Get a regular dose of local short film magic! Screening this month: Past SIFF Winners
:: Di (Little Brother) by Michael Kam (Best Director - Singapore Shorts, SIFF 2006)
:: Katong Fugue by Boo Junfeng (Special Jury Prize - Singapore Shorts, SIFF 2007)
:: Autograph Book by Wee Li Lin (Special Achievement Award, SIFF 2003)
:: Quietly by Oon Jit Fong (Best Short Film, SIFF 2006)
:: The Secret Heaven by Sun Koh (Best Director - Short Film Competition, SIFF 2002)

Autograph Book © Wee Li Lin

DI (LITTLE BROTHER) (2005)
7 min / Drama / Singapore
Director: Michael Kam
[English and Hokkien with English subtitles]

Synopsis:
Set in a tiny HDB (Housing Development Board) apartment in 70’s Singapore, Di (Little Brother) is a comic battle of wills between two young brothers left alone at home when their mom steps out for a short errand.

Director’s Bio:
Michael Kam graduated with an Advanced Diploma in Film Production at the Ngee Ann Polytechnic, and is currently a lecturer in film production at the polytechnic. He was previously a Corporate Communications Executive in a Government-linked Corporation, where he scripted and produced various corporate video programmes.

KATONG FUGUE (2007)
10 min / Drama / Singapore
Director: Boo Junfeng
[English]

Synopsis:
A film adaptation of a short play about a boy with a hidden life and a mother desperately trying to reach out.

Director’s Bio:
Boo Junfeng is one of the most prolific Singaporean short film makers in recent years. His first short film Un Retrato de Familia (A Family Portrait) won the Silver Screen Awards for Best Film and Special Achievement at the 18th Singapore International Film Festival. He has also just completed Lucky7, an omnibus feature film based on the exquisite corpse concept.

AUTOGRAPH BOOK (2003)
11 min / Comedy / Singapore
Director: Wee Li Lin
[English]

Synopsis:
A school girl’s autograph book is an eclectic collection of poems and truisms about friendship, here, it is also the cause of a rift between two twelve year old friends who must decide if their friendship is one worth keeping.

Director’s Bio:
A graduate of Brown University with a BA in Art Semiotics, Li Lin also spent a semester in New York University doing “Sight and Sound”, an intensive filmmaking production course. Since her graduation she has been working as a director in both television and film. Though still early in her career, her short films have been celebrated in two local retrospectives. She made her debut feature, Gone Shopping, in 2007.

QUIETLY (2005)
8:45 min / Drama / Singapore
Director: Oon Jit Fong
[Japanese with English subtitles]

Synopsis:
How does a pebble make waves? Convinced that his family has become “frogs in a well”, an elderly grandfather leaves them an important departing message. This calm, peaceful film will spark thoughts about the wisdom of the aged and the beauty of death.

Director’s bio:
Oon Jit Fong graduated with a Masters from New York University’s film programme. Quietly was his 2nd year film project.

THE SECRET HEAVEN (2001)
16 min / Drama / Singapore
Director: Sun Koh
[English]

Synopsis:
A five-year old girl is an underachiever who spends most of her time trying to skip piano lessons. When cornered by her piano teacher and mother, she discovers a most ingenious way to break free – by going to heaven.

Director’s bio:
Sun Koh worked on a number of telemovies and series or MediaCorp Channel 5 and Arts Central. Like Junfeng, she has just completed The Lucky 7 Project, which is showing at the 21st Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF).