tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T08:08:57+08:00 Peatix Red Dot Cinema tag:peatix.com,2016:event-200592 2016-10-21T21:30:00SGT 2016-10-21T21:30:00SGT

Venue relocated to B1 Auditorium from 1F Gallery!**************************SJ50 Film Festival is a non-profit project to celebrate Singapore and Japan’s 50 years of diplomatic relations by showcasing short films from both Singapore and Japan. This is to promote better understanding of both countries, and to encourage Singaporean and Japanese young film makers to have more exchanges through networking, learning, and collaboration. SJ50FF screenings will be held in both Singapore and Tokyo.SJ50 Film Festival is supported by Embassy of the Republic of Singapore in Tokyo and Kyoto Prefecture, in recognition as a project to celebrate 50th Anniversary of Singapore-Japan Diplomatic Relations ​SJ50 Film Festival TrailerSJ50 Film Festival, Gallery session 3 (location changed to B1 Auditorium)Dates: 21 (Fri) October 2016 Time: 9:30pm to 11:00pm Venue: Asian Civilisation Museum, Comtemporary Gallery 1F (location changed to B1 Auditorium)Tickets: Free with $5 (refundable) for advance registrationPlease come to our booth at the venue before 9:20pm, we will cancel your booking, and $5 will be refunded to you. For late comers or no-show, there will be no refunded.Follow Red Dot Cinema Facebook page for more updates.Programme:Public Phone -Drama (PG) Director: Eric Lim Country: Singapore Length: 14mins 53secs Language: English Subtitle: English, Japanese Completed date: 2009 In the 1980s, people in Singapore were relying on public phones to stay connected with their loved ones. Good news, bad news, appointments and disappointments are conveyed over long distances, enriching the lives of those at both ends of the line. Lonely provision shop owner, Old Meng, has seen it all happening at the public phone installed in his shop. He too has a special attachment to the phone. Everyday, he longs to hear it ring, but…This is an all-too-real story of an old man, his public phone, and a relationship that has grown too distant..Read moreBlue Moon Over Memphis - Documentary (G) Director: Brian Higdon Country: Japan Length: 3min 21s Language: Japanese, English Subtitle: English, Japanese Completion: 2016 Blue Moon Over Memphis is a short promotional documentary about Theatre Nohgaku’s new English-language Noh play about Elvis Presley.Read moreThrough Thick and Thin -Documentary (PG)Country: Singapore Length: 11min 19sec Language: English Subtitle: English, Japanese Completed date: 2015 It was in a house off Orchard Road, 1970s: “Eating at the table was a bit of a drama for me… because everybody would ask everyone else to eat. Father, mother, brother, sister… have your meal. By the time I asked everyone to eat, they’d finished and left the table. I’m still sitting there.” ​ This is a story of a young Singaporean man and a British lady who fall in love with each other in the 1960s where international marriage, especially one between a caucasian woman and an Asian man was rare and controversial affair. They told their stories of the many challenges and rewards through this heartwarming relationship, and how they have been through thick and thin together all these decades as husband and wife.Read moreThe Animals -Animation, Stop motion (PG) Director: Mark Wee Length: 6min 18secs Language: - Subtitle: - Completed date: 2014 School: School of Art Design and Media, NTU Influenced by the German Expressionist movement of the early 1900s and the silhouette animated films by Lotte Reiniger, The Animals is a paper cut-out stop-motion animation that is adapted from the life of Joseph Merrick, the historically famed Elephant Man who walked the streets of Victorian England, exhibiting himself in freak shows. Abused and despised by society for his horrific appearance, Merrick is at his wit’s end when things take a serendipitous turn.Read moreSUZU monochrome -Drama Director: Seiichi Nishikawa Country: Japan Length: 23min 15s Language: Japanese Subtitle: English Completion: 2013 ​ The project began with the passion of craftsmen of Takaoka Traditional Industry Youth Association to bring excitement to their hometown, Takaoka. The short film illustrates dignity and anxiety of craftsmanship in local areas in Japan. It aims to spread the reality of Japanese craftsmen to the rest of the world and to let people know about Takaoka, the city of Japanese traditional arts and crafts. The story is about a couple, a sissy husband Takashi and a devoted wife, Suzu.Read moreHero -Drama Director: Sun Ji Country: Singapore Length: 23min 48s Language: Mandarin Subtitle: English, Japanese Completed date: 2014 School: Temasek Polytechnic ​ Hero (Chinese: 英雄) is a 2014 short film set in 1980s Singapore. It weaves together action and drama as it follows a father who wants to leave his undesirable life in the underworld to pursue a simpler and better life with his daughter. Hero explores the themes of fatherly love and brotherhood during a unique decade when life is not as fast paced as today’s society. How far will a father go, to become a hero in his daughter’s eyes?Read moreFor more detail please visit our webpage: SJ50 Film FestivalFor enquiries, kindly email: hi@reddotcinema.comOther film selections for SJ50 Film FestivalOther screening schedules SJ50 Film Festival (Terrace Session 1, 21 Oct 2016, Friday)SJ50 Film Festival (Terrace Session 2, 21 Oct 2016, Friday)SJ50 Film Festival (Terrace Session 3, 21 Oct 2016, Friday)SJ50 Film Festival (Gallery Session 1, 21 Oct 2016, Friday)SJ50 Film Festival (Gallery Session 2, 21 Oct 2016, Friday)SJ50 Film Festival (Gallery Session 3, 21 Oct 2016, Friday)SJ50 Film Festival (22 Oct 2016)SJ50 Film Festival (28 Oct 2016, Fri) River Room session 1SJ50 Film Festival (28 Oct 2016, Fri) River Room session 2SJ50 Film Festival (28 Oct 2016, Fri) River Room session 3

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