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yoda
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| 03/11/2009 7:55 PM |
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22ND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF)
14TH TO 25TH APRIL 2009
• 193 Films from 34 Countries
• 25 World Premieres; 34 Asian Premieres;
29 Award/Festival-Winning Films
• Fashion Entrepreneur, Ms Elim Chew, to Champion the
SIFF as its New Festival Patron
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yoda
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| 03/24/2009 2:20 AM |
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22ND SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL (SIFF) - Press Conference•February 26, 2009 • No Comments
Hey all,
I went to the Press Conference for the Singapore International Film Festival with Ms Elim Chew as she is to speak there as Festival Patron. Met a lot of Local Directors like Roystan Tan and Jack Neo. For those that are fresh to this, please allow me to intro to you what is this Festival all about and where to get your tickets ya. :-
About the Festival
The largest international film festival in Singapore, SIFF has become significant in the Singapore arts landscape because of its dynamic film programming and commitment to the development of film culture and local cinema. The Festival screens over 200 films annually of all genres, with a focus on groundbreaking Asian cinema. Under the umbrella of the Silver Screen Awards, SIFF recognizes excellence in Asian cinema with its 3 awards categories – Asian Film Competition, Singapore Short Film Competition and the Singapore Film Awards introduced in 2009.
SIFF is a non-profit registered charity organization.
Festival History
SIFF started in 1986 with an associated guidance of the Mill Valley Film Festival (USA) at a time when only commercial and mainstream film dominated the local cinemas. Up to 2007, SIFF was led by its 3 Festival Directors, Philip Cheah, Lesley Ho and Teo Swee Leng, who also acted as Board Members, together with the festival founder Geoffrey Malone. In 2007 after the 20th edition, to usher in the Festival’s 21st year, Jasmine Ng was appointed the new Board Member and Wahyuni A. Hadi joined as Festival Manager. In 2008, Wahyuni A. Hadi and Zhang Wenjie were appointed Festival Directors. The current Festival Board Members are Philip Cheah, Geoffrey Malone and Jasmine Ng.
The Festival became competitive with the first Silver Screen Awards for Best Asian Feature and Best Singapore Short Film in 1991. Singapore became the first international Asian film festival to have a specific Asian film competition. In 1994, the Festival dedicated itself to the cinema of Southeast Asia beginning with a retrospective of Prince Chatri Chalerm Yukol (who in 2001, made the epic film The Legend of Suriyothai). The Festival has since featured a different Asian director from Cherd Songsri, Hussein Haniff to Mario O’Hara. In 1997, the Festival celebrated its 10th anniversary by screening rare Singapore films, including the important first screening of Peter Bogdanovich’s St. Jack and paid tribute to the Cathay Keris Studios’ Malay films. In 2001, the Festival presented the very first retrospective of Thai film director Apitchatpong Weerasethakul’s films. The Festival spotlighted the rising tide of Arab cinema and featured the digital feature revolution of the Philippines in 2006. Singapore cinema was spotlighted in 2008 with the launch of the Festival’s new section, Singapore Panorama. In 2009, the inaugural Singapore Film Awards is introduced under the umbrella of the Silver Screen Awards.
Contact:
Singapore International Film Festival Secretariat
Tel: 65-6738 7567
E-mail: filmfest@pacific.net.sg
The 22nd edition of the Singapore International Film
Festival will take place from 14 to 25 April 2009, screening close to 200 films from over 30
countries. The films were selected from 1,056 entries received by the Festival. This year,
audiences can look forward to a wide selection of fresh, bold and award-winning films, as
well as newly introduced open-air screenings and late night weekend screenings. The
Festival will include two tributes honouring 25 Years of the Thai National Film Archive and
the Amos Gitai Retrospective. Films shown from the stellar Israeli filmmaker, Amos Gitai,
will include his latest One Day You’ll Understand (2008) and Disengagement (2007) which
stars Juliette Binoche.
For more info on where to get your tickets and which movie will be screen, please go to http://www.filmfest.org.sg/index.php
So what are you waiting for? Go on and get your tickets before all gone. Before i go, here are some of the photos during the Press Conference. See you at the opening ^^
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