46-536: Nasib (Fate) is a 1949 Singaporean Malay-language black-and-white romantic drama film directed by B. S. Rajhans ; it stars S. Roomai Noor , Siput Sarawak , Daeng Harris , and P. Ramlee . The film was one of eight popular productions made by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1940s. Kassim is banished from his home by his elder brother and sister-in-law, who plotted to keep the family inheritance to themselves. Kassim and his two close friends attempt to make
92-493: A Chinese-language market, such as Hong Kong. He has started his own artiste management company, J-Team Productions. Royston Tan , a young Singapore TV commercial director who has been making award-winning shorts for years, released 15: The Movie , his first feature, in 2003. An expanded version of an earlier short film he made, this 90-min movie on the fringe and drug-abusing delinquents used bold subject-matter and featured some graphic scenes with non-professional actors. When
138-632: A budget of S$ 800,000. Eating Air did not break even; That One No Enough barely did and only Liang Po Po: The Movie continued the vein of commercial success of Money No Enough , collecting S$ 3.03 million. 1999 also marked a watershed for Singapore films. Raintree Pictures , the filmmaking subsidiary of MediaCorp Productions , was started. Raintree Pictures invested in two regional co-productions, Liang Po Po and The Truth About Jane and Sam , which starred Singaporean television lead actress Fann Wong with Taiwanese singer Peter Ho and Hong Kong director Derek Yee . Raintree Pictures would finance
184-478: A film making hub for Malaya and Singapore (later merging into Malaysia) declined with the three-way standoffs between film unions, Shaw Brothers Studio and Lee Kuan Yew 's government driving its superstar P. Ramlee northward to Kuala Lumpur to start his own production studio in 1964. This was further exarcebated with the Konfrontasi declared by Indonesia towards Malaysia causing a ban of Singaporean films from
230-484: A flourishing Chinese and Malay film industry in the 1950s and 1960s, Singapore 's film industry declined after independence in 1965. Film production increased in the 1990s, which saw the first locally produced feature-length films. There were a few films that featured Singaporean actors and were set in Singapore, including Saint Jack , They Call Her Cleopatra Wong and Crazy Rich Asians . The role of Singapore as
276-579: A leading role. The cast includes Daeng Harris , Momo Latiff , Nona Asiah , and P. Ramlee in a supporting role. The Indonesian actress Zainab made her Singapore film debut in Nasib in the role of a singer and dancer. Nasib was released in July 1949 in Singapore . The film, one of eight popular films produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1940s., was "well received". Cinema of Singapore Despite having
322-501: A living by fishing at sea. But their boat topples over and they drift to a secluded island. There, they chance upon a pirates’ lair in a cave and seize the ill-gotten treasure that the pirates had hidden. This black-and-white film was directed by B. S. Rajhans for Shaw Brothers Studio . Filming lasted six months in their studios on Ampas Road and on location in neighbouring islands and rural areas in Singapore and British Malaya . This film stars S. Roomai Noor and Siput Sarawak in
368-489: A number of local and Hong Kong productions in years to come, and are the producer company of the films of Jack Neo. Subsequent productions, such as 2000 AD (2000) and The Tree (2001), also drew on Hong Kong star power; the company invested in critically acclaimed regional films such as The Eye (2002) and Infernal Affairs II (2003). Raintree Pictures also produced two English-language local productions, Chicken Rice War (2000) and One Leg Kicking (2001). With
414-612: A platform for grooming young talented filmmakers. Some of his notable achievements include being the first recipient of the National Arts Councils Young Artist Award for Film in 1997 and together with James Toh and Lucilla Teoh they wrote the White Paper which resulted in the formation of the Singapore Film Commission . In 2004, Khoo directed his third feature Be With Me which was selected as
460-643: A retrospective in Korea. The Seoul Independent Film Festival paid this tribute to him. In 2007, Khoo was appointed as a board member of NYU Tisch School of the Arts, Asia . He produced Royston Tan's 881 a box office hit and received the highest arts honor the Cultural Medallion by the President of Singapore in the same year. In 2008, Khoo's film, My Magic was selected for Cannes official selection main competition. It
506-569: Is also screening on Singapore Airlines ' inflight entertainment programming. In 2016, Khoo collaborated with some of Southeast Asia's most renowned filmmakers as part of an omnibus project commissioned by National Gallery Singapore, Art Through Our Eyes . This project brought together – for the first time – filmmakers Joko Anwar (Indonesia), Ho Yuhang (Malaysia), Brilliante Mendoza (Philippines), Apichatpong Weerasethakul (Thailand), and Eric Khoo (Singapore). In 2018, Khoo directed Ramen Teh , which stars Seiko Matsuda . The film premiered as
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#1732847690841552-450: Is distributed in France by ARP and Wild bunch for international sales. My Magic picked up the best film award at Fribourg International Film Festival and was voted best film of 2008 by Le Monde . In 2009, Khoo entered into a partnership with Infinite Frameworks to form a new company, Gorylah, specializing in the production of genre films. Gorylah's maiden effort, Darah , went on to win
598-697: The Asian Film Archive for its 20th anniversary and screened at the Singapore International Film Festival . The high-resolution Digital Cinema Package version, restored from original 35mm prints, also enjoyed screenings at arthouse cinema The Projector in April and May 2016, with a panel discussion on the film's legacy. 2015 also saw the release of Khoo's short film, Cinema , as part of the omnibus, 7 Letters , to commemorate Singapore's 50th year of independence . In addition, Khoo released
644-705: The Muhr AsiaAfrica Awards at the 8th Dubai International Film Festival . It made its North American premiere at The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). In the same year his production 23:59 , an army paranormal film, was number one at the Singapore box office. In 2012, Khoo was Jury President at the Asian Film Awards and Rotterdam International Film Festival . He was the head of the Jury at Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival 2013. Khoo has five critically acclaimed feature films that were at film festivals all over
690-627: The Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival . A wave of young filmmakers, considered the Singaporean new wave, who are educated in local and overseas film schools, begin to dominate the film scene. Ilo Ilo (Chinese: 爸妈不在家), the debut feature of director Anthony Chen , premiered at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival as part of the Directors' Fortnight on 19 May 2013 to very positive reviews. The film
736-563: The Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival . In September 2014, Khoo announced that he will release a drama anthology, In the Room , in 2015. Exploring themes of love and sensuality, the film will star Hong Kong actress Josie Ho , up and coming Korean actor Choi Woo-shik , Japanese adult-film actress Shou Nishino, and actor Koh Boon Pin, who starred in Khoo's 12 Storeys . In
782-559: The Best Actress award at the 2009 Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival. Khoo executive produced Boo Junfeng 's first feature film, Sandcastle . The film was selected for 2010 Critic's Week at Cannes. Centre Pompidou in Paris held an Eric Khoo retrospective in 2010 and he was featured in Phaidon Books, Take 100 - The Future of Film, 100 new directors. Khoo was president of the jury for
828-595: The Golden Maile Award for Best Picture at the 17th Hawaii International Film Festival . 12 Storeys was also the first Singapore film to be invited to take part in the Cannes Film Festival . Be With Me opened the Directors' Fortnight at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival , while My Magic was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was voted as one of the top five films of that year by Le Monde . Most recently, Tatsumi , based on manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi 's memoir, premiered in
874-537: The Indonesian market. Even with the separation from the Federation, Lee's government throughout his tenure placed little priority on continuing its own homegrown film-making culture in preference to policies boosting its economy, which he later expressed deep regret after his retirement. The first fully Singapore funded film came in 1991's Medium Rare , which was based on a real-life local cult killer, Adrian Lim, who
920-632: The International Competition at the 63rd edition of the Locarno International Film Festival in 2010. Tatsumi , based on the life and short stories of Yoshihiro Tatsumi , is Khoo's first animation feature which premiered at the 64th Cannes Film Festival in 2011 and world sales is handled by The Match Factory. Tatsumi won best animated feature at the Sitges Film Festival and the best film and best composer in
966-622: The Room will also feature a homage to controversial cabaret dancer Rose Chan , the subject of a biopic that was first announced in 2009 but is still under development. In the Room premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2015 and travelled to the San Sebastián International Film Festival , Busan International Film Festival and Singapore International Film Festival . It
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#17328476908411012-464: The box office. In 1997 came another Eric Khoo feature film, 12 Storeys , a highly acclaimed production which was the first Singaporean film to be shown at Cannes . Interweaving 3 stories about life in the HDB high-rise flats, 12 Storeys was seen as a breakthrough for Singaporean films, combining a coherent plot with Singaporean production crew and actors, such as Jack Neo and Koh Boon Pin. The rest of
1058-449: The decade was encouraging for the growing film industry. Glen Goei 's Forever Fever (1998) was picked up by Miramax for S$ 4.5 million and re-released in the U.S. as That's the Way I Like It . These two years saw the releases of a number of other films, such as A Road Less Travelled (1997), God or Dog (1997), Tiger's Whip (1998) and The Teenage Textbook Movie (1998). However, it
1104-405: The film censorship board passed it with cuts, it prompted a backlash from the director in the form of Cut , an all-singing musical satire à la Tsai Ming-liang lampooning the system. This short film was passed uncensored by the board and was seen during the Singapore International Film Festival , but there were open discussions about it during local parliamentary sessions, prompting remarks that
1150-620: The financing of a local production company and the setting up of organisations such as the Singapore Film Commission (SFC, set up in 1998), budding filmmakers, especially independent ones, found it easier to make movies on subsidies and loaned funding. The advent of digital video also meant that some novice filmmakers could experiment with cheaper alternatives. Features like Stories about Love (2000) and Return to Pontianak (2001) were both shot on digital videos, even though they were not commercial successes. The success story since
1196-595: The first Singaporean to do so. The film was also screened at numerous festivals worldwide and, in 2007, became the first Singaporean feature to win the Audience Award for Narrative Feature at the Asian American International Film Festival in New York. In 2007, Jack Neo released another film known as Just Follow Law (我们在政府部门的日子) which took a dig at bureaucracy in the civil service, as well as
1242-586: The government was "not amused" by it. Royston Tan has since made three more features, 4:30 (2005), 881 (2007) and 12 Lotus (2008). 2005 could be seen as another mini-boom year for Singaporean cinema, with commercially successful fares like Kelvin Tong 's horror flick The Maid , two Jack-Neo co-directed movies, I Do I Do and One More Chance , and less mainstream offerings like Eric Khoo 's critically acclaimed Cannes opener Be with Me , and Perth , Djinn's dark take on Scorsese 's Taxi Driver . In 2006,
1288-584: The highest grossing local films of all time. Critics generally gave it positive reviews, and many believe that it was because of the film giving younger Singaporean Chinese more insight into their traditional culture that made it a success. In addition, the use of Hokkien songs, which had been suppressed by the government as part of the Speak Mandarin Campaign , may have contributed to its popularity. In 2008, Eric Khoo's Tamil language social drama My Magic became Singapore's first film to compete for
1334-589: The highest grossing local movies for their respective years in Singapore. He also produced 15 (2003) directed by Royston Tan , which screened at the Venice Film Festival (2003) and Sundance (2004). His TV work includes being executive producer of DRIVE , an anthology series for the Television Corporation of Singapore (1998), and Seventh Month (2004), a highly acclaimed TV horror series for Channel U ( SPH Mediaworks ). These productions served as
1380-491: The highest ranking Singaporean-made film on IMDb, making it the most critically acclaimed film in the history of Singaporean cinema. Eric Khoo Eric Khoo Kim Hai (born 27 March 1965) is a Singaporean film director and producer who is often credited for the revival of the Singapore modern film industry. Born on 27 March 1965 in Singapore, Eric Khoo was the youngest son of the 15 children of Tan Sri Khoo Teck Puat from his second wife Rose Marie Wee. His mother, who
1426-654: The independent feature Becoming Royston paid homage to the above-mentioned filmmaker. It was made under new Originasian Pictures. The film went on its festival run in Europe and South Asia and was released in 2007. 2006 also saw the premiere of Singapore Dreaming by Woo Yen Yen and Colin Goh , who won the Montblanc New Screenwriters Award at the San Sebastian International Film Festival,
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1472-415: The lengthy procedures one had to go through in Singapore to get a permit for various things. This film garnered generally positive reviews and was moderately successful at the box office. However, the success story of the year was Royston Tan's 881 , which brought Singapore's seventh month getai culture to the big screens. While it was intended to be a niche film, it exceeded expectations and became one of
1518-502: The most commercially profitable local film to date. It also demonstrated the viable potential of Singapore's film industry. The next year would be a boom year for local films. Eight Singaporean feature films were made in 1999 alone, the most notable being Liang Po Po: The Movie (starring Jack Neo in a reprisal of his television cross-gender role), That One No Enough , the first directorial effect of Jack Neo, and Eating Air , made by film critic Kelvin Tong and film editor Jasmine Ng on
1564-693: The opening film for the Directors’ Fortnight Cannes 2005. The film has since won several awards overseas and has been invited to the Toronto International Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Pusan International Film Festival amongst others. It has also received international distribution including the US and Europe with glowing reviews in the French media when it opened in October 2005. Khoo
1610-457: The release of Mee Pok Man , the first full-length film made by an independent Singaporean filmmaker, Eric Khoo , on a tight budget of S$ 100,000. Concerning a lonely noodle seller who falls for a prostitute , Mee Pok Man earned much critical accolade worldwide and encouraged more experimental, independent filmmaking in the nation. Army Daze , made in 1996, took a humorous look at Singapore's national service , and turned in high profits at
1656-570: The telemovie Wanton Mee on okto in March, before it travelled to the Culinary Zinema section of the 63rd San Sebastian Film Festival in September and the 10th Culinary Cinema programme of the 2016 Berlinale in February, where chefs like Alexander Dressel took turns serving a menu inspired by the programme's films. Wanton Mee , a look at the transformation of Singapore's versatile street food scene,
1702-482: The turn of the 21st century must be from local comedian-turned-director Jack Neo. Financed by Raintree Pictures, he made a number of hits dealing with Singapore's heartland problems in an engaging and deceptively light-hearted fashion. I Not Stupid (2002) was a peek into the ultra-competitive academic lifestyle as seen through three local students who performed poorly in grades; its acerbic social commentary marked another height for Singaporean films. Homerun (2003)
1748-411: The world including prestigious festivals such as Venice , Berlin and Rotterdam . In 1998, Khoo was ranked as one of the 25 exceptional trend makers of Asia by Asiaweek magazine and in the following year was included into Asiaweek's leaders for the millennium issue. He was an executive producer for the local comedy hit, Liang Po Po – The Movie (1999), and One Leg Kicking (2001), which were both
1794-497: The world: Mee Pok Man (1995), 12 Storeys (1997), Be with Me (2005), My Magic (2008), and Tatsumi (2011). Mee Pok Man won prizes in Singapore, Fukuoka , and Pusan . It was also entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival . 12 Storeys won him the Federation of International Film Critics (FIPRESCI) Award and the UOB Young Cinema Award at the 10th Singapore International Film Festival , and
1840-569: Was a cinephile, introduced him to cinema when he was three years old. He later received his education at the United World College of South East Asia . Khoo's interest in film eventually led him to study cinematography at the City Art Institute in Sydney , Australia . Khoo's films Mee Pok Man and 12 Storeys have together been screened at over 60 film festivals, held all over
1886-556: Was a judge at the 10th Busan International Film Festival 2005 and Be With Me is the first Singaporean film to be nominated for the European Film Awards 2005. In 2006, Khoo executive produced Royston Tan ’s second feature 4:30 and was invited to direct for the Jeonju Digital Film Festival in Korea – No Day Off the story of an Indonesian maid. He was the first Singapore director whose films were featured in
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1932-530: Was a remake of the Iranian Children of Heaven in a local, pre-independent era context; it won for its young lead Megan Zheng the first Golden Horse Award for Best Newcomer. The Best Bet (2004) took a humorous dig at heartlanders' obsessions with lotteries. Neo averages a film per year and his productions feature local Singaporean (usually television) artistes in filmic roles. They have been successes locally and abroad, especially in those places with
1978-595: Was awarded the Camera d'Or award, thus becoming the first Singaporean feature film to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival. It received six nominations at the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards ., and won 4: Best Film, Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress for Yeo Yann Yann. In total Ilo Ilo has received 21 awards and 10 nominations around the world, as well as
2024-477: Was hanged in 1988 for murder. Although it cost over S$ 2 million in production, the film performed dismally at the box office. The film took in merely S$ 130,000 locally but broke the ice for the next coming Singapore movie, Bugis Street , which was released in 1995. Bugis Street was a gaudy film about the famous sleazy district where transvestites and transsexuals were found. Both Medium Rare and Bugis Street were directed by non Singaporeans. The same year saw
2070-529: Was initially unable to be screened for commercial release in Singapore as Khoo refused to edit two scenes that exceeded the MDA's film classification guidelines. Later, the subtly different 'international version' of the film was given a commercial release on February 25, 2016, after it was passed uncut with an R21 rating by the Media Development Authority . In December 2015, Mee Pok Man was restored by
2116-485: Was the phenomenal success of Money No Enough (1998) which eventually catapulted the nation's drive towards movie-making. Using a local crew of actors drawn from television comedies, this 'heartland' comedy written by Jack Neo used a smattering of Singlish and Hokkien to make a realistic, easily identifiable drama about everybody's quest to make a quick buck. Made with less than S$ 1 million, it raked in S$ 5,800,000, making it
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