Category Archives: documentary

From 3 to thousands

Ah, technology! But if you are cheap, desperate and inventive, smaller crowds can be generated from no crowds at all — just a couple of people. From Kevin Kelly’s blog, via SGFilm.

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Japanese Film Festival 2007 – tickets on sale today!

(More info on the JFF festival website: http://www.sfs.org.sg/jff2007) (from Imamura Shohei’s Eejanaika) Japanese Film Festival 2007: 15-23 Sept 2007 As with previous years, most of the screenings in the Japanese Film Festival are free — just turn up on the … Continue reading

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A Singaporean in Pyongyang

Oikono blogs about his visit to North Korea. 5 parts so far, with the first post here. It’s depressing to think of how resilient that totalitarian regime is, despite its anguished millions. There were times in Pyongyang when it felt … Continue reading

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Invisible City (备忘录)

Clever advertising for Invisible City at the Arts House — except that if you were already there then there was a good chance you were already going to watch it, like the Better Half and I. Still, great concept (probably … Continue reading

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Tan Pin Pin wants YOU

REUTERS/Nicky Loh To go watch Invisible City. If you’re not convinced, um, here’s a Reuters article. Oh, so you’re Singaporean. Fine: free tickets are available (so you don’t have to pay like I did :p) For 19 July at NUS … Continue reading

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Tan Pin Pin’s “Invisible City” opens 22nd July

A documentarian whose work I admire, exploring a topic I love. Genuinely looking forward to this. Official site Trailer:

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A “parallel universe” of film – UbuWeb!

Tan Pin Pin‘s dug up an awesome find: UbuWeb UbuWeb has converted all of its rare and out-of-print film & video holdings to on-demand streaming formats à la YouTube, which means that you can view everything right in your browser … Continue reading

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NTU final-year film projects on Arts Central

Sinema.sg reports that Arts Central will be broadcasting NTU final-year film projects in February and March. Good that Mediacorp is supporting. I’d like to highlight Singapore Standard Time (13 March!). A documentary comprising seemingly randomly juxtaposed interviews, it’s close in … Continue reading

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