Now. They need your support. If by some chance you're a megarich tycoon, sponsor them. They've revived a moribund tradition of local cinema and have consistently struggled against censorship for the last 21 years. Just click on 'em. You'll find something you like.
http://www.filmfest.org.sg
One cool thing this year (from my admittedly tokenist perspective) is that the Singapore Panorama section includes a healthy proportion of non-Chinese directors. It's about fuckin' time! How can we claim P. Ramlee as a founding father if all our directors are munjens???
I don't actually like the following viral advert much, but it's by Royston Tan, so some of you will like it.
UPDATE: My friend Leon says:
Victric Thng's little clip is perhaps a little more effective, in promoting the festival.
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Mmm... it's not a bad idea for a tribute video, but it's preaching to the converted.
If you're already a film buff, you'd be salivating at the prospect of all those movies.
If you're not, then this video isn't going to change your mind.
SIFF's audience base was small to begin with, and they haven't been able to expand it much in the 20 years since.
In that period however, improved access to DVDs (through the internet, local retail, or the causeway) and greater availability of foreign ("arthouse") movies in cinemas here have eaten away at SIFF's ticket numbers.
(hey, didn't know Jack Neo was a SIFF aficionado though)
Victric Thng's little clip is perhaps a little more effective, in promoting the festival.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bSH3C98Mp7o&NR=1
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