Singapore Movies

A filmmaker recalls a unique outing with his parents in Singapore on February 2020. A contemplation on life, death and the ever-changing landscape on...

"Joy and sorrow share the same water"; Waves explore one's struggle through grief and loss using the motif of water. Through her intimate and forced...

Lifeline is a film about the process of the grief of a suicide hotline operator after facing the loss of someone they cared about.

An ambitious young boy is eager to grow up so he can experience the world outside of his kelong in the middle of the ocean. Eventually, he musters up...

It’s Deepavali day and everyone is waiting for Anjelai’s famous Dum Biryani to be served. However, she and her daughter notice something...

A drama about a newly-wed couple whose relationship becomes strained after one of them gets a job promotion.

Is scoring top in class more important than having compassion? In a harsh environment called school, the top 3 students in the class are tasked to...

A father obliges a young boy and takes him to watch movies at New World, Singapore’s iconic entertainment venue of the 1960s and 1970s. The boy...

The name is a combination of the two words Happy and App. The authors of the film try to imagine the phenomenon of social chaos, when people see the...

A Hmong guide's daily life in the mountains of Sapa, North Vietnam.

Boon moonlights by disposing bodies for a syndicate in Singapore. While Boon is aware that this is illegal, he takes comfort in knowing that the...

A distraught father is forced to confront a mysterious man by a mob boss.

In 1987, the Singapore government, using the Internal Security Act, arrested 22 people in what was called "Operation Spectrum". These people were...

Jellyfish is a coming-of-age film set in a tiny Muslim fishing village in Borneo. Danice, a fourteen year old fisherwoman and breadwinner for her...

Being stuck late at work might suck, but how about being stuck at work forever?

The film captures a Singaporean zeitgeist in stop-motion sequences of impressionistic pencil drawings. Over 1,000 handdrawn portraits of real-life...

Absent Smile is a loving document of Clang’s parents and their mixed feelings of longing yet support for their son. Using the age-old format of...

Ocean was a girl and now just a paper head. Her brother reminisces the times they shared during their childhood, a sorry experience that birthed...

In this ode to memory and loss, a familiar song leads a grandmother’s spirit back to her family during the Chinese ghost month.

If Film 1 is about departure, reminding us that a love shared is a love that will never be lost, then Film 2 is about reunion, reminding us that in...