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How Histories Converge in Red Stars Upon the Field (2025)
How many of us truly know our own family history, let alone our national one?
Oct 3
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Forgotten Island (2026) is One of the Most Original and Exciting Animated Features Of Late, All Southeast Asians Must Watch
When Disney’s Raya and the Lost Dragon (2021) first released, there was much backlash to the monolithic depictions of Southeast Asia.
Oct 1
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German Film Festival: Fatherland (2026) is Paweł Pawlikowski’s Most Politically Urgent Film
Germany, 1949.
Oct 1
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German Film Festival: The Impossible Quest for Belonging in Visar Morina’s Exile (2020)
Exile (2020), directed by Visar Morina, is a layered and sophisticated character study that dissects the xenophobic gaze cast upon the immigrants.
Sep 30
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German Film Festival: The Education of Jane Cumming (2026) Dares to Reimagine Truths
“So the action of the intelligence is directed to some end.
Sep 29
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Minikino Film Week: The Price of Our Desires
Featuring: Dying of the Young Deer, Praying Mantis, Disturbia, At February’s End & Honey, My Love, So Sweet
Sep 26
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Minikino Film Week: Grief as Proof and Persistence of Love
The First Bite, Baadarane, Our Birthdays, Paper Houses and Horses & Grandma Nai Who Played Favorites
Sep 24
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Remembering, Forgetting, and Constructing History: On Dear You
The overwhelming success of Dear You (2026) in Singapore can be understood as a cultural phenomenon in itself.
Sep 16
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What We Owe to Each Other: Abbas Kiarostami’s A Taste of Cherry (1997) Socio-Economics Revisited
A Taste of Cherry (1997) is not your usual road film.
Aug 27
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Daryl Cheong
Whether Your First Time or Repeat Viewing, Surrender to Stalker (1979)
Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker (1979) will be screening at Filmhouse on 19 September and 4 October 2026 as part of the Cinematic Voids programme presented…
Aug 26
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Stitching Back Tongues: Dear You (2026), National Day Rally and the Complexities of Language
Following the change in dialect film policy at the National Day Rally 2026
Aug 25
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KwanTeo CineLab 2026: Green Olive Award Short Films Illuminate Exciting Possibilities by Youth Local Filmmakers
On 11 July 2026 (Saturday), KwanTeo CineLab opened with its flagship programme: the Green Olive Award.
Aug 20
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