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To Singapore, With Love
''To Singapore, With Love'' is a 2013 Singaporean documentary film written and directed by Tan Pin Pin. The film featured interviews with nine Singaporean political dissidents, former activists and student leaders who fled Singapore from the 1960s to 1980s, living in exile. The documentary won Tan the best director award in the Muhr AsiaAfrica Documentary section at 10th Dubai International Film Festival and the Best Asean Documentary at the Salaya International Documentary Festival. The film was shown at various film festivals at Malaysia, South Korea, England, Germany, Brazil and United States. Production The film was made with the support of the Busan International Film Festival's Asian Cinema Fund. Release Film Festivals The film made its world premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. The film also screened at Malaysia's FreedomFilmFest, the Berlin International Film Festival's Forum programme, Film Society of Lincoln Center, Seoul International Documentary F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tan Pin Pin
Tan Pin Pin (, born 1969) is a Singapore-based film director. She is best known for the documentary film ''Singapore GaGa'' (2005). It was the first Singaporean documentary to have a theatrical run. In 2014, her documentary ''To Singapore, With Love'' (2013) was denied for all ratings by the Media Development Authority, effectively banning it in Singapore. Early life The oldest of three girls, Tan was born to architects in a middle-class neighborhood. Educated at Raffles Girls' Secondary School and Victoria Junior College, Tan was a Loke Cheng Kim scholar. She received her first degree in law from Oxford University, graduating with an M.A. in England, United Kingdom. Subsequently, she received her MFA in film and television from Northwestern University. In her first year at Oxford, she came across photography books, including Robert Frank's ''The Americans'' (1958) and August Sander's ''Citizens of the Twentieth Century'' (1986), and started taking photographs. After graduatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malayan Communist Party
The Malayan Communist Party (MCP), officially the Communist Party of Malaya (CPM), was a Marxist–Leninist and anti-imperialist communist party which was active in British Malaya and later, the modern states of Malaysia and Singapore from 1930 to 1989. It was responsible for the creation of both the Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army and the Malayan National Liberation Army. The party led resistance efforts against the Japanese occupation of Malaya and Singapore during World War II, and later fought a war of national liberation against the British Empire during the Malayan Emergency. After the departure of British colonial forces from the Federation of Malaya, the party fought in a third guerrilla campaign against both the Malaysian and Singaporean governments in an attempt to create a communist state in the region, before surrendering and dissolving in 1989. Today, due to historical connotations surrounding the MCP, communism as an ideology remains a taboo political top ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Censored Films
Film censorship is carried out by various countries to differing degrees, sometimes as a result of powerful or relentless lobbying by organizations or individuals. Films that are banned in a particular country change over time. Rating systems A motion picture rating system is designated to classify films with regard to suitability for audiences in terms of issues such as sex, violence, substance abuse, profanity, impudence or other types of obscene content. A particular issued rating can be called a certification, classification, certificate. By country Australia Australia's Australian Classification Board (ACB), formerly known as the Office of Film and Literature Classification (OFLC), uses the Commonwealth Classification Act 1995 as a guide for the majority of the censorship within the country; however, each state and territory is free to make additional legislation (see Censorship in Australia). Australia is regarded by many to be the most restrictive on film ratings of al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Singaporean Documentary Films
Singaporeans, or the Singaporean people, refers to citizens or people who identify with the sovereign island city-state of Singapore. Singapore is a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural and multi-lingual country. Singaporeans of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent have made up the vast majority of the population since the 19th century. The Singaporean diaspora is also far-reaching worldwide. In 1819, the port of Singapore was established by Sir Stamford Raffles, who opened it to free trade and free immigration on the island's south coast. Many immigrants from the region settled in Singapore. By 1827, the population of the island was composed of people from various ethnic groups. Singapore is a multilingual and multicultural society home to people of groups of many different ethnic, religious and national origins, with the majority of the population made up of Chinese, Malay, Indian and Eurasian descent. The Singaporean identity was fostered as a way for the different ethnic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2013 Documentary Films
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The Straits Times
''The Straits Times'' is an English-language daily broadsheet newspaper based in Singapore and currently owned by SPH Media Trust (previously Singapore Press Holdings). ''The Sunday Times'' is its Sunday edition. The newspaper was established on 15 July 1845 as ''The Straits Times and Singapore Journal of Commerce''. ''The Straits Times'' is considered a newspaper of record for Singapore. The print and digital editions of ''The Straits Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'' have a daily average circulation of 364,134 and 364,849 respectively in 2017, as audited by Audit Bureau of Circulations Singapore. Myanmar and Brunei editions are published, with newsprint circulations of 5,000 and 2,500 respectively. History The original conception for ''The Straits Times'' has been debated by historians of Singapore. Prior to 1845, the only English-language newspaper in Singapore was ''The'' ''Singapore Free Press'', founded by William Napier in 1835. Marterus Thaddeus Apcar, an Armenian mer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherian George
Cherian George is a Singaporean academic, currently a professor of Media Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Early life and education Cherian George studied at Hwa Chong Junior College for his pre-university education. He then graduated from the University of Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in social and political sciences. Thereafter, he attained his master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism. Journalism career Cherian George worked as a journalist at ''The Straits Times'' for a decade, of which he was its art and photo editor for three years. He was also assigned to the paper's political desk during his initial years there. He then went to Stanford University where he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy in communications. During his time with the paper, he had established himself as a critic of the Singapore government and the nation's politics, and was mentioned in a quote alongside Catherine Lim, who wrote a commentary criticising the then Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kelvin Tong
Kelvin Tong Weng Kian (Simplified Chinese: 唐永健) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and producer. He was a former film critic for ''the Straits Times''. Career Kelvin's passion for theatre and filmmaking began in his secondary school days in Victoria School. He went on to study at Victoria Junior College and law at the National University of Singapore. After a short nine-month stint with law firm, Drew & Napier, following his graduation from law school, Kelvin started out in the film business as a film critic, writing reviews for ''The Straits Times'' from 1995 to 1999.Bed Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum; retrieved 26 November 2007 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royston Tan
Royston Tan (; born 5 October 1976) is a Singaporean filmmaker, director, screenwriter, producer and actor. Tan is a graduate from Temasek Polytechnic, where he studied Visual Communications. He first came into prominence through his short films: ''Sons'' (2000), ''Hock Hiap Leong'' (2001), ''48 on AIDS'' (2002), ''Mother'' (2002) and '' 15'' (2002). He has so far directed four features. Filmography Filmography as Director Feature films Short films *''Adam.Eve.Steve'' (1997) *''Jesses'' (1999) *''Sons'' (2000) *''Hock Hiap Leong'' (2001) *''48 on AIDS'' (2002) *''24 HRS'' (2002) *''Mother'' (2002) *''15'' (short) (2002)! *''The Old Man and The River'' (2003) *''177155'' (2003) *''Cut'' (2004) *''The Blind Trilogy'': ''Blind'' / ''Old Parliament House'' / ''Capitol Cinema'' (2004) *''The Absentee'' (2004) *''Careless Whisperer'' (2005) *''New York Girl'' (2005) *''Monkeylove'' (2005) *''DIY'' (2005) *''Cellouiod Dreams'' (2006), for the National Museum of Singapore's Living ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anthony Chen
Anthony Chen (; born 18 April 1984) is a Singaporean film director, screenwriter and film producer. He is known for directing the feature films ''Ilo Ilo'' (2013) and ''Wet Season (film), Wet Season'' (2019). His debut feature film, ''Ilo Ilo,'' won the Camera d'Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, making him the first and only Singaporean to have been awarded at Cannes. The film also earned him the Achievement in Directing award at the Asia Pacific Screen Awards, 2013 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and the Golden Horse Award for Best Feature Film, Golden Horse Award for Best New Director, Best New Director and Golden Horse Award for Best Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay. Early life Chen was born 18 April 1984, to Bernard and Joan Tai. Interested in film from a young age, Chen attended Nan Hua Primary School, The Chinese High School (now Hwa Chong Institution), and Ngee Ann Polytechnic. His graduating film from Ngee Ann Polytechnic, ''G-23'' (2005), was screened in v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Media Development Authority
The Media Development Authority (abbreviation: MDA) was a statutory board of the Singapore Government, under the Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI). History MDA was formed on 1 January 2003 by the merger of Singapore Broadcasting Authority (SBA), the Films and Publications Department (FPD) and the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), in response to a national call to develop a globally competitive media industry in Singapore. An industry blueprint called Media 21 was also drawn up and eventually endorsed by the 2002 Economic Review Committee (chaired by then Deputy Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong) – as part of the Creative Industries Development Strategy to propel the growth of Singapore’s creative economy. On 18 January 2016, Ministry of Communications and Information (MCI) announced that the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and MDA will be restructured into two new entities: The Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) and the Government Tec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dubai International Film Festival
The Dubai International Film Festival (DIFF, ar, مهرجان دبي السينمائي الدولي) is the leading film festival in the Arab region. The 12th edition of DIFF took place from December 9 – 16, 2015. In 2018, the DIFF announced it will take place every two years, with the 15th edition confirmed for 2019. Overview The DIFF is held under the patronage of Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai. It is a not-for-profit cultural event, presented and organised by Dubai Entertainment & Media Organization. Film programme In 2014 DIFF screened a line-up of 118 feature films, shorts and documentaries from around the world including 55 world premieres and international premieres. Opening the 2014 Festival was the Oscar nominated 'The Theory of Everything’, by Academy Award-winning director James Marsh and starring Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones. Dubai Film Market As part of its ongoing commitment to stimulate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
