Free Hugs 2023
A jaded Office Lady’s perspective on life is thwarted when she runs into her ex, an Ah Beng giving out free hugs to strangers.
A jaded Office Lady’s perspective on life is thwarted when she runs into her ex, an Ah Beng giving out free hugs to strangers.
In some mystically-inclined literature from the Persianate world, individual letterforms, words, the reed pen of calligraphy and other calligraphic-related elements have been used as metaphors to explain the unexplainable secrets of the universe. This film is inspired by some of those metaphors and is a celebration of the beauty of the art of calligraphy.
Tired of his turbulent family life, Adam seeks out an alternative arrangement in hopes of finding his place.
Interviewees in Singapore recount their haunted experiences at the rediscovered colonial bathroom atop Bukit Bulabu.
While avoiding a conversation with his mum, Elliot encounters a peculiar little creature in need of his assistance!
After cooking a scrumptious meal for her family, Ah Ma endlessly waits for them to arrive until she realizes her innocent mistake.
A dementia stricken elderly man is disturbed by a mysterious chirping sound in his flat. With the emergence of a cricket, he finds himself in the forest where he finally embraces the shadows of his past.
19-year-old Anne adjusts to driving her Dad’s car, while struggling with whether to keep the family secret of his terminal illness from Grandma.
Karōshi (過労死) is a vast examination into the issue of overworking in contemporary society, the struggles that perpetuate the working class. All that is left is a lingering touch of urban loneliness. The film follows through with scenes of the everyday, the mundane, and the often overlooked aspects of daily life: drawing distinctions between an imagined utopia, and the true dystopian reality.
Still Voices is a one-room drama about a young woman navigating the complexities of motherhood while confronting her broken marriage, and estranged daughter.
As two old men fish by the jetty, they begin to remember their kampong days.
A heartwarming tale of Lucas, a Singaporean boy who faces up to his fears in the neighbourhood playground, and reunites his neighbour Angie with her lost doll.
Inspired by a true story of an aviation disaster, a daughter tries to bridge the bond she lost after her father returns home from a plane crash, where he struggles to remember his life before that fateful catastrophe.
A grieving tattoo artist returns to his late Ah Gong’s home, where fragments of memory and loss quietly resurface. As he moves through the spaces they once shared, he is drawn into a quiet journey of remembrance and emotional closure.
Ten year old Eliza's perception of reality begins to shatter after witnessing the limit of her mother’s mental deterioration. Illusions, memory and observations cast light and transform her world into something ill-fated.
Two university students unexpectedly win £100,000 from taking a photo of Jupiter. A lighthearted comedy drama about not growing up.
Merde follows 3 current and former ballerinas who all started from the same ballet studio, but are all in very different places in life now, exploring what ‘failure’ means to them in their relationship with ballet.
17-year-old Jason's world shifts when his estranged grandma moves in, disrupting his routine as he undergoes a journey of transformation.
When young working mother Amelia is notified that her 3 month old son is underweight, she has to decide what’s best for her son while battling her own insecurities of motherhood.
In this mixed media landscape of puppetry, collage, sand and clay, a young girl finds her body afflicted by a mysterious condition. Panicked, she races through different worlds searching for a diagnosis.