PROJECT: slingSHORT08/1

Screening selection:
Curated by Victric Thng

Flat Dreams by Eva Tang
14min 50sec / DVC-Pro High Definition / 2007

A short film about public housing dwellers trying to make sense of their mundane lives. Comprising 3 little shorts spanning 3 generations: Flat, Neighbourhood Watch, Void Deck ~ we see ordinary people living a flat life with little dreams.

Blood Ties by Chai Yee Wei*

11min 40sec / DVC-Pro High Definition / 2007

Qing was the sole witness to her brother’s murder. But when her brother’s murderers turn up dead, things don’t appear to be as simple as it seems. Madam Lee, after having to cope with the recent death of her son, now has to deal with the possibility that her daughter may be involved with the deaths of these killers.

At the same time, the second short acted as a joint to provide a connection between the entire three shorts together, and in its make believe world, will have surely reached out and inspired everyone to take a look back into what we did with our own, when we were the young boy's age. The third story following the plight of an unemployed elderly lady, was to me, the least interesting of the lot, maybe because of its abstract moments which I cannot identify with. It had a highly fantastical element towards the end, but you can tell that I was in joy when the end credits started to roll at that point.

Passenger by Green Zeng
16min / HDV / 2006

A taxi driver picks up an old woman late in the night and joins her on an unexpected journey of remembrance and rediscovery.

Take Me Home by Gözde + Russel Zehnder
16min / Super 8mm / 2006

Entirely shot on super-8mm film, this short tells a story about 3 characters. A young woman leaves home to buy cat food and fails to come back home. Meanwhile her Aunty Valerie waits anxiously for her return. When Valerie finds a watch in her letterbox, she finally accepts her once lost memories.

Block 46 by Ghazi Alqudcy*
13min 08sec / 2007

Block 46 tries to discover Singapore’s deepest secret about the mass suicide that happened on 6th April 2006. Not many know about this, as the media are not allowed to have coverage over this massacre. A total of 6 people committed suicide by jumping down from the top of the building to end their misery.

(S)439 965 by Elgin Ho*
7min / HDV / 200

A reflective journey through one’s memory that will bring us closer to our hearts; a visual diary of a little corner in Singapore called Katong during the 90s. This film was made to challenge the conventional boundaries of what defines a documentary and a fictional film.

For Naomi by Benjamin Tan*
3min / miniDV / 2007

A simple story told through a simple short, inspired by an emotionally charged turn of true events. This is a film revealing, beneath its surface masquerade of simplicity, the apathy inherent in being grounded.