Asian Cinema Fund

Asian Cinema Fund 2018

List

Project	To Singapore, With Love

Category	DongSeo Asia Fund
Project	To Singapore, With Love
Director	TAN Pin Pin
Country	Singapore
Director's Profile	Tan Pin Pin’s films about Singapore and her history, have screened at Berlin, Busan, Cinema du Reel, Viennale, Visions du Reel, Rotterdam, MOMA and at the Flaherty Seminar. They have also screened internationally on Discovery Networks. In Singapore, they have received sold out theatrical screenings, toured schools and was acquired by Singapore Airlines for their in-flight entertainment services. Cinema du Reel in its award citation, describes Invisible City(2007) as “A witty, intellectually challenging essay on history and memory as tools of civil resistance”. The Straits Times describes Singapore GaGa(2005), voted the Best Film, 2006, as “One of the best films about Singapore”. Moving House(2001), her thesis film won the Student Academy Award for Best Documentary.

This is a love letter to Singapore, shot entirely outside the country.

How does one live in a state of permanent displacement? I meet Singaporeans who are outside looking in, to find out more.

2013 Dubai International Film Festival - Best Director Award in Muhr Asia Afria Documentary Section