KRISTY |Marcia Ong | 7” | English
A little girl who is in love with her favorite T-shirt is locked in a battle of wills with her
mother, who wishes she would start wearing dresses.
*
SOMEDAY MY PRINCE WILL COME | Ezzam Rahman | 6” | No Dialogue
“Good things come to those who wait” – it is about what lies around the corner, the
anticipation of it all, the yearning for something to happen. If only we knew when.
*
LABOUR DAY | He Shuming | 23” | Mandarin, Malay and English (With English subtitles)
Cik visits her old flat to collect rent from two foreign worker tenants – Zoe, a Malaysian-
Chinese who dreams of being a star, and Purple, a study-mama from China who is
hiding a secret from her son. Trailer here.
*
SISTERS | Lincoln Chia | 9” | English and Mandarin (With English subtitles)
The Chinese custom for bridesmaids, or “sisters”, to playfully impede a groom’s
progress on the morning of the wedding, as he arrives at the home of the bride to fetch
her, takes on a dark, poignant twist.
*
TRANSIT | Regina Tan | 10” | Malay (with English Subtitles)
Sri, an aspiring dancer, reflects on her difficult circumstances as she seeks to embrace a
selfhood that our society marginalizes and makes moral judgments on.
*
THIN AIR | Kirsten Tan | 12” | English
A whimsical tale chronicling the final days of Hector, a wheelchair-bound old man who
is occupied with fishing – from the rooftop of an apartment building in New York City.
*
SWING | Leon Cheo | 6” | English
A few weeks after Wei Long and Daniel have broken up, Daniel asks Wei Long to meet
him one more time.
*
CHANCRE | Loo Zihan | 17” | English
Chancre – a painless ulceration formed at the onset of syphilis; a transmutation of a
memory couched in shame. Film includes text excerpts from Paul Gauguin’s The
Writings of a Savage and Walter William Skeat’s Malay Magic.
Excerpt here (note: graphic content).
Short Circuit 05
A Showcase of Singapore LGBT Short Films
Rating: R21
Date & Time: 6 January 2012 (Fri), 8pm
Venue: Guiness Theatre, The Substation
Contact
shortcircuitsg@gmail.com
Tickets
- SOLD OUT -
If you have successfully purchased your tickets, please collect them at the door on 6th January from 6:30pm.
You may wish to print out the electronic payment receipt for verification.
Note: This screening is rated R21. Please bring along a photo ID to verify your age.
Proceeds will go to Young Out Here (YOH), a support group for LGBT youth in Singapore.
For more on YOH, visit young-out-here.blogspot.com
Getting to The Substation
MAP
45 Armenian Street, Singapore 179936
+65 6337 7535
If you have successfully purchased your tickets, please collect them at the door on 6th January from 6:30pm. You may wish to print out the electronic payment receipt for verification.
Getting to The Substation
