SINGAPOREAN FILMS at MAG:NET

CINEKATIPUNAN @ MAG:NET CAFE
Monday, 22 January 2007
5:30 PM

SINGAPOREAN PROGRAM
Presented by Nai Rui Chng

Tak Giu
Tak Giu (Director Jacen Tan / 2004 / 15mins / Singlish with English subtitles) is an indie film about soccer/football culture in Singapore. Having taken up the challenge of a friendly soccer match, 3 soccer crazy boys realise that it is not easy to find a good, free public soccer field in Singapore… if there's any at all. Through their journey they encounter obnoxious care-takers, locked-up fences, deterring weather and a persistent policeman. Will they be able to find their dream soccer pitch? The story explores the issues of soccer amenities, and the attitudes of Singaporeans
towards local and foreign soccer.

Completely unheralded, Tak Giu debuted on the internet to garner over 32,000 downloads in less than three weeks and quickly gained a cult-following. In 6 months, it had gathered 100,000 viewers. Shot with just a camcorder, Tak Giu spread like wild-fire and made waves in the Singaporean football and online community.

In November 2005, Jacen Tan's 2nd short film, Zo Peng, won 2nd place at the Panasonic/MDA Digital Film Fiesta, Short Film Open Category. Jacen Tan has also
produced and directed Silverpiece, a music video for popular Singaporean indie band, Lunarin.

Jacen's new short film, 'Zo Gang' will hit the internet by the end of 2006. His films can be viewed on his website, Hosaywood and YouTube

Cast:
Daison Png, Stanley Huang, Jacen Tan, Lee Whye Leong, Mohd Suhaimi
Written, Directed and Produced by Jacen Tan
Sound/Music and Editing by Jacen Tan
(Hosay Studio 2004/05)


Innocent
Innocent (Director Gek Li San & Ho Choon Hiong / 2004 / 27mins / Mandarin with English subtitles) is a personal documentary about a family tragedy. The filmmakers take you on a journey into the hearts and minds of the people who are left behind to make sense of an unwarranted death.

Festivals/Awards
Special Jury Prize & Special Achievement Award (Singapore Short Film Category) 2004
17th Singapore International Film Festival 2004

Gek Li San is a video editor with 9 years of experience. Her editing credits range from TV documentaries (Discovery Channel and MediaCorp Arts Central) to reality shows (Ch8 and Ch U), entertainment, infotainment, sports, trailers (AXN, CH 8). She has been actively involved in making short films for many years. A number of short films which she edited won prestigious awards overseas. Moving House (a documentary commissioned by the Discovery Channel) won the Best Documentary in the 2002 Student
Academy Awards (OSCARS). Happy Birthday Sharon (an experimental short film) won the Best Short Film award at the 2nd AFM/International Independent Film Fest in
Istanbul, Turkey 2003.

Ho Choon Hiong's debut documentary Goddess of the Neon City was short-listed as a finalist for Best Short Film in the Singapore International Film Festival. Since then he has produced other notable projects for MediaCorp Arts Central and Discovery Channel.

Ho's new film, I Love Malaya (co-directed with four others) was released in 2006.