Burung-Burung 2020
An Indonesian fisherman in a foreign coastal city is disillusioned with his state of being as he has to spend one last day with his foreign lover.
An Indonesian fisherman in a foreign coastal city is disillusioned with his state of being as he has to spend one last day with his foreign lover.
In a public housing flat in Johor Bahru, a 9-years-old girl encounters hilarious individualistic adults that take advantage of other people for their benefits while waiting for her mother at an empty parking spot.
Colonialism and modernity, tropics and the arts. In 1955, Ho Kok Hoe, then president of the Singapore Art Society made a months-long journey to the UK, Europe and the US. An artist and architect of local repute, curatorial legend has it that he embarked on the journey with over 200 pieces of artworks by him and 6 other Singaporean artists. His search for an exhibition venue began only upon his arrival in London, which by some minor miracle culminated in the first exhibition of Singaporean art in Europe.
Structured around traditional wayang kulit puppetry, Nurudin draws together references to Islamic culture and her explorations of S&M.
Excited about the chance to take a trip abroad, a grandmother living in a Bruneian kampong cannot help but tell every neighbour she meets about it, even if it is just to nearby Miri. But she is not the only one in the family with holiday plans.
By trailing a solitary character who roams the land and communes with the dead, the film serves as an elegy to a richly layered site on the verge of rupture.
A young man travels back and forth between his parents' public housing flats, searching for a beloved T-shirt so he can join his friends on a highway motorcycling trip.
A girl is stuck in a time loop on her birthday and learns to love herself and help the people arounds her
Selasih, a married young woman who appears to be struggling through a personal problem that is noticeable amongst her coworkers. Ana, a caring colleague came to Selasih’s aid but is frustrated when she did not manage to get through and decided to go find the root of the problem before it’s too late.
The first five minutes, Amir, who is sad was cheered by Lily, a pretty girl that he befriended. Five minutes later, Lily got into an accident and he is the only one there. The original intention was, just wanting to help, but his life began immediately after the incident.
According to legend, Awang Semaun is the younger brother of Awang Alak Betatar, who served to protect Poli (Brunei) hundreds years ago. To this day, people don't know where the warrior has gone...
Requiem depicts now-elderly former communists reclaiming memories of their political participation, war, deportation, exile, and socialist dreams, in the form of song. In their youth, they were guerrilla fighters who took on the British in the jungles of Malaya (present-day Malaysia and Singapore) in the anti-colonial war of 1948-1960. Two versions of this work exist, single and double-channel video installation with sound. The double-channel version was shown as part of solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and New York. The single-channel version was shown at the Venice Biennale 2024 as part of The Disobedience Archive curated by Marco Scotini.
Beneath a dying tree, a man digs a grave, awaiting another arrival. When a silent figure appears, he assumes they've come to bury someone else. But as the truth unfolds, he realises the grave is his own. What follows is not a fight for survival, but a quiet confrontation between fate and free will, between beings that exist beyond human understanding. What begins as a simple encounter unfolds into something far more metaphysical: a conversation between two beings that exist beyond the realm of men. One bound by duty, the other corrupted by desire, both caught in a moment between life and eternity. Set in a desaturated rural landscape, Sakarat: Pohon Yang Sunyi reimagines the moment before death where silence, duty, and rebellion intertwine, blurring the boundaries between the mortal and the divine.
Amidst Singapore’s unending redevelopment, the golden legacy of P. Ramlee lives on as the Malay community continues to reminisce about his work, honour his achievements and sing his anthems.