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ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE 6TH SINGAPORE CHINESE FILM FESTIVAL

Singapore Film Society (SFS) and Centre for Chinese Studies, Singapore University of Social

Sciences (CCS@SUSS) are happy to announce the sixth edition of the Singapore Chinese Film

Festival (SCFF2018) which will be held over 10 days from 27 April to 6 May at Golden Village

Suntec City, Golden Village VivoCity, Capitol Theatre, The Projector, National Museum of

Singapore and LASALLE College of the Arts.

For our sixth edition, we present six inaugural experiences to our audiences, including:

1) A documentary as the opening film (Manfei) 2) A five-hour long documentary (Inmates) 3) Animation Shorts showcase 4) Package deals 5) Screening of a Wuxia film (Brotherhood of Blades II)

6) Screenings at two iconic landmarks - Capitol Theatre and The Projector

Our selection this year consists of 58 films in four main sections: Chinese Panorama (25 narrative

feature films), Documentary Vision (12 documentaries), Chinese Shorts Showcase (17 short films)

and a Tribute to Leslie Cheung (four classics).

Among the 58 films, a total of 44 will be making its Singapore Premiere, of which four will be

presented in original Cantonese-dialogue for the first time in Singapore. We have also curated

panel talks featuring international festival guests and local filmmakers.

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OPENING FILM: MANFEI

Manfei is a biographical documentary film on

late Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Lo

Man-fei. Through the lens of veteran

cinematographer and director En Chen (A City

of Sadness, A Life That Sings), Lo Man-fei’s life

story and her dedication to her chosen art form

are vividly captured for the cinema. The film

captures the legacy and impact that she has had

on many people, including her friends, family,

and student dancers who today still speak fondly

of her. Manfei made its world premiere at the 19th Taipei Film Festival’s closing film. Director

Chen will be present for both screenings on 27th April (opening ceremony) and 29th April.

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CHINESE PANORAMA

Every year, SCFF features a selection of socio-realist dramas by young directors that reflect

current social issues and political climate. The artistic integrity of these films have been recognized

by prestigious film festivals and awards from around the world. This year, we present:

1) From China: Old Beast (54th Golden Horse Best Actor Award – Tu Men), Walking Past the

Future (70th Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard), Last Laugh (First Youth Film

Festival 2016 – Best Feature, Best Director), and The Foolish Bird (67th Berlinale);

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2) From Taiwan: Missing Johnny (54th Golden Horse Best New Performer – Rima Zeidan),

The Island That All Flow By (19th Taipei Film Festival Best Actress – Ivy Yin), The Last Verse

(22nd Busan International Film Festival – New Currents); 3) From Hong Kong: The Empty Hands, Adieu, In Your Dreams, Somewhere Beyond the

Mist, Tomorrow Is Another Day – these indie feature films have received multiple

nominations at the upcoming 2018 Hong Kong Film Awards.

This year, we also present several neo-noir crime thrillers, including:

1) Taiwan’s darkest and most highly regarded drama this past year The Bold, The Corrupt

and The Beautiful. The feature makes its Singapore premiere at SCFF2018 after sweeping

major accolades at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, including Best Picture, and Best Actress

for Kara Hui’s uncanny performance as a political fixer;

2) Stained, original mini-series-turned-movie, is from Hong Kong, which has a long tradition

of investigative crime drama. This also marks our festival’s acknowledgement of hybrid

formats between cinema and television.

3) From China: Ash, The Looming Storm, and Wrath of Silence.

Other Chinese Panorama highlights include:

- First-time inclusion of a new Wuxia feature film – Brotherhood of Blades II: The Infernal

Battlefield, winner of the Best Action Choreography at the 54th Golden Horse Awards; - Malaysian director Saw Teong Hin’s autobiographical family drama You Mean the World

To Me in original Hokkien dialect. The film is an adaption of a stage play and was shot by

renowned cinematographer Christopher Doyle;

- On Happiness Road (Taiwan), which was the Closing Film at the 54th Golden Horse Film

Festival, and winner of Best Animated Feature at the recent Tokyo Anime Awards 2018.

Our visiting Chinese Panorama filmmakers will participate in the following panel talks:

To Dub or To Sub: The Importance of Presenting Original Dialogue and Local Dialects in Film 1 May, 4:30pm @ LASALLE College of the Arts, Block F, Room F202 Speakers: Cheong Keat Aun (Cemetery of Courtesy), Saw Teong Hin (You Mean the World to

Me), Sung Hsin-Yin (On Happiness Road)

Young Writer-Directors: Crafting Your First Feature (In partnership with Programme Partner SCAPEmedia Hub) 5 May, 2pm @ SCAPE Gallery

Speakers: Chapman To (The Empty Hands), Rita Hui (Pseudo Secular), Tseng Ying-Ting (The Last Verse)

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纪录片视角 DOCUMENTARY VISION

The two main areas of focus in our documentary programme this year are “Bio-Documentary”

and “Eco-Documentary”.

The Bio-Documentary segment includes opening film Manfei, followed by I’ve Got the Blues,

where filmmaker Angie Chen interacts with Hong Kong artist Yank Wong. Singaporean filmmaker

Lei Yuanbin takes an experimental approach in portraying our home-grown artist Tang Ling Nah

in Dreaming in Black and White.

In the Eco-Documentary segment, we pay tribute to the legacy of director Chi Po-Lin, and his

unfailing spirit and activism for environmental causes. Director Chi passed away last year in a

helicopter crash while filming the sequel to Beyond Beauty: Taiwan From Above (50th Golden

Horse Awards Best Documentary). In addition to rescreening Beyond Beauty at GVmax VivoCity,

we also offer a programme of documentary films that touch on environmental themes and issues,

including Black Bear Forest, Ocean + The Disappearing Hills and Plastic China.

Other documentary highlights include:

1) Inmates (China), a five-hour long magnum opus that offers deep psychological

insights into the lives and experiences of patients in a mental institution in Northeast

China. The film won Best Documentary at the 54th Golden Horse Awards, and director

Ma Li will be in attendance for the post-screening Q&A; 2) Snuggle (Hong Kong), by director Wong Sui Pong, touches on issues facing an aging

urban population in Hong Kong;

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There are two panel talks on documentary filmmaking:

Bio-Documentaries: Exploring the Relationship Between Subject and Filmmaker 28 April, 2pm @ LASALLE, Block F, Room F202

Speakers: Angie Chen (I’ve Got the Blues), En Chen (Manfei), Lei Yuanbin (Dreaming in Black &

White)

Eco-Documentaries: A Tribute to Chi Po-Lin 6 May, 2pm @ National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre

Speakers: Amy Tseng (producer of Beyond Beauty: Taiwan From Above), Ke Chin-Yuan (Ocean),

Yeo Kai Wen (The Disappearing Hills)

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CHINESE SHORTS SHOWCASE

There are three sections from the Chinese Shorts Showcase, including:

1) Chinese Shortcuts – our annual audience favourite featuring award winning Chinese Short

Films from various territories. Our carefully curated selection this year includes Qiu Yang’s

A Gentle Night- 70th Cannes Film Festival – Palme d’Or, Short Film; Jovi Lee’s Babes’

Not Alone (54th Golden Horse Awards – Best Live Action Short Film); Lu Po-Shun’s Wild

Tides, which won him Best Director at the 19th Taipei Film Festival, a rare achievement

for a short film director; and finally Malaysian-radio-DJ-turned-filmmaker Cheong Keat

Aun’s experimental short film Cemetery of Courtesy which was selected from last year’s

Busan International Film Festival (Wide Angle).

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2) Singapore Shorts presents five short films recently made by home-grown talents,

including Rehearsal – Jonathan Choo’s latest collaboration with his father, veteran actor

Choo Houren, in an experimental treatise on screen-acting; Shoki Lin’s Changi, which

touches on the dilemma of a new immigrant mother. Changi was awarded Best Picture at

the National Youth Film Awards 2017. The third film Melodi, by film lecturer and director

Michael Kam, touches on the special friendship between a bullied foreign domestic

worker and her would be rescuer, a young 10-year-old neighbour. Finally, Singapore

Shorts presents two dialect short films that were initially commissioned as part of the 667

omnibus – Liao Jiekai’s Nocturne, recently in-competition at Hong Kong ifva Awards, and

Eva Tang’s well-received The Veiled Willow. 3) For the first time in SCFF, we will present Animated Shorts from China, Hong Kong,

Taiwan, and Singapore. The selection of eight shorts include: a. Stories About Him (19th Taipei Film Festival – Best Animated Short); b. Losing Sight of a Longed Place (54th Golden Horse Award – Best Animated Short); c. Between Us Two (28th Singapore International Film Festival – Best Singapore

Short Film) d. Rounding up the showcase are Singlit adaptations – Loop by Chong Jia En, Tiger

Baby by Sarah Cheok, and The Giant by the Zhuang brothers.

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LOVING LESLIE – A TRIBUTE TO LESLIE CHEUNG

This year, we pay tribute to Hong Kong cinema legend Leslie Cheung, who passed away 15 years

ago on 1st April 2003. We have selected four of Leslie’s iconic roles by some of the best filmmakers

including A Chinese Ghost Story (director Ching Siu Tung, producer Tsui Hark), Rouge (director

Stanley Kwan, producer Jackie Chan), A Phantom Lover (director Ronny Yu) and Wong Kar Wai’s

Happy Together which is also making a return to the Capitol Theatre as our closing film.

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电影节票价

GENERAL TICKETING INFORMATION Advance sales starts from 12th April 2018.

S$13*: General Public

S$10*: SFS Film Addicts and SUSS Members

(Only for tickets purchased over the counter with presentation of valid membership card)

* SISTIC booking fee of S$1 per ticket will apply.

Tickets for sessions at GV Suntec City and GV VivoCity are available at the GV box office and

www.gv.com.sg

Tickets for sessions at the Capitol Theatre, National Museum of Singapore, The Projector, and

LASALLE are available at all SISTIC outlets and www.sistic.com.

Admission to all panel talks is free. Please visit www.scff.sg to reserve your seat.

电影节套票 TICKET PACKAGES

SCFF CINEPHILE: Catch any six films presented at Capitol Theatre, The Projector, National

Museum of Singapore, and LASALLE for S$60. The pass and more information can be purchased

at www.singaporefilmsociety.com.

There will also be three (3) ticketing packages that can be purchased from SISTIC:

• LOVING LESLIE PACKAGEPurchase tickets to any two films from this package and enjoy a 20% discount

A Chinese Ghost Story, The Phantom Lover, Rouge, Happy Together

● INDIE TRIO PACKAGE Catch all three films to enjoy 20% off Inmate, Pseudo Secular, The Last Painting

● ECO DOCUMENTARY PACKAGE Catch both screenings to enjoy 20% off Black Bear Forest, Ocean + The Disappearing Hills

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诚意感谢 SPECIAL THANKS

This year, SCFF has various sponsors and partners whose contributions have made this festival

possible. Apart from the continued support from the Chinese Language & Culture Fund and Shaw

Foundation, this year, Hong Leong Foundation, Taipei Business Association in Singapore, Taipei

Representative Office in Singapore and CATCHPLAY ON DEMAND have also generously

contributed to the festival.

As楊麗貞 Daphne Yang, CEO, CATCHPLAY ON DEMAND says, “CATCHPLAY ON DEMAND is

a Taiwan-based, international movie streaming service created by movie lovers who aim to inspire

the world with the magic of movies. It is our great pleasure to work with the Singapore Chinese

Film Festival this year to create a unique Chinese cultural experience for our viewers. CATCHPLAY

ON DEMAND will continue to bring Chinese-language films to our platform to provide a

cinematic experience that honors our cultural heritage."

Rendezvous Hotel Singapore continues to be our Official Hotel Partner for 2018. Mr Arthur Kiong,

Chief Executive Officer, Far East Hospitality says, "As an arts-centric hotel, Rendezvous Hotel

Singapore has always drawn inspiration from our surrounding arts and cultural district. We are

strategically located within the art establishments that will host the film festival's screenings,

providing the ideal convenience and comfort to our SCFF guests. We look forward to our

partnership in welcoming and hosting SCFF 2018's guests."

联系方式

CONTACT INFORMATION

For media queries and interviews, kindly

contact:

● Associate Professor Foo Tee Tuan CSS@SUSS Director ttfoo@suss.edu.sg

● Mr David Lee SFS Vice-Chairman david@singaporefilmsociety.com

• Mr Sherman HoSFS Marketing Director sherman@singaporefilmsociety.com

• Ms Valerie NgSUSS PR Manager valeriengww@suss.edu.sg

For more information on latest programme updates, please visit:

www.scff.sg

Social Media:

/SGChineseFilmFestival

/SCFFest

/SFSblog

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主办单位 ABOUT THE ORGANISERS

Singapore University of Social Sciences (SUSS) is one of Singapore's six autonomous universities

and its mission is to provide lifelong education that equips learners to serve society. Home to

more than 15,000 students, SUSS provides an applied education that targets both fresh school

leavers and adult learners, with a focus on the social sciences. It adopts a flexible and practice-

focused learning approach and offers more than 70 degree programmes in various disciplines.

Eligible students taking SUSS undergraduate programmes enjoy government subsidies and

access to government bursaries, tuition fee loans and study loans. For more information on

Singapore University of Social Sciences, please visit www.suss.edu.sg.

Celebrating its 60th birthday this year, the Singapore Film Society (SFS) has collaborated with a

wide range of partners from theatrical distribution, diplomatic missions, academic and cultural

institutions to present the best of international cinema in Singapore. SFS is renowned and popular

for its leading-edge programming and organizational skills in film festival management and

marketing.

Some of our key events include the annual European Union Film Festival, Animation Nation

Festival, and the Singapore Chinese Film Festival. The mission statement of the Singapore Film

Society has been to promote film appreciation as art and entertainment, as we hope to bridge

the gap between art house cinema and the commercial film industry.