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Media Release

GRAND FINALE OF SINGAPOUR EN FRANCE – LE FESTIVAL

(26 March – 30 June 2015)

Over 300,000 visitors to the largest showcase of Singapore’s arts and culture

abroad to date

SINGAPORE, 27 May 2015 – Singapour en France – le Festival, the largest overseas

showcase of Singapore’s contemporary arts and culture and heritage, prepares for its grand

finale with one last wave of programmes to captivate the French audience.

2 In the past 1.5 months, the Festival has attracted more than 300,000 visitors to about

40 of its events (as of 15 May), showcasing a diverse line-up of works that put Singapore’s

artistic talents on the international stage. Visitors have the chance to experience the best of

Singapore’s arts and culture through the three-month long Festival which presents more

than 70 events, ranging from visual and performing arts to literature, films, architecture and

lifestyle-related programmes at various prestigious institutions in key French cities.

3 Artistic Director for the Festival, and Assistant Chief Executive, National Heritage

Board, Mr Tan Boon Hui, said: “Since the signing of the cultural Memorandum of

Understanding in 2009, Singapore and France have worked closely to pave the way for

cultural exchanges. Singapour en France – le Festival is a wonderful outcome of our close

collaboration. Now mid-way into the Festival, we have received overwhelming enthusiasm

and positive response from the French public and prestigious French institutions which have

played host to the Festival’s programmes; with many sharing that they are surprised by the

dynamism and spirit of Singapore’s arts and culture. We look forward to the successful

conclusion of the Festival and hope that our artists, performers and institutions from the two

countries will continue to work with, and be inspired by each other in the years to come.”

4 With the Festival running till 30 June 2015, the Festival promises much in store

during its final month. These include:

Deux Monologues Singapouriens (Two Singapore Monodramas) – which

involves the translation and semi-staged performances of two seminal Singapore

monodramas -- Emily of Emerald Hill and The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole.

Urban Fork – a photography and design exhibition by Philippe Diversy and

photographer Bob Lee, which seeks to highlight the cultural heritage value of

Singapore buildings that were built in Singapore in the 1960s until late 1970s, by

ostensibly imposing the name of their creators on photographs of the buildings.

Singapour mon amour – a multi-disciplinary programme at various venues which

invites the French audience to explore Singapore’s contemporary culture through

performances, conferences, a visual art exhibition and avant-garde film screenings.

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Vertical Submarine in Residence – Foundation la Roche Jacquelin – The artists

plan to further their critical reflection on Singapore languages, dialects and culture,

and in particular Singapore’s local plural approach to minor languages in relation to

French texts and philosophies during this residency.

Butterfly – a striking adaptation of Madame Butterfly created by theatre maker and

director Ramesh MEYYAPPAN (Snails & Ketchup) which explores themes of love,

disappointment, loss and hope. This haunting piece uses visually poetic narrative,

beautiful handcrafted puppets (by Gavin Glover) and music (by David Paul Jones) to

tell the tale of Butterfly, a female kite maker, whose life has been shattered following

the departure of her lover.

Between – one of Christina CHAN’s earlier compositions for Frontier Danceland,

which was very well-received and comprised works by both local and international

choreographers. There have been various local studio showcases of Between, and it

eventually grabbed the attention of the Centre chorégraphique national de Tours

(CCNT), France, when they were visiting Singapore in 2013.

Lear Dreaming – ONG Keng Sen, 2010 Fukuoka Prize for Arts and Culture

recipient, revisits his 1997 production, Lear, to create a new performance, distilled

and visionary, entering one man’s mind, a past king and his memories. In a present

time where giants fall and lines of power are redrawn, Lear Dreaming reimagines this

tragedy on patriarchy and succession through the pristine philosophy of Japanese

Noh theatre. The turbulence of King Lear’s humanity, time’s passing, and transience

become an allegory of the world today.

Cinemas de Singapour en 50 films (Singapore Cinema in 50 films) – a

retrospective programme by the National Museum of Singapore, the Singapore Film

Commission and La Cinémathèque française in Paris, showcasing 50 Singapore

films which collectively charts the development of Singapore’s filmic landscape

through iconic films produced by the nation from the golden age of Singapore cinema

in the 1950s and 1960s to the latest offerings from the burgeoning Singapore film

industry.

1000 Singapours – Huit Points de la Ville Compacte (1000 Singapores: Eight

Points of the Compact City) – an architecture exhibition by the DesignSingapore

Council which will be illustrated through a series of diagrams, drawings,

photographs and a display of physical models. The exhibition draws up strategies for

sustainable urbanism, land intensification and business expansion, as well as

documents how synergies among urban techniques, investments in human capital

and infrastructural improvement are crucial to building compact cities of the future.

Saveurs de Singapour sur les Berges de Seine – an outdoor market along the

Berges de Seine in Paris showcasing a range of Singapore’s signature hawker

dishes by Temasek Polytechnic. Visitors to the event can also try traditional kampung

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(or village) games of yesteryear such as chapteh, five stones and kuti-kuti, or check

out a fashion display of “Made in Singapore Apparel”.

Te Deum d’Hector Berlioz – a collaboration between Singapore Symphony

Children’s Choir (SSCC) and Maîtrise de Radio France and musical director Sofi

JEANNIN. More than 500 musicians and singers will perform Berlioz’ Te Deum at the

Philharmonie including Les Siècles and European Hector Berlioz Youth Orchestra,

conducted by François-Xavier Roth. As part of the collaboration, the 40 young

Singapore singers from SSCC will also be going on a one-week homestay

programme in Paris.

Eat & Crit: An Expanded Ecology in Paris – a pop-up salon that brings together

artists, filmmakers, anthropologists, cooks and critics in a private Parisian home to

explore the overlapping ecologies of food and art.

5 In preparation for the Festival’s curtain call in France, there will be a thank you

reception on 15 June 2015, to be graced by Guest of Honour Mr Sam Tan (Minister of State,

Prime Minister's Office & Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth). The reception at Cité

de l’architecture et du patrimoine, Paris, will be held in conjunction with the opening of 1000

Singapores: Eight Points of the Compact City, and will feature performances by Singapore

Symphony Children’s Choir.

6 Past prominent Festival programmes include Art Paris Art Fair: Singapore-Southeast

Asia Platform; Made in Asia Festival – Singapore Edition; contemporary Southeast Asian art

exhibitions Archipel Secret and Open Sea; a six-hour site-specific performance titled The

Incredible Adventures of Border-Crossers; dance production Akalika 7; and Soul Journey – a

concert of ancient nanyin music.

Homecoming of Festival Programmes

7 Singapore audience who are keen to catch a glimpse of the offerings at Singapour en

France – le Festival, can also look forward to the homecoming of some of the programmes

such as:

The Incredible Adventures of Border-Crossers which will be staged in Singapore in

September for the 2015 Singapore International Festival of Arts;

Urban Explorations which will be showcased in October 2015 at National Design

Centre, Singapore; and

1000 Singapores: Eight Points of the Compact City in end 2015 / early 2016.

8 Some of the programmes have been previously presented in Singapore, or have

made their return prior to the conclusion of the Festival. For instance, Two Singapore

Monodramas has been recently brought back to be staged at the National Museum of

Singapore on 21 May, as part of Voilah! 2015.

9 Co-organised by the National Heritage Board (NHB), the National Arts Council (NAC)

and Institut français (IF), France’s agency for international arts and cultural projects, and

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supported by Singapore’s Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth, and Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, as well as France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Development, and

Ministry of Culture and Communication, the festival is one of the international celebrations

for our Golden Jubilee year, and also marks 50 years of diplomatic ties between the two

countries.

10 Please refer to:

Annex A – For the line-up of the upcoming Singapore en France – le Festival

programmes

Annex B – For the film schedule of Singapore Cinema in 50 films

11 For more information, please visit www.singapour-lefestival.com.

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About Singapour en France – le Festival

The Singapour en France – le Festival (26 March – 30 June 2015) presents an opportunity

to discover the art, culture and heritage of Singapore – one of the most unique city-states in

the world. The Festival marks a special year celebrating 50 years of Singapore’s

Independence, as well as 50 years of diplomatic ties between Singapore and France.

Singapore has historically been a gateway to Southeast Asia and the larger Asian region

beyond. As a major trading post for the exchange of goods and ideas since the 14th century,

Singapore has always participated in the wider world beyond its shores, while remaining

rooted to its region. The multi-ethnic and multicultural mix of its people reflects this

geographical context and historical experience. Attributes such as the country’s openness to

the world, a “can-do” attitude, as well as a sensitivity to the nuances of local cultures have

nurtured an artistic and creative community that draws inspiration from international

movements and influences, while at the same time striving to create expressions that push

beyond the boundaries of western artistic canons and forms. Artists in Singapore have

become adept at both looking forward and looking back; at adapting and experimenting. The

youthful and adventurous spirit of this festival is expressed through the ability of our artists to

invent and push into new areas of expression.

Singapour en France – le Festival is co-organised by the National Heritage Board

(Singapore), the National Arts Council (Singapore) and Institut français (IF), France’s agency

for international arts and cultural projects, and supported by Singapore’s Ministry of Culture,

Community and Youth, and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs and International Development, and Ministry of Culture and Communication in

France.

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About the National Heritage Board

The National Heritage Board (NHB) was formed on 1 August 1993. As the custodian of

Singapore’s heritage, NHB is responsible for telling the Singapore story, sharing the

Singaporean experience and imparting our Singapore spirit. NHB’s mission is to preserve

and celebrate the shared heritage of our diverse communities, for the purpose of education,

nation-building and cultural understanding. It manages the national museums and heritage

institutions, and sets policies relating to heritage sites, monuments and the national

collection. Through the national collection, NHB curates heritage programmes and presents

exhibitions to connect the past, present and future generations of Singaporeans. NHB is a

statutory board under the Ministry of Culture, Community and Youth. Please visit

www.nhb.gov.sg for more information.

About the National Arts Council

The National Arts Council champions the arts in Singapore. By nurturing creative excellence

and supporting broad audience engagement, we want to develop a distinctive global city for

the arts. With a nod to tradition and an eye to the future, we cultivate accomplished artists

and vibrant companies. Our support for the arts is comprehensive – from grants and

partnerships to industry facilitation and arts housing. The Council welcomes greater private

and corporate giving to and through the arts so that together we can make the arts an

integral part of everyone's lives. For more information on the Council's mission and plans,

please visit www.nac.gov.sg.

About Institut français

The Institut français is in charge of implementing France’s cultural action abroad. The

agency was set up by the July 27, 2010 French Foreign Cultural Action Act and its enabling

decree of December 30, 2010. Under the supervision of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and

International Development, its role is to act as the conduit for a new, more ambitious

“diplomacy of influence”, within the framework of French governmental policies and priorities.

It will help to promote French influence abroad through greater dialogue with foreign

cultures, while responding to the needs of France via a policy of listening, partnership and

openness to other cultures. The Institut français replaces the Culturesfrance association,

with the legal status of a “Public Industrial and Commercial Undertaking”. Its President is Mr

Antonin Baudry. Please visit www.institutfrancais.com for more information.

Singapour en France – le Festival is presented by:

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ANNEX A

Singapour en France – le Festival Programmes – Late May to June 2015

1. Verticalité | Verticality Organised by Centre Intermondes in collaboration with National Heritage Board (Singapore) Dates: Singapore-France Land Art Residency: 1 April – 15 June 2015 Exhibition: 5 June – 30 October, as part of the Rendez-vous aux Jardin national programme Exhibition Venues: Les jardins du Centre Intermondes, le «jardin des Simples» de l’Hôtel d’Orbigny-Bernon et le jardin de l’hôpital Marius Lacroix, in La Rochelle. CHEN SAI Hua Kuan (Singapore) and Carole MARCHAIS (France) will produce works based on the theme of “verticality” in the public spaces and the municipal gardens of La Rochelle. The works will be visible from spring to autumn 2015 in the gardens of Centre Intermondes, the "Garden of Simple" in Hotel d'Orbigny – Bernon and the garden of La Rochelle Hospital. The works will be formally presented at the opening of "Rendezvous in the Gardens" (5 to 7 June). Their work is built in partnership with the departments of green spaces and workshops of the Municipal Technical Centre of the City of La Rochelle. Centre Intermondes is supported by the City of La Rochelle (Cultural Affairs Department, Nature Parks Department, Technical Centre Department), Region Poitou-Charentes. www.centre-intermondes.com

2. When Equations Dance – TANGO

A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: 28 May 2015 Venue: Le Cube, Issy-les-Moulineaux

When Equations Dance – TANGO is a project containing a dozen 30-second pieces inviting viewers to a journey through 3D image equations and music generated by the artist LIN Hsin Hsin, who choreographs them in real time via her phone. While this digital choreography takes shape on the screen, viewers see spinning, twirling images. Whether these consist of the silvery weaving of floating Adagios into a monotonous melody or arabesques in movement, nothing is accidental and everything is the result of orchestration via a mobile phone. LIN Hsin Hsin had predicted this style of mobile life in her painting Voices of the Future in 1994, and her poem Mobility in 1999. www.lecube.com

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3. Urban Explorations: Snapshot of Two Cities A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: Residency: 4 to 30 May, Atelier Damien Valéro, Paris Exhibition: 4 to 14 June, Galerie Épisodique, Paris

Urban Explorations is an ongoing investigation of how people of various communities around the world relate to aspects of their urban environment through the senses. It began in Singapore, 2012, by Andreas Schlegel of Media Lab (LASALLE College of the Arts) where artists employed an empirical strategy called Urban Sensing – which is to conceptualise, design and develop their own custom-built instruments in order to collect phenomenological, tactile or environmental data through recordings, measurements, observations and elemental specimens. The collected data henceforth form the artists’ foundations for the creation of static or dynamic artefacts that render artistic impressions of a city’s particular sensorial and experiential condition. As part of Singapour en France – le Festival, 12 artists of various practices from France, Singapore and Germany converge in May at Atelier Damien Valero (Assocation Prép’art pour l’Art Contemporain) to carry out a second exploration in Paris. The month-long workshop challenges each artist-in-residence to explore and create an artefact that represents a snapshot of the city of Paris. The project aims to empower artists to take advantage of technology to build their own customized tools and equipment that are innovative, functional and socially responsible. Their process coalesces the philosophies of Citizen Science and the Maker Movement. insofar as the artists will rely on low-tech systems for data collection and Do-It-Yourself methodologies towards auto-production. These artists enter into a dialogue with others, exchanging ideas and their individual perspectives to provide a new approach to comparative urban studies and showcasing a panorama of contemporary creative practices from artists of different backgrounds. On display from 4 – 14 June at Galerie Épisodique in Paris, the Urban Explorations exhibition will showcase the artefacts produced during the workshop-residence alongside the archive of research gathered from the data collection process. A second show will take place from 1 – 17 October at the National Design Centre in Singapore to expose a glimpse of the Parisian condition to a greater audience as well as highlight the creative collaborations in the integrated fields of art, science and design from artists of both cities. This is a project by Andreas SCHLEGEL (DE-SG), with: Antoine BONNET (FR), Sylvie BONNOT (FR), Weixin CHONG (SG), Patrick KOCHLIK (DE), Cindy LIN (SG), ONG Kian Peng (SG), Muhammad Dhiya B. Rahman (SG), and Atelier Damien Valero: Damien VALERO (FR), Jérôme COGNET (FR), Jérôme POUGNANT (FR), Sébastien TESSIER (FR).

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Artists (clockwise from bottom left): Cindy Lin, Damien Valero, Sylvie Bonnot, Weixin Chong, Ong Kian Peng, Antoine Bonnet, Patrick Kochlik, Andreas Schlegel and Dhiya Muhammad.

4. Deux Monologues Singapouriens | Two Singapore Monodramas A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival

Upcoming:

o Semi-Staged Performances of Stella KON’s Emily of Emerald Hill and KUO Pao

Kun’s The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole:

30 May 2015, 7.00pm – l’Atlantide Festival – Lieu Unique, Nantes

9 June 2015 8.00pm – Théâtre Firmin Gemier, Chatenay-Malabry

12 and 13 June 2015, 7.00pm – Le 104, Paris

o Lecture and presentation of Emily d’Emerald Hill by writer Stella KON:

30 May 2015 – Festival Atlantide – Le Lieu Unique, Nantes

Past Events:

o Semi-Staged Performances:

­ 28 March 2015, 3pm – Vingtième Théâtre, Paris ­ 2 April 2015, 8.30pm – Festival Horizons du Texte - Université Paul Valery,

Montpellier ­ 3 April 2015, 7.30pm – Théâtre Libre, Saint-Etienne

o Conference on Singapore theatre:

­ 30 March 2015, 2pm – CIRRAS, Paris ­ 2 April 2015, 10am – Festival Horizons du Texte - Université Paul Valery,

Montpellier

Written in 1985, twenty years after Singapore's independence, Stella KON’s Emily of

Emerald Hill and KUO Pao Kun’s The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole profoundly marked

the history of the Singapore theatre.

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Stella KON's monologue depicts a matriarch who is as fierce as she is fragile, funny and

touching, her personal fate often overlapping with the modern history of Singapore. KUO

Pao Kun’s play evokes a world torn between its roots and its development through a

Kafkaesque situation at a funeral.

Deux Monologues Singapouriens intends to give the French public an opportunity to

discover those texts in a unvarnished version, without scenery nor costume, performed

by Brigitte Damiens and Stephen Szekely under the direction of Marc Goldberg (who

also translated the two texts), opening a window on the history, the culture and the

theatre of the young city-state.

There will also be a publication of the plays in French by Éditions les Cygnes.

Brigitte Damiens and Stephen Szekely. Photos courtesy of Marc Goldberg. http://www.atlantide-festival.org/ http://www.lelieuunique.com/ http://www.theatrefirmingemier-lapiscine.fr/ http://www.104.fr/

5. Kosmopolite Art Tour Street Art Festival

A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: 1 – 10 June 2015 Venue: Bagnolet The project will allow collectives of street art (such as Singapore collective street artists RSCLS) to meet around the creation of a fresco in the street and to create a work dedicated to the brotherhood between French and Singapore people.

The project also serves as an opportunity for an exchange of ideas, styles and techniques between Singaporean and French artists through the collaboration. kosmopolite.com

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Images courtesy of RSCLS

6. Contemporary Ceramics Residency A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: 1 – 30 June 2015 Venue: La Tuilerie de Pouligny, Cheniers Residency organised by Focus Ceramic Services in Singapore. Featuring new works by

Hetty LIE SCHRICKE, Steven LOW Thia Kwang and NG Yang Ce.

http://www.tuilerie-pouligny.com/

7. Urban Fork, a photography and design exhibition

A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Date: 2 – 30 June 2015 Venue: L/OBLIQUE at Cité internationale universitaire de Paris, Paris

Urban Fork echoes a quote from French philosopher Michel Serres: “The change of sense, even minimal, is creating sense… and if there were no forking, there would be no sense …” After creating an original work on the ring road in Paris in 2013, Philippe

DIVERSY, working in duo with photographer Bob LEE (李欣赏), now focuses his

attention on the tall buildings that were built in Singapore in the 1960s until late 1970s. Through this photography and graphic design exhibition, Philippe DIVERSY seeks to highlight the cultural heritage value of Singapore buildings, by ostensibly imposing the name of their creators on photographs of the buildings. Writing the architects’ names on the buildings is a way to emphasize our sensitive connection to the urban landscape. The architectural heritage of a city or a territory is more than the simple collection of elements that have been gathered in one location: it is an evolving process by which, generation after generation, a community builds the narrative that provides a meaning to its uniqueness. It is also the mark of the successive blendings and sedimentations that have forged the unique character of the territory. It is eventually the result of the multiple eyes that have been contemplating this irreplaceable element. http://www.ciup.fr/en/l-oblique/ http://singapore.urbanfork.fr/

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© Bob Lee and Philippe Diversy

8. Singapour mon amour A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates & Venues: Academic Conference: 4 June 2015 – Musée du quai Branly, Paris Artists talks: 6 June 2015 – Centre Pompidou, Paris Performances: 5 and 7 June – Eglise Saint-Merry, Paris Avant-garde film screenings: 12 June and 3 July 2015 – La Cinémathèque française, Paris Politics and Poetics of Space(s) visual art exhibition: 17 June to 12 July 2015 – Le Point Ephémère, Paris Beyond the blazing power of Singapore, the artists of this city-state explore the social impact of its meteoric rise to a first world nation that in fifty years has radically transformed their city and culture. To discover their gaze, their questioning, Singapore mon amour is conceived as a series of artistic interventions in Paris where the French public is invited, at each step, to appropriate an aspect of contemporary culture in Singapore. Singapour mon amour is an artistic journey and invitation to explore the world of the young Singaporean scene in Paris. Visitors can fully immerse themselves in the various approaches presented at their own pace: performances at the Eglise Saint-Merry, a visual art exhibition, avant-garde film screenings at La Cinémathèque française as well as academic conferences at the Centre Pompidou and the Musée du quai Branly. Singapour mon amour is curated by artistic director Silke Schmickl. Another originality of Singapour mon amour is to be conceived from a dialogue between artists, art historians, Singaporean intellectuals and their French counterparts. By combining perspectives beyond the local context, the invited participants will reflect on the ability of artists to enter urban, social and political phenomena. In this young country where art history is barely being written Singapore mon amour wishes to contribute, to present and to collect as many sources of testimonies and possible reflections. http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/ https://centrepompidou.fr/en http://www.cinematheque.fr/ http://www.pointephemere.org/ www.lowave.com

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Ho Tzu Nyen, EARTH, 2009, video. Photo courtesy of artist.

Sookoon Ang, Exorcize me, 2013, video. Photo courtesy of artist.

9. Vertical Submarine in Residence – Foundation la Roche Jacquelin A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: 5 June – 20 July 2015 Venue: Fondation La Roche Jacquelin, Daumeray The Foundation la Roche Jacquelin was created in 2007 by Iola LENZI and Jean-Louis MORISOT, both based in Singapore. The Foundation is a philanthropic initiative focused on the visual arts, and aims to promote cultural and artistic exchanges between Southeast Asia and Europe. The residency is held in an 18th century castle in Anjou, Maine et Loire, about 250 miles southwest of Paris. Headed by the contemporary art curator Southeast Asia Iola LENZI, who is based in Singapore, the collective Vertical Submarine will work with Lenzi to define the rhythm, purpose and content of their creative work during their stay. During the residency, the artists plan to further their enquiry into 18th century French texts and their Enlightenment philosophies. The Foundation is housed in an 18th century chateau with a large library that includes the classic literature of Marquis de Sade. The house is also the site of a famous late revolutionary battle pitting royalists against revolutionaries. The artists will therefore be able to expand their research on the relationship between various forms of Sadist literature and this literature’s linkages with

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the modern French writings of Georges Bataille, Alain Robbe-Grillet and even the French-based Argentine writer Juan Jose Saer. The artists will also explore the spatial and architectural aspects of the locality, much unchanged since the 18th century. Specifically, Vertical Submarine will use Marquis de Sade’s text Philosophy of the Boudoir (published 1795) as a reference to be used in relation to the 18th century chateau as a setting (the Chateau de la Roche Jacquelin’s Boudoir is a listed space in the French national architectural inventory). The reading and interpretation of the space in relation to text will be a key tool in the collective’s furthering of its critical reflection on Singapore languages, dialects and culture, and in particular our local plural approach to minor languages. The end of their residency will be marked by a reception at the Castle.

John Martin: The Butcher and the Surgeon by Vertical Submarine, Installation, 2015. Photos courtesy of the artists. http://verticalsubmarine.org/

10. Butterfly Devised and directed by Ramesh MEYYAPPAN Presented by International Visual Theatre, Paris Dates: 9-14 June 2015 Venue: International Visual Theatre, Paris

Photo courtesy of artist. A striking adaptation of Madame Butterfly, Butterfly explores themes of love, disappointment, loss and hope, created by Ramesh MEYYAPPAN (Snails & Ketchup), on tour following a sell-out run in Singapore.

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Central to this story is a female character whose life has been shattered by loss and grief. Her emotions are masked by denial as she lives in the fantasy world where her hopes for a better future prevail. Living in isolation the woman has been stigmatised for loving and being disappointed by the wrong type of person within a community who fail to understand her turmoil. This haunting piece uses visually poetic narrative, beautiful handcrafted puppets (by Gavin GLOVER) and music (by David Paul JONES) to tell the tale of Butterfly, a female kitemaker, whose life has been shattered following the departure of her lover. MEYYAPPAN’s established visual style is complemented by the outstanding puppetry, creating a lush, textured, innovative piece of theatre. MEYYAPPAN, as a theatre maker and director, is ideally placed to exploit and enrich this visual language and bring out all the myriad levels of this beautifully complex characters' story. <<On a separate note, production company, Point du Jour, based in Paris, is producing a documentary series movie (26 minutes each) on France 5 Channel and has plans to do a documentary about Ramesh concerning his experiences, his personal story and his works. Since 1994, this bilingual and bicultural program (in French and French Sign Language) is created by deaf and hearing people, and intended for all – http://www.france5.fr/emissions/l-oeil-et-la-main.>> www.ivt.fr

11. Between Choreographed by Christina CHAN (Frontier Danceland, Singapore). Invitation from Centre chorégraphique national de Tours, France Dates: 10 June 2015 Venue: Centre chorégraphique national de Tours

By Bernie Ng A place, a time, a thing. Between was first presented at Sprouts All Stars 2012, a national choreographic competition organised by the National Arts Council and Frontier Danceland. It was then presented at SIDES 2013 and subsequently, reworked and showcased recently at SIDES 2015 - Moving in all directions, converging to one point, a Frontier Danceland

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mainstage production that comprised works by both local and international choreographers. This work was one of Christina CHAN's earlier compositions for Frontier Danceland, and was very well-received. Since then, there have been various local studio showcases of Between, and it eventually grabbed the attention of the Centre chorégraphique national de Tours (CCNT), France, when they were visiting Singapore in 2013. Christina CHAN has since been invited to present Between at Tours d' Horizons in June 2015. www.ccntours.com

12. Lear Dreaming Presented by Théâtre de la Ville and TheatreWorks (Singapore) Dates: 10 – 13 June 2015 Venue: Théâtre des Abbesses, Paris

Lear Dreaming (2012). Photo by Albert K S Lim. Courtesy of TheatreWorks (S) Ltd

In Lear Dreaming, ONG Keng Sen, 2010 Fukuoka Prize for Arts and Culture recipient, revisits his Lear (1997) to create a new performance, distilled and visionary, entering one man’s mind, a past king and his memories. In a present time where giants fall and lines of power are redrawn, Lear Dreaming reimagines this tragedy on patriarchy and succession through the pristine philosophy of Japanese Noh theatre. The turbulence of King Lear’s humanity, time’s passing, and transience become an allegory of the world today. ONG’s Lear brought stunning discourse to the place of Asia and its art, both traditional and contemporary, in Shakespeare, and remains a classic referenced internationally. Noh master UMEWAKA Naohiko will re-enact his role as Lear. The only actor on stage, he is accompanied by some of the brightest stars of Asia’s music cultures: KANG Kwon Soon, a leading vocalist in traditional Korean court music, junga; pipa artist ZHANG Yin; Piterman, a specialist in the Minang musical theatre of Sumatra; electronica expert Toru YAMANAKA; and celebrated composer Rahayu SUPANGGAH with his contemporary ensemble of gamelan musicians. (With original pipa music composed by WU Man). Lear Dreaming also features creations by ONG’s long-standing collaborators in design by Justin HILL (set), Scott ZIELINSKI (lights), Mitsushi YANAIHARA (costumes) and newcomer to the ‘live’ stage, graphics artist Hanson HO.

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Anticipate a spectacular experiment in intercultural music theatre and performance. Performed in Bahasa Indonesia, Japanese, Korean and Mandarin with French subtitles. www.theatredelaville-paris.com

13. Cinemas de Singapour en 50 films | Singapore Cinema in 50 films

Presented by National Museum of Singapore in partnership with La Cinémathèque française and the Singapore Film Commission. Supported by Asian Film Archive and National Archives of Singapore, and in association with Singapour mon amour film project Dates: 10 June to 6 July 2015 Venue: La Cinémathèque française, Paris Commemorating Singapore’s 50th year of independence, the Singapore Film Commission and the prestigious Cinémathèque française will co-organise a special retrospective programme showcasing 50 Singapore films. Singapore Cinemas in 50 films seeks to encourage new perspectives in appreciating Singapore cinema both at home and abroad. The programme journeys through 50 significant Singaporean feature length and short films to chronicle the story of Singapore cinema. The films selected in the programme collectively charts the development of Singapore’s filmic landscape through iconic films produced by the nation from the golden age of Singapore cinema in the 1950s and 1960s to the latest offerings from the burgeoning Singapore film industry. A diversity of films will be showcased, with varied genres ranging from horror, melodrama, socio-comedies to home-grown works which have garnered international and commercial success. It is the first time a film programme of this scale is presented overseas. In addition, the programme will feature new 4K restorations of two classic films -- Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Di Julang, and Gado Gado (a musical variety short). The prints which the films were restored from are the sole surviving copies of the films. This restoration effort is initiated by the Asian Film Archive. The programme also includes a bilingual catalogue detailing the 50 films as well as essays by Singaporean and French critics providing contextual studies of the selected films. Films will be screened with French subtitles. www.cinematheque.fr

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Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Di Julang © Cathay-Keris Films Pte Ltd

Gado Gado © Cathay-Keris Films Pte Ltd

14. 1000 Singapours - Huit Points de la Ville Compacte | 1000 Singapores: Eight

Points of the Compact City by DesignSingapore Council in collaboration with Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine (Paris) Curated and designed by KHOO Peng Beng, Erik L’HEUREUX and Florian SCHÄTZ.

Dates: 15 June to 14 September 2015 Venue: Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine, Paris

1000 Singapores: Eight Points of the Compact City by DesignSingapore Council. Photo courtesy of DesignSingapore Council. A small island city-state. One compelling compact city model from a place in Southeast Asia. Organised by the DesignSingapore Council, 1000 Singapores: Eight Points of the Compact City presents Singapore’s proposal for an effective model of a compact and sustainable city for the future that embraces economic viability, liveability and social equity. Originally presented at Venice Biennale 2010, the exhibition is updated, and expanded for the Singapore Festival in France 2015. In the new content, 1000 Singapores: Eight Points of the Compact City will be illustrated through a series of diagrams, drawings, photographs and a display of physical models. The exhibition draws up strategies for sustainable urbanism, land intensification and business expansion, as well as documents how synergies among urban techniques, investments in human capital and infrastructural improvement are crucial to building compact cities of the future.

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A public forum will be held on 17 June 2015 at the auditorium of Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine. Presenters and panellists from Singapore and France will be discussing issues on population, urbanisation and evolving of future cities. 1000 Singapores: Eight Points of the Compact City is curated and designed by KHOO Peng Beng, Erik L’HEUREUX and Florian SCHÄTZ. This exhibition will be re-exhibited in Singapore in end 2015 / early 2016. www.citechaillot.fr www.designsingapore.org

15. Saveurs de Singapour sur les Berges de Seine Part of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: 18 – 21 June 2015 Time: 18 and 19 June, 6pm to 9pm;

20 June, 11am to 10pm; 21 June, 11am to 5pm

Venue: Berges de Seine (between passerelle L.S. Senghor and Pont de la Concorde), Paris Discover the flavours of Singapore at an outdoor market along the Berges de Seine in Paris this summer! Feast on signature hawker dishes from Singapore brought to you by students from Temasek Polytechnic (Singapore) Diploma in Baking & Culinary Science course. Choose from popular dishes, such as chicken rice, bak kut teh (pork ribs soup), Indian mee goreng (Indian fried noodles), satay (Malay skewered grilled meat served with peanut sauce), and chendol (a cold dessert of ice shavings, coconut milk and gula melaka (palm sugar syrup)). Besides food, visitors can also explore a photography exhibition on spices and Singapore flavours, try out games of yesteryear from Singapore’s traditional kampong (or villages) such as chapteh (a weighted shuttlecock), five-stones, and kuti-kuti (flipping tokens). There will also be a fashion display of “Made in Singapore Apparel” made by students from the Diploma in Apparel Design & Merchandising. Bring the family down to the Berges and have a day of fun discovering Singapore delights! Saveurs de Singapour sur les Berges de Seine is produced by Temasek Polytechnic, les Berges de Seine and the National Heritage Board as part of Singapour en France – le Festival. Berges de Seine is a project supported by the City of Paris.

Saveurs de Singapour sur les Berges de Seine is sponsored by Vismark Food Industries, Sin Hwa Dee Foodstuff Industries Pte Ltd and FoodXervices Inc Pte Ltd.

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© Temasek Polytechnic http://bergesdeseine.paris.fr

16. Te Deum d’Hector Berlioz A collaboration between Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir and Maîtrise de Radio France Date: 20 June 2015, 4pm Venue: Philharmonie de Paris The Singapore Symphony Children’s Choir (SSCC) will be collaborating with Maîtrise de Radio France, and musical director Sofi JEANNIN to present Te Deum by BERLIOZ at the new Philharmonie de Paris. More than 500 musicians and singers will perform Berlioz’ Te Deum at the Philharmonie including Les Siècles and European Hector Berlioz Youth Orchestra, conducted by François-Xavier Roth. As part of the collaboration, the 40 young Singapore singers from SSCC will also be going on a one-week homestay programme, which provides them a unique opportunity to interact with their French families, as well as learn and be immersed in French culture. In exchange, they will get to share their culture with their host families too. Since its debut performance in 2007, SSCC has given many successful concerts, including appearances with the Singapore Symphony Orchestra in its ever-popular Christmas Concerts and in the great choral masterpieces such as BEETHOVEN’s Symphony No. 9, MAHLER’s Third Symphony, BERLIOZ’s Damnation of Faust, ORFF’s Carmina Burana and BRITTEN’s War Requiem. Currently led by WONG Lai Foon, SSCC nurtures and provides young singers aged between 8 and 18 years with a comprehensive initiation into the art of classical singing. philharmoniedeparis.fr

17. Eat & Crit: An Expanded Ecology in Paris A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Date: 27 June 2015 Venue: A private apartment in Paris

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After New York, a new phase of the Eat & Crit project begins in Paris. Eat & Crit: An Expanded Ecology in Paris will take the form of a pop-up salon that brings together artists, filmmakers, anthropologists, cooks and critics in a private Parisian home to explore the overlapping ecologies of food and art.

Eat & Crit: An Expanded Ecology (Cuisines et Critiques: Une écologie au sens large) is a new series of home salons and workshops that will take place in different parts of the world, hosted and/or co-organized with those who have previously participated in the New York salons. In this second phase, we seek to build upon the initial connections that were made in New York and explore how abstract ideas of relational aesthetics, participatory art, community, and sustainable ecology can be systematically studied in a time-based curatorial project. Eat & Crit: An Expanded Ecology in Paris is the debut of this new series.

Eat & Crit began in New York in 2009, as a collaborative series co-organized by several New York-based artists, critics, anthropologists and filmmakers. Over a year, a series of pop-up salons took place in various venues in Harlem and Brooklyn, with the final session hosted by the Asia Art Archive in America. Eat & Crit was envisaged as a social laboratory that examines the complex interconnections between art, food and people; i.e. as a sustainable and organic ecology. Each session has been carefully documented through writings, photos and videos by designated guest writers and photographers, ultimately collated on a webblog designed by Bay Area artist Daniel Gallegos. The series has brought together artists, filmmakers, scholars, gastronomists from all over the world, including Singapore, China, Japan, Italy, Israel, Hong Kong, Korea, Russia, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, in a continuing critical discourse about art and food.

Photos courtesy of Eat & Crit: An Expanded Ecology in Paris eatcrit.wordpress.com

18. Sound art physique, One Man Nation Concert at Les Sièstes Eléctroniques A Partner Event of Singapour en France – le Festival Dates: 28 June 2015, 5.30pm Venue: Jardin Compans-Caffarelli, Toulouse We like to think that we are free from bias, however in reality, one often reproduces the

stereotypes of one’s gender, one’s background and one’s socio-professional standing.

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Few are those who are really free. Tara Transitory aka One Man Nation crosses borders

and limits to create an experimental and destabilising music.

http://www.les-siestes-electroniques.com/

Other Ongoing Programmes 19. Art Garden

Presented by the National Heritage Board (Singapore) and lille3000 Dates: 15 April to 6 September 2015 Venue: Gare Saint-Sauveur, Lille

Once Upon A House by Dawn Ng, 2010, photograph, 80 x 117cm. Image courtesy of artist.

© Singapour en France – le Festival. Photo by T.Chapotot

Presented by the National Heritage Board (NHB) in collaboration with lille3000 at the Gare Saint-Sauveur, Art Garden is a family-friendly contemporary art exhibition of interactive and engaging works by Singapore artists and animation filmmakers. This exhibition is part of NHB’s popular Art Garden series in Singapore. Art Garden examines the metaphor of the Garden as a construct that extends and transforms the essence of what is artificial and real. Inherent in Art Garden is a balance between acts of intervention and unpredictability, the orderly and the untamed, knowledge and invention. The line between reality and illusion blurs in this Art Garden journey that is full of curiosity, humour and irony. The exhibition will occupy a 2000 m2 space at the Gare Saint-Sauveur, a former train station for goods in Lille. The city of Lille was appointed the European Capital of Culture in 2004. Artists: Daniel YU, Dawn NG, JOO Choon Lin, LEE Wen, Mojoko (a.k.a. Steve LAWLER) and SHANG Liang, Mojoko (a.k.a Steve Lawler) and Eric Foenander, MUHAMMAD Izdi, Ryf ZAINI, Sandra LEE, Sheryo, Zulkifle MAHMOD, and various filmmakers. www.lille3000.eu/gare-saint-sauveur

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20. Open Sea Presented by the National Heritage Board (Singapore) in collaboration with Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon Dates: 17 April to 12 July 2015 Venue: Musée d’art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon

Female Flying Angels by Heri Dono, Artist’s Collection, image courtesy of artist. The exhibition Open Sea borrows as an allegory, the fluid and porous character of Southeast Asian lands and seas, introducing and inviting visitors to position themselves amidst situations, statements and ideas of its art and artists from recent times. In a combined presentation of existing and newly commissioned artworks as well as ‘live’ performance art pieces, artist and curator talks, the exhibition illustrates the contemporary psyche, aesthetics and inter-connectedness of Southeast Asia. Historically known for its maritime routes which were an alternative to the more well-known over-land Silk Route, the Southeast Asian region were channels for global trade, travel and migration. Since the 1500s, the use of vernacular languages, especially Malay, as the traditional lingua franca of the trading communities of the region has nurtured the exchange of goods, people and ideas. This has in turn stimulated the meeting and hybridisation of cultures and languages, the import of religions, diverse spiritual beliefs and an emergence of syncretic practices that are still visible and remain in the consciousness and daily practices of its people and art today. Yet, despite the apparent synchronous qualities, strong nationalist and ethnic traits, propelled by the struggle for independence and modernisation of the region within the past century, are also prominent features of the region. As a regional axis of exchange, Singapore has been a witness to and inevitably hosting a multitude of transfers and exchanges that have left lasting imprints and reservoirs of cultural knowledge. Although physically small, the position of Singapore as a pivot to the region remains till this day. Artists from the region flock to Singapore to meet and dialogue through exhibitions, forums, fairs and other cultural programs in what is often viewed as a fairly neutral and conducive ground for discourse. It is this very basis of openness and collectivity that Open Sea is composed and presented. Spread over 2000 m2 of gallery space at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lyon, Open Sea invites visitors to be introduced to, and be immersed in ideas

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percolating the artworks through workshops, artist and curator talks as well as ‘live’ performance art events. Artists: Lina ADAM, Anida YOEU ALI, Apotik Komik, BOO Junfeng, CHANG Yoong Chia, Chris CHONG Chan Fui, CHONG Kim Chiew, Louie CORDERO, Marisa DARASAVATH, Heri DONO, Jeremy HIAH, YEE I-Lann, Sutee KUNAVICHAYANONT, Charles LIM, Nasirun, Dawn NG, NGE Lay, Uudam TRAN NGUYEN, Jun NGUYEN-HATSUSHIBA, Sherman ONG, Akshay Raj SINGH RATHORE, Navin Rawan CHAIKUL, Pinaree SANTIPAK, Angie SEAH, SHEN Shaomin, Yudi SULISTIYO, Vertical Submarine, Entang WIHARSO, Ming WONG, MUHAMMAD ‘Ucup’ Yusuf www.mac-lyon.com

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ANNEX B

Film Schedule for Cinemas de Singapour en 50 films (Singapore Cinema in 50 films)

Cinemas de Singapour en 50 films | Singapore Cinema in 50 films

Presented by National Museum of Singapore in partnership with La Cinémathèque française

and the Singapore Film Commission. Supported by Asian Film Archive and National

Archives of Singapore, and in association with Singapour mon amour film project

Dates: 10 June to 6 July 2015

Venue: La Cinémathèque française, Paris

Below table shows the film schedule for the programme at La Cinémathèque française in

Paris.

Some of the film highlights include:

Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang (1961), by K. M. Basker

Showcasing a galaxy of stars from the Cathay-Keris studio, Sultan Mahmud Mangkat

Dijulang stands as one of the finest achievement in Cathay-Keris’ slew of historical

dramas made during the golden age of Singapore cinema. Based on a story in the

Tuhfat al-Nafis, a work of Malay literature written in 1885, the film explores the notion of

loyalty within a feudalist society in a most explicit approach ending with the demise of the

titular sultan. The lilting dialogue strewn with elaborate metaphors delivered in traditional

pantun interspaced with short brutish violence elevates the film into the realm of legends.

Gado Gado (1961), by S. Roomai Noor

Released in the same year as Sultan Mahmud Mangkat Dijulang, Gado Gado features

Wahid Satay, the reigning comedy star at the Cathay-Keris film studio whose lanky

physique and wacky antics entertained a whole generation of cinema-goers from the

1950s to the 1970s. The short film was conceived as a series of skits in which mishaps

appear to befall Satay at every corner as he makes his way around Singapore from a

kampong setting to extensive shots of 1960s downtown Singapore culminating in a

nightclub where Satay performs a song (in drag!) accompanied by the entire stable of

Cathay-Keris actors and actresses, all of whom make appearances as themselves.

Singapore electric soul (Avant-Garde Film Programme by Singapour mon amour)

Curated by Sorbonne professor and avant-garde film programmer Nicole Brenez and

Silke Schmickl, artistic director of Singapour mon amour, Singapore electric soul

presents a selection of contemporary Singaporean art films. The 4 programmes highlight

the films’ original and exploratory approaches towards Singaporean history, culture and

identity. Drawing on a range of styles and techniques, the films reveal nuances, tensions

and diversity in these ideas, particularly the notion of Singapore as an emblematic

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modern city. The programme is presented in association with Cinematheque Singapore /

National Museum of Singapore as part of Cinemas de Singapour en 50 films.

After the Winter (2013), by Jow Zhi Wei

Set against the windswept landscape and rustic villages of the Penghu islands, located

on the southwest of the Taiwan straits, an elderly couple goes about their lives marking

time with daily chores, gatherings with friends and taking long walks. In the stillness of

their mundane existence, a sense of expectancy imbues the old couple with an

unspoken pain.

Avoiding the commonplace rhetoric of familial strain and the dissolution of family values

that the material could have elicited, Jow favours a residual accumulation of ideas and

feelings. This is evident in the very deliberate and considered manner in which the film is

shot. Both the people and places portrayed all moved at a calculated pace, and it is

reflected in the wide shots and minimal use of camera movement.

After the Winter was picked from 1,550 entries submitted from 277 schools around the

world. It is among 18 short films shortlisted for three Cinéfondation prizes at the Cannes

International Film Festival this year.

As You Were (2014), by Liao Jiekai

On an idyllic island south of Singapore, Guohui and Peiling spend their last moments

together as their relationship falls apart. Set in contemporary Singapore, the film is

structured into three distinct chapters. Through the country’s ever-changing landscape,

the two lovers realise that what is transitory can also be eternal.

I. The Hill of Misfits

In St. John’s Island, a tiny island south of Singapore, a uniformed group of delinquents

undergoes a rehabilative programme of hard labour and discipline. One day, one of them

takes a leap of faith to break out of the confines of the regime. He swims across the sea

towards the metropolitan city of Singapore under a sky of sweeping lights and exploding

fireworks.

II. Song of Tomorrow

Guohui and Peiling are childhood sweethearts who meet again after years of being

apart. Soon after their reunion, they become a couple. One day, Peiling visits Guohui on

the island campsite where he works as a counsellor for the uniformed group. Her heart is

heavy and unsure – all the years spent apart have gradually torn the fabric of their

relationship. Her trip becomes a final swansong for the couple, as memories of their

childhood together slowly return.

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III. As You Were

Rachel is a singer, who comes to the island to spend some time alone. She meets

Guohui at sea, and the two lonely souls are drawn together. Under the night sky, the

inhabitants of the island get together for a campfire by the beach. Through the fire,

Guohui sees a phantom image of Peiling – a past never to return, a future that can never

be.

Film schedule for the programme at La Cinémathèque française in Paris.

DATE TIME TITLE DIRECTOR YEAR DURATION

June 10 8pm Sultan Mahmud Mangkat

Dijulang

K. M. Basker 1961 119 min

June 11 9.30pm Innocents Wong Chen-

Hsi

2012 88 min

June 12

7.30pm Singapour mon amour – Avant-Garde Film Programme 1

9th August Tan Pin Pin 2006 8 min

Bukit Orang Salah Liao Jiekai 2013 20 min

Riau Zai Kuning 2004 30 min

Sunsets of Another World Kevin Foong 2010 1 min

Sunshine Singapore Rajendra Gour 1968 7 min

Utama Every Name in

History is I

Ho Tzu Nyen 2003 22 min

Work in Progress Coal

Mining: Sea State 2 As Evil

Disappears

Charles Lim 2010 4 min

9.30pm Singapour mon amour – Avant-Garde Film Programme 2

A Short Film on the May 13

Generation

Jason Soo 2014 19 min

As Winter Escapes Me Liao Jiekai 2011 10 min

Autopsy Loo Zihan 2008 7 min

Before the Wedlock House Liao Jiekai 2012 15 min

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Chinatown. Electric Soul

#01

Nelson Yeo 2013 4 min

Exorcize Me Ang Sookoon 2013 3 min

Labour of Love – The

Housewife

Rajendra Gour 1978 17 min

Peep Wesley Leon

Aroozoo

2010 5 min

Solitary Moon Eva Tang 2010 2 min

June 13 7.30pm Penarek Becha P. Ramlee 1955 106 min

9.45pm Money No Enough Tay Teck Lock 1998 98 min

June 14 7.30pm 03-Flats Looi Wan Ping 2014 90 min

9.45pm As You Were Liao Jiekai 2014 92 min

June 15 7pm Singapore Dreaming Woo Yen Yen

and Colin Goh

2006 105 min

9.15pm 15 Royston Tan 2003 96 min

June 17 7.30pm Here Ho Tzu Nyen 2008 86 min

9.30pm The Blue Mansion Glen Goei 2009 100 min

June 18 7pm Eating Air Kelvin Tong

and Jasmine

Ng

1999 100 min

9pm Ali Baba Bujang Lapok P. Ramlee 1961 122 min

June 19 8pm Sumpah Pontianak (Curse

of the Pontianak)

B. N. Rao 1958 83 min

June 20 3pm Flooding in the Time of

Drought

Sherman Ong 2009 184 min

7.30pm Lion City Yi Sui 1960 106 min

9.45pm Sandcastle Boo Junfeng 2010 92 min

June 21 4.45pm Ilo Ilo Anthony Chen 2013 99 min

7.30pm Mee Pok Man Eric Khoo 1995 98 min

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9.45pm 12 Storeys Eric Khoo 1997 105 min

June 22 5pm Singapore Short Films 1

15 (Short film) Royston Tan 2002 25 min

Cinema Eric Khoo 2015

The Call Home Han Yew

Kwang

2002 29 min

Moveable Feast Kelvin Tong,

Sandi Tan, and

Jasmine Ng

1996 14 min

Super Dong Pok Yue Weng 2006 4 min

7pm Perth Djinn 2004 107 min

9.15pm Unlucky Plaza Ken Kwek 2014 122 min

June 24 5pm Singapore Short Films 2

After the Winter Jow Zhi Wei 2013 19 min

Ah Ma Anthony Chen 2006 14 min

Katong Fugue Boo Junfeng 2007 10 min

Not Working Today Tan Shijie 2014 19 min

One Day in June Daniel Hui 2010 10 min

Pain Eric Khoo 1994 31 min

The Secret Heaven Sun Koh 2002 16 min

Gado Gado S. Roomai

Noor

1961 36 min

7.30pm Innocents Wong Chen-

Hsi

2012 88 min

9.30pm 15 Royston Tan 2003 96 min

June 25 2.30pm Penarek Becha P. Ramlee 1955 106 min

4.45pm As You Were Liao Jiekai 2014 92 min

7pm Hang Jebat Hussain Haniff 1961 117 min

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June 26 5pm 03-Flats Looi Wan Ping 2014 90 min

June 27 4.30pm Ali Baba Bujang Lapok P. Ramlee 1961 122 min

June 29 5pm Sandcastle Boo Junfeng 2010 92 min

9pm Sultan Mahmud Mangkat

Dijulang

K. M. Basker 1961 119 min

July 1 5pm Lion City Yi Sui 1960 106 min

7.30pm Singapore Dreaming Woo Yen Yen

and Colin Goh

2006 105 min

9.45pm Hang Jebat Hussain Haniff 1961 117 min

July 2 5pm Here Ho Tzu Nyen 2008 86 min

9.45pm Money No Enough Tay Teck Lock 1998 98 min

July 3 4.45pm Eating Air Kelvin Tong

and Jasmine

Ng

1999 100 min

7.30pm Singapour mon amour – Avant-Garde Film Programme 3

4 x 4 – Episode 3: Tang Da

Wu – The Most Radical

Gesture

Ho Tzu Nyen 2005 23 min

Art Must Be Beautiful Ming Wong 2011 9 min

The Cloud of Unknowing Ho Tzu Nyen 2011 28 min

Eyes Rajendra Gour 1967 6 min

Image of the Dark Kent Chan 2013 13 min

Me in Me, Trailer Ming Wong 2013 2 min

The Orators: Monologues Ulrich Lau 2013 7 min

9.30pm Singapour mon amour – Avant-Garde Film Programme 4

The Impossibility of

Knowing

Tan Pin Pin 2010 12 min

Invisible City Tan Pin Pin 2007 55 min

Thesaurus Tan Pin Pin 2012 7 min

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July 5 7.30pm Ilo Ilo Anthony Chen 2013 99 min

9.45pm Perth Djinn 2004 107 min

July 6 5pm The Blue Mansion Glen Goei 2009 100 min

7.30pm Mee Pok Man Eric Khoo 1995 98 min

9.45pm 12 Storeys Eric Khoo 1997 105 min