Welcome to Objectifs Cinema: Now Showing, a celebration of the richness and diversity of Southeast Asian short films. It is an exhibition that hopes to gather film lovers of all backgrounds through screenings, talks, sharing sessions, and a film memorabilia showcase. It aims to set the stage for deeper discussions and a broader understanding of short films from the region.

The short film format has long been a playground for alternative forms of expression, and has become one of the key ways in which filmmakers and artists in Southeast Asia have explored new visual languages and ways of sharing lived experience. It is cinema that resists and transcends geographical, historical, and artistic boundaries, that brings people together while beholding its uniqueness.

As a space that champions Southeast Asian stories, programming, promoting and nurturing the development of short films is integral to Objectifs. Since the early years of its founding, it has been affiliated with the region’s film scene as a producer, exhibitor and distributor. These shifts reflect the efforts of an independent arts centre to respond to the changes in how short films have been made and seen, and the importance of making space for this vital art form.

Films from the Objectifs Film Library will be screened over the course of this exhibition. The specially curated line up will be refreshed regularly. More information below.

The films screened at the exhibition and more can be rented for a small fee via above link. Your support goes a long way in championing filmmakers from Singapore and Southeast Asia!