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Event Information
Date: Saturday, June 7th, 2008
Time: 4:30 p.m. - 10:30 p.m.
Venue: James Cowan Theatre,
Shadbolt Centre for the Arts
6450 Deer Lake Avenue, Burnaby, British Columbia
Ticket Information
Price: $25 (includes buffet dinner)
Tickets can be purchased online at boxoffice@burnaby.ca or by telephone at 604-205-3000.
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Toronto
Singapore Film Festival is pleased to partner with Asia Pacific
Bizlinks Inc. to bring the festival to Vancouver! Vancouver
Singapore Film Night (VSFN) showcases a movie marathon featuring
made-in-Singapore films with genres ranging from action, comedy and
horror, to drama, politics and romance. Tickets include two
feature films ("Just Follow Law" (2006) directed by Jack Neo;
"Singapore Dreaming" (2006) directed by Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh) and
three shorts ("Café" directed by Kelvin Sng; "G23" directed by Anthony
Chen; "Blood Ties" directed by Yuwei Chai), on top of a buffet
reception featuring Singaporean cuisine. |
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PROGRAM |
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4:30 p.m. - Opening of Vancouver Singapore Film Night
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Screening of 1st Short Film - Cafe (22 minutes)
- Screening of 1st Feature Film - Just Follow Law (111 minutes)
6:30 p.m. - Intermission (Buffet Reception)
7:30 p.m. - Lucky Draw for audience
7:45 p.m. - Screening of 2nd Short Film - G23 (19 minutes)
- Screening of 3rd Short Film - Blood Ties (12 minutes)
- Screening of 2nd Feature Film - Singapore Dreaming (105 minutes)
10:30 p.m. - Closing Ceremony |
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FEATURE FILMS |
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Just Follow Law |
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Directed by Jack Neo and produced by Simon Leong, Hazel Wong and Kok Siok Mien in 2006.
Duration: 111 Minutes. English, Mandarin, Hokkien (English and Chinese Subtitles).
Cast: Fann Wong, Gurmit Singh, Brandon Wong, Suhaimi Yusof, Lina Ng, Amy Cheng, Moses Lim and Steven Woon.
Synopsis: Lim Teng Zui is a junior employee working under Tanya Chew, a
high-ranking officer in one of Singapore's statutory boards. When Teng
Zui's incompetence leads to the injury of a government minister, he is
sharply reprimanded by Tanya. Infuriated at being singled out for
blame, Teng Zui confronts Tanya. But when their argument leads to a car
crash in which they exchange souls, Teng Zui and Tanya are given a rare
opportunity to experience life from the other person's perspective.
JUST FOLLOW LAW was an official selection at the 3rd TSFF. It has
received a Golden Horse Award nomination for Gurmit Singh as Best
Actor.
Director Jack Neo is a familiar name to Singaporeans. Following his
success in local television productions like the highly rated Comedy
Night, he ventured into filmmaking in 1998 with his debut Money No
Enough, Singapore's highest grossing feature film to-date. This was
followed by I Not Stupid, Homerun, The Best Bet, and his latest work
Just Follow Law. In recognition of his achievements and contributions
towards Singapore's media industry, Jack Neo was awarded the 1999
Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2004 Multi-Talent Award from
Mediacorp Singapore during the Annual Star Awards. The recipient of the
Public Service Medal Award in August 2004 and the Arts Cultural
Medallion Award in October 2005, Jack Neo is also known in Singapore as
a producer, screenwriter, composer, and singer.
Visit the film's website at http://www.jteam.com.sg/justFollowLaw
View
trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=llOiIOppC8A
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Singapore Dreaming
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Written, directed, and produced by Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh in 2006.
Duration: 105 minutes. Mandarin, English, and Hokkien (English Subtitles).
Cast: Richard Low, Alice Lim Cheng Peng, Serene Cheng, Yeo Yann Yann, Lim Yu-Beng, Dick Su.
Synopsis: A dissatisfied husband and his devoted wife, a married couple
expecting their first child, and a newly engaged couple looking forward
to their upcoming marriage form the core of this poignant yet darkly
humorous look at the aspirations of Singapore's middle class. Set
against the twin backdrops of the global marketplace and the elaborate
rituals of a traditional Taoist funeral, Singapore Dreaming captures
the hopes and trepidation of one family looking towards an uncertain
future. SINGAPORE DREAMING was the closing film of the 3rd TSFF.
Husband-and-wife team Yen Yen Woo and Colin Goh have made numerous
films together, including 3 Meals, Talking Cock: The Movie, and
eAhlong.com: Loan Shark Online. The founders of Singapore's most
popular satirical website, TalkingCock.com, they are also the compilers
of a definitive Singlish dictionary, which the Times of London
pronounced 'indispensable'. Singapore Dreaming has been screened around
the world to great acclaim, including the Montblanc New Screenwriters
Award at the 54th San Sebastian International Film Festival in 2006.
Visit the film's website at http://www.singaporedreaming.com
View trailer at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mk2N-SLVxfM
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SHORT FILMS
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Café |
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Written and directed by Kelvin Sng in 2005.
Duration: 22 minutes. Japanese, Mandarin, English, Filipino.
Synopsis: "What is love?" asks Yutaka, a disillusioned Japanese man. He
sits in a café night after night watching others' stories unfold before
his eyes, trying to find his answer. One night, the tales from three of
the surrounding tables respond to him: Candy and May May, two childhood
friends, discuss the man who is beginning to come between them; Gabriel
and Sophia, long-time lovers, are rushing towards a precipice in their
relationship; and a high-school reunion takes an interesting turn. All
the while, a beautiful young woman searches for something.
Four tables, five stories - Café reflects the cosmopolitan society of
modern Singapore while contemplating upon universal ideas of
self-deception and hypocrisy. CAFÉ was the opening film at the 1st
TSFF.
Visit the film's website at http://www.cafe.ai-films.com
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G-23 |
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Written and directed by Anthony Chen. Produced by Felicia Tan in 2005.
Duration: 19 minutes. Cantonese, English, Mandarin and Tamil (English Subtitles).
Cast: Rick Tan, Renu Joane, Ding Chu Hui and Li Xie
Synopsis: An usher obsesses over three regular patrons in an old cinema
where he works, is empathizing with the reasons they keep returning to
this escapist realm. For one of them, it's a caged existence in an
ironhanded household; for another, it's the loss of a loved one who had
meant everything; for one other, it's the deprivation of love and
affection. Little insanities - syndromes that cinema has mediated time
and again throughout its history.
Fusing moody romanticism with degrees of harsh reality, Anthony Chen's
debut short also recalls some recent features set in cinemas, but whose
inhabitants are just a tad more incomprehensible - notably Goodbye,
Dragon Inn (Tsai Ming-liang, 2003) and its Argentinean homage, Fantasma
(Lisandro Alonso, 2006). The title, G-23 refers to the usher's choice
seat in the house, much like Susan Sontag's third-row-centre
fetish. G-23 was the opening film for the 2nd TSFF. It was also
screened at over 30 international film festivals, notably the Tous les
Cinémas du Monde sidebar at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival. It also won
awards in Belgium, France, Korea, Malaysia and Singapore.
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Blood Ties |
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Written and Directed by Yuwei Chai in 2007.
Duration: 12 minutes. Mandarin and Cantonese with English subtitles.
Synopsis: Qing was the sole witness to her brother's murder. But when
her brother's murderers turn up dead, things don't appear to be as
simple as it seems. Madam Lee, after having to cope with the recent
death of her son, now has to deal with the possibility that her
daughter is involved with the deaths of these killers.
Visit the film's website at http://www.bloodtiesthemovie.com
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