Images of Desire, is a fringe screening for the 3rd Singapore Short Film Awards

Come peek at the desires of a child’s greatest dream, the search for colour in life, the need for control and escape, and the exploration of love in a hotel and a convenience store. Be tempted by this selection of award-winning Singapore short films as they look at longing and desire in the most curious of places and their often quirky, if not outlandish outcomes.

7 short films produced by local filmmakers will be presented along with a post-screening discussion with the directors.

Date & Time
Friday, 17 February 2012
7pm – 9pm

Admission
Free!
Seats are available on a first-come-first-served basis
Auditorium capacity: 200

Venue
The Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium
Level 2, Education Resource Center @ University Town
National University of Singapore
(for more directions, click here)

Rating
M18, No admission below 18 years of age

Official website

http://www.nustudios.org/ssfa2012/

Facebook

http://www.facebook.com/events/379221242092374/

About the screening

Explore how Singaporean film engages identity through this screening of six works from the NUS Theatre Studies Programme’s module on Singapore Film. Followed by a Q&A session with the films’ director, these works will serve up slices of Singaporean life through shared memories (The Tourist), aspirations (Dot Dot Dot), meals (Chap Cai Png), relationships (In Between and New Beginnings) and multiculturalism (Help! I’m with the others, get me out of here!).

The films’ creators come together from different faculties in NUS and their academic specialties uniquely texture each film. Bite-sized shorts of no longer than ten minutes each, these films add to the ever-growing diversity of Singaporean film.

PROGRAMME
The films will be screened in the following order:

1) Help! I’m with the others. Get me out of here! (NC16)
Boxed in, cornered and trapped in a lift, a group’s suppressed prejudice towards each other starts to surface as they are forced to share an uncomfortably small space.

2) In Between (PG)
Separated by their faiths, Farhana and Marcus find themselves lost in their quest for love. Can love bridge their two worlds?

3) Dot Dot Dot (PG13)
Dot Dot Dot is a short film about a Singaporean who never stops dreaming about getting rich through “4D”, a four-digit lottery number game in Singapore.

4) Chap Cai Png (PG)
Chap Cai Png is a brief look into the lives of 4 stereotypical Singaporeans during lunch time at a local coffee shop. A delicious spread of judgement and misunderstanding is served up. Who are Singaporeans exactly.

5) New Beginnings (G)
Set in the well-trodden footpaths within the National University of Singapore, is a spin on a classic tale of boy-meets-girl. New Beginnings is a fairytale love story involving an all too-normal undergraduate, Wei Jie, and beautiful Sarah, the girl of his dreams. Through their day-to-day silent communications parodying modern-day instant messaging, Sarah helps to break the robotic monotony of Wei Jie’s student life, making him more “human”.

6) The Tourist (G)
Clarice, a young woman whose family had migrated to the United States in the early days of her youth, returns to Singapore for the first time in over a decade.

Upon arrival, it becomes clear to her that the Singapore she finds herself in bears little resemblance to the Singapore that she once called home. Thus beginning a search for the place of one of her fondest memories, a wanton mee stall in an old wet market.

A post-screening Q&A with the film directors will be held.

Wondering what is the ‘F’ word in this showcase of two short films? It can mean ‘Family’ in the short film, Choices, and the ties that bind them. Watch as a son struggles with the mistake of his father and makes a choice that may have serious consequences.

It can mean ‘Friends’ in the short film Durian Complex. Join five people as they deal with the complexities of the relationships between them and find out the connection between the popular fruit and the show.

Or, it can mean ‘Film’, the medium of expression – come discover the meaning of the ‘F’ word with us.

nuSTUDIOS Mini Productions is coming up!  Mini Productions will happen from September 2010 to Mid October 2010. This is your best chance to gain production experience and more knowledge before our real filming begins at the end of the year.  Mini Productions would be a perfect opportunity to learn new stuff and make an impression as crew call for our December productions will be coming up soon!  You will get further hands on with Mini Productions and will have access to our studios to edit your video (on a first come first serve basis).   Your video will also get a chance to be submitted for contests and you stand a chance to win cash (split amongst the group) as well!

This event is only open to nuSTUDIOS members.  Click here to register for Mini Productions!
(You can register as a nuSTUDIOS member  here if you are not already a member.)

If you have any questions, please do note hesitate to email us.

Hello everyone!  It’s the time of the year for film school again.  This year, Film School will be held on a Friday night and two Saturdays, the 20th, 21st and 28th August so keep your days free for this event!

Click here to register for Film School.

Dates: (Times to be confirmed again)
20 August : 6pm – 10pm
21 August : 9.30am – 5pm
28 August : 10am – 5pm

Application Criteria for Film School:

Create a 1 minute video using a handphone camera, digital camera, webcam or any other device

Upload your video to YouTube or Facebook, or upload to www.yousendit.com, and send the link to nustudios@gmail.com.

Please include your full name and matric number in the email.

Deadline: 18 August 2010, 11.59pm (Wednesday)

Your video has to address the following questions:

- What is your favourite movie and why do you like it?

- If you are a director, what kind of film genre will you make, and why?

To find out more about us and what we do, please come down for either one of our Welcome Tea sessions!

nuSTUDIOS Welcome Tea 2010

Dates: 5th and 12 August 2010
Time: 7.00 pm
Venue: CFA Studios (Opposite Yusof Ishak House)

Admission is free so do bring your friends along to learn about what we do.  Please register your interest here if you haven’t already done so at our matric fair booth.  See you there!

Any questions? Contact us here.

Art-ifacts: The Durian Complex
(Installation cum film screening)

19 Mar, 8pm & 9.30pm
20 & 21 Mar, 3pm, 4.30pm, 8pm & 9.30pm
UCC Theatre Green Room
$8
Click here for tickets

Film, as an art form or popular entertainment, is generally a passive medium, requiring the viewing of a completed work rather than an artistic process.  This installation aims to allow audience interaction with film by creating a space for audiences to view a single film in different components, forming an impression based on its parts before watching the film as a whole.  This allows the audience to appreciate film as an art form in closer proximity, moving beyond a two dimensional space to one that enables the use of all senses.

nuSTUDIOS Elections 2010

nuSTUDIOS steering committee ’09 will be stepping down in end February 2010 and we are looking for new and fresh members to take up roles for the new steering committee 2010. Do take note that the nomination dates are a few weeks earlier (in January) before the handing over in January 2010, the purpose of this is for a smoother transitioning of committee roles.

Important Dates:

a. Call for nomination: 14th – 23rd Jan 2010

b. Deadline for submission of nomination forms: 23rd Jan 2010

c. Interviews: 25th – 29th Jan 2010

d. Mandatory Camp for selected Electees: 5th Feb (PM) to 7th Feb (PM)

e. AGM, take over: 26th Feb 2010 (To be confirmed)

Click nuSTUDIOS_Elections_Nomination_Form_2010 to download the elections nomination form and the general duties and rights of each position available and nuSTUDIOS organization structure. Please read the form for more information.
If you have any further questions about the positions available or if you feel you can contribute to nuSTUDIOS in positions not currently available, please feel free to contact me (sabrina@nustudios.org) or any of the relevant exco members via emails found on www.nustudios.org/about-us/.

See you at the interviews!

Cheers,
Sabrina Wee
President
nuSTUDIOS Film Productions
a member of NUS Centre For the Arts

m. +65 9756 7369
visit us at www.nustudios.org