The Substation Moving Images presents
FIRST TAKE
3 November 2008
The Substation Theatre
8pm, FREE ADMISSION
First Take, happening every 1st Monday of the month at The Substation,
is a popular screening of new local short films and is followed by a
Q&A with the filmmakers. A platform for new filmmakers and anyone
who is interested in filmmaking to meet, exchange ideas and show their
work. See the future talents of Singapore film!
1. Together / Ivy Lee / 31 min / 2008 / PG
Bee’s boyfriend QQ insists to spend a Christmas holiday at her home.
However, Bee always finds her family an embarrassment and does not wish
to let QQ meet her ugly family. Thus, she conjures up all sorts of
funny ideas to chase her family away. However, QQ turns out to a
cheat...
Ivy likes to work on social issues and loves getting story ideas from
friends’ experiences and daily news reports. For e.g., many young
people today have placed their love relationships prior to kinship.
“Together” is a short film that reminds everyone the importance of
family, and that there is no place like home. “Together” is also her
final year film project that unites her teachers and classmates in Hong
Kong together with film students from various polytechnics in
Singapore. The film is also a co-production with Ad Infinitum Films,
headed by The Substation’s Associate Artist Kelvin Sng.
2. A Fistful of Yusof Ishaks / Nelson Yeo / 4 min / 2008 / PG
A son witnesses his father confront a long-awaited assassin sent by his arch-nemesis.
Nelson Yeo graduated from Nanyang Polytechnic with a diploma in digital
media design. During his poly stint, he clinched 2 prestigious crowbar
awards: Gold for animation “One-armed swordsman” & Bronze for an
experimental short “The Experiment”. Aside from his studies, Nelson
also works on independent film projects. This is the first piece he is
submitting for competitions. Nelson is currently majoring in digital
filmmaking in the NTU School of Art, Design & Media.
3. Tak Dong Cheng / Suffian Zainuddin / 36 min /2008 / PG
Best Friends Jas and Farid are interested in learning lion dance.
However, they face many obstacles and challenges while learning a
different culture. In a multi-cultural country such as Singapore, will
they be able to realize their dreams?
Suffian’s interest in filmmaking started from his many back packing
trips with friends. Armed with a camcorder and digital camera, their
enthusiastic and trigger-happy selves always resulted in hours of
footages and piles of pictures. Shorter footages of the trips in the
form of music videos were made and the passion for filmmaking soon
followed.
His first short film, “Mat Superhero” was first screened at The Substation in 2007.
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SUBMISSIONS ARE WELCOME ALL YEAR ROUND! For more information or to
screen your work at First Take, please visit our website at
www.substation.org or contact
the Programme Manager of Moving Images at 6337 7535 / [email protected]
First Take is presented as part of The Substation Moving Images programme and supported by the Singapore Film Commission!