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A documentary film which charts the final days of the eponymous Bangkok theatre, Scala delves into the personal histories of the in-house workers and director Ananta Thitanat herself, who spent her childhood on the grounds as the daughter of a nearby theatre worker. The film’s languorous, persistent shots and steady...
A spell of forbidden sins, depravity, and redemption. In this post-festival piece, our guest writers Jade Barget and Elizabeth Gabrielle Lee (XING) reflect on the never-ending fall of a woman, responding to the exaltation and dissidence against an unjust world. I’m gripped in a fever dream....
In celebration of selling out our only physical screening of the year, the Singaporean premiere of Leos Carax’s absolutely bonkers Annette, we invited animator and illustrator @mere.space to draw a suitably cryptic but succinct visual response to a crucial scene in the film. And no, it isn’t that scene with...
Being an arts practitioner in a conservative city-state is exhausting. What do you do when your own rulers ban your hard work?Before Disney’s Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker hit Singapore cinemas, a scene was cut from the movie in order for the movie to be rated PG13 instead of...
In an attempt to join a local alien-worshipping religion—central to The Prophet and the Space Aliens—I attempted to infiltrate the movement and talked to the head of the Singapore branch to get a better picture of Raëlism and debunk some myths. When I first heard about a cult that worshipped...
No, this isn’t clickbait. Our new algorithmic overlords churn out their artistic take on our festival’s line-up. The result? An AI-generated mish mash of equally bizarre yet oddly compelling graphics. OK, Computer. Many of our films, especially the exciting new indie features, We’re All Going To The World’s Fair and...