Women In Film & Photography 2025
02/10/2025 - 23/11/2025
The eighth edition of Objectifs’ Women in Film and Photography presents the works of artists from Southeast Asia, South Asia and East Asia, responding to the theme of What We Carry.
What do we hold on to across our lives, generations and geographies? When is the act of carrying a marker of hope, resilience, resistance, or choice, and when is it not? What we bear can inform our identities, our journeys, and our connections to the world around us. How do we decide when to keep holding on, and when it is time to let go? After all, we carry to be able to carry on, carry over, and carry forward.
Through rich and layered narratives, the works in this programme explore individual and collective histories, environments, and lived experiences. The artists offer points of care, imagination, solidarity, and community, inviting new perspectives on what we choose to preserve, and the stories we choose to carry forward.
Film Screenings
Step into the intimate, thought-provoking worlds of women and non-binary filmmakers from across Asia in three short film programme.
Programme 1: A Quite Load – From the tropes romanticising feminine deaths, to the labour continuously borne by women taking care of homes, these films observe the social and lived-in realities of women carrying their hope and burdens amidst unspoken tension and displays of resilience.
Programme 2: Camp! Along the Mekong River – weaves together five short films by women, trans, and non-binary filmmakers who reside along or have created work across the Mekong’s reach. Curated by Phoo Myet Che, Pearl, the river is the thread connecting these films, appearing both visually as flowing waters and metaphorically as a vessel carrying layered histories, folklores, rituals, and desires. Following the screening, enjoy a camp-themed DJ set by Bbaloo, featuring music from across Southeast Asia.
Programme 3: Carnival of Solitude – Step into the otherworldly world of Qiu Miaojin (1969–1995), one of Taiwan’s most innovative queer modernist writers. Qiu explored lesbian identity at a time when homosexuality was little understood in Taiwan. While her literary legacy lives on, she also made one short film, Ghost Carnival (1990), adapting her own story Carnival of Ghosts—screening for the first time in Singapore. Stay for a post-screening discussion with curator Hsu Fang-Tze and multi-disciplinary artist Amanda Ruiqing Flynn as they unpack Qiu’s world and enduring influence.
Film Screenings
Objectifs Chapel Gallery
02/10/2025 – 04/10/2025
Ticket prices (per screening programme)
» Single concession ticket (student) – $8 (please note that ID may be verified at the door)
» Single general ticket – $10
» Pair general tickets – $18
Watch All 3 Programmes Package!
» Single concession ticket (student) – $20 (please note that ID may be verified at the door)
» Single general ticket – $25
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Screening Programmes
Main Exhibition
What We Carry anchors the 8th Women in Film and Photography showcase at Objectifs, reflecting on what we inherit, hold onto, and pass forward across families, generations, and cultures. Presenting the works of Cy Liu, Demie Dangla, Fion C.Y. Hung, Ore Huiying, Krithika Sriram, Sumi Anjuman, Vridhi Gulati, and Yuki Furusawa.
Visual artist Demie Dangla traces cassette tapes left behind by overseas Filipino workers, echoing the weight of one of the world’s largest migrant labour forces. Ore Huiying turns her lens to the Mekong River, revealing how development and displacement ripple through the lives of people in Laos and Cambodia. From Japan, Yuki Furusawa questions the stereotype of the “ideal family”. And in Southern India, Krithika Sriram explores the layered realities of female Dalit identity through three works.
Trans and queer artist Cy Liu visualises a journey of healing and becoming. Fion C. Y. Hung responds to being the only family member undiagnosed with Marfan Syndrome, drawing on research into body discrimination and the bullying of marginalised communities. Sumi Anjuman confronts the realities of gender-based violence and abuse in Bangladesh, while Vridhi Gulati reflects on marriage as an institution that continues to shape women’s lives and bodies.
Exhibition rating: Advisory 16 (Some Nudity and Mature Content)
Main Exhibition
Objectifs Chapel Gallery
10/10/2025 – 23/11/2025
Opening Hours
Tue to Sat, 12pm to 7pm
Sun, 12pm to 4pm
Free Admission
» Opening: Fri, 10 Oct, 6.30pm – 8.30pm
» In Conversation with Demie Dangla, Ore Huiying, and Yuki Furusawa
» In Conversation with In Conversation with Cy Liu, Fion C.Y. Hung, Krithika Sriram, and Vridhi Gulati
» Artists Guided Tour
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Featured Artists
other programmes
Photo Forum
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Street Photography Photo Forum with Women in Street SG
Sat, 4 Oct, 4pm - 6pm
Resources
- Women in Film & Photography Education Resource Guide (Coming Soon)