior College and law at the National University of Singapore. After a short nine-month stint with law firm, Drew & Napier, following his graduation from law school, Kelvin started out in the film business as a film critic, writing reviews for ''The Straits Times'' from 1995 to 1999.Bed Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum; retrieved 26 November 2007 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Twelve Storeys
''12 Storeys'' (十二樓 or ''Shí'èr lóu'' in Mandarin) is a 1997 Singaporean drama film written and directed by Eric Khoo. It features an ensemble cast of Jack Neo, Koh Boon Pin and Quan Yi Fong. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Plot The film follows a day in the lives of several households living within the same HDB block. A soup vendor called Ah Gu is having a hard time dealing with his Mainland Chinese wife, Lily. San San, an overweight loner, is haunted by her feelings of isolation and the memory of her deceased mother. Meng, Trixie and Tee are siblings left to their own devices when their parents go on holiday. Cast * Jack Neo as Ah Gu * Koh Boon Pin as Meng * Quan Yi Fong (credited as Chuang Yi Fong) as Lily * Lum May Yee as Trixie * Lucilla Teoh as San San * Ritz Lim as Spirit * Roderick Lim as Tee * Ronald Toh Chee Kong as Eddy * Loy Lok Yee as Mother * Tan Kheng Hua as Spirit's Mother * Neo Swee Lin as Rachel * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phish Communications
Phish is an American rock band formed in Burlington, Vermont, in 1983. The band is known for musical improvisation, extended Jam session#Rock, jams, blending of Music genre, genres, and a dedicated Fandom, fan base. The band consists of guitarist Trey Anastasio, bassist Mike Gordon, drummer Jon Fishman, and keyboardist Page McConnell, all of whom perform vocals, with Anastasio being the lead vocalist. The band was formed by Anastasio, Gordon, Fishman and guitarist Jeff Holdsworth, who were joined by McConnell in 1985. Holdsworth departed the band in 1986, and the lineup has remained stable since. Phish began to perform outside of New England in the late 1980s and experienced a rise in popularity in the mid 1990s. In October 2000, the band began a two-year hiatus that ended in December 2002, but they disbanded again in August 2004. Phish reunited officially in October 2008 for subsequent reunion shows in March 2009 and since then have resumed performing regularly. All four member ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mee Pok Man
''Mee Pok Man'' is a 1995 Singaporean film directed by Eric Khoo. The film is Eric Khoo's debut feature, released under his film production company, Zhao Wei Films, after making award-winning short films for years. It was entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival and showed at more than 30 film festivals worldwide, winning the FIPRESCI (The International Federation of Film Critics) Award. The film stars Joe Ng as the male protagonist Johnny, a Chinese seller of noodles (mee pok), and Michelle Goh, who plays a prostitute. The film was given an "R(A)" rating in Singapore, restricting the movie audience to adults aged 21 and above, but after the change in film ratings in 2004, it was re-rated "M18" (aged 18 and above). The film's story was inspired by a story by Damien Sin, "One Last Cold Kiss", that appeared in ''Classic Singapore Horror Stories'': Book 2 (1994). Khoo was supposed to illustrate the story about a mortuary attendant who falls in love with a fresh cor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
