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VIDDSEE JUREE AWARDS Following similar events in other parts of South-east Asia, this short film competition organised by the Viddsee video streaming site comes to Singapore for the first time. Ten films, from independent film-makers and schools in Singapore, have been shortlisted for the finals. The event will also feature talks and workshops, which are open to the public, and will close with the awards ceremony on Aug 19 at The Projector cinema. Among the short films is The Drum by Ler Jiyuan, a 25-minute work about a man named Kang (played by Wang Yuqing, above), who finds solace in a pair of Indian drums after being forced into early retirement. THE OLD TRILOGY locations, relationships and hawker PHOTOS: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON (PG) INFO: www.viddsee.com/ National Day celebrations continue haunts. The films are co-directed by a BIRDMANDOG, 120 minutes juree/singapore2018 through the weekend with this number of film-makers, including GOLDEN VILLAGE, selection of documentaries about Royston Tan and Eva Tang. OBJECTIFS Screened as part of a celebration of the works of Singapore, all showing at The WHERE: The Projector, Level 5 Golden acclaimed Japanese film-maker Hirokazu Kore-eda, this Projector. Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road drama follows a man named Ryota (Masaharu Fukuyama, The Old Trilogy – Old Places (2010), MRT: Nicoll Highway WHEN: Until above left), who discovers that his biological son was Old Romances (2012, above) and Old Tuesday, various times switched at birth with the boy he is raising. Friends (2015) – are loving tributes to ADMISSION: $13.50 from The critically acclaimed film was nominated for the the Lion City, looking at our favourite theprojector.sg Palme d’Or at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Jury Prize. WHERE: The Projector, Level 5 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road MRT: Nicoll Highway WHEN: Until Sunday, various times ADMISSION: $13.50 from theprojector.sg

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Include the Beach Road MRT: Nicoll Highway kestrels in his home city of London. coverguy WHEN: Till Aug 31 ADMISSION: Child (two - 12 years old) Anurag family who journey to the name of the event, organiser, venue, with one adult: $24 weekday WHEN: Tomorrow, 7.40pm; Sun WHERE: Nature Society (Singapore) ADMISSION: Free Indian city of Varanasi and discover date and time, ticket prices and (unlimited playtime)/$28 weekend 7.50pm ADMISSION: $13.50 Office, 02-05 The Sunflower, 510 INFO: menshealth.com.sg facets of the river and of themselves nearest MRT station, as well as your (for two hours); extra adult: $6; extra (standard), $11.50 (concession) Geylang Road MRT: Aljunied they never knew existed. name, address and contact number. playtime $5 for 30 minutes; bundled INFO: theprojector.sg WHEN: Today, 7.30 - 8.30pm WHERE: Drama Centre Theatre, 03-01 We reserve the right to edit or reject 2018 Apec Photo Contest prices & membership packages ADMISSION/INFO: Free, register at The contest calls for submissions available INFO: www.tayostation.com National Library Building, 100 Victoria items. 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MRT: Various WHEN: Tomorrow, seniors, free for children below 12 [email protected] or Michael Chapnick WHERE: Open Farm Community, various times ADMISSION: $6 (free years old INFO: E-mail at [email protected] 130E Minden Road, Dempsey Hill for kids below 90cm), includes gift, nparks_sbg_visitor_services@ MRT: Botanic Gardens while stocks last nparks.gov.sg WHEN: Aug 19, 10am - 6pm INFO: gv.com.sg KIDS ADMISSION: Free (take along cash; credit cards accepted only at Burning (2018, M18) PETS Christmas In Summer At selected stalls) INFO: E-mail [email protected] or Adapted from Haruki Murakami’s Snow City go to openfarmcommunity.com short story Barn Burning, South Basic Obedience Foundation Celebrate an early Christmas inside Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s Class For Dogs Singapore’s largest indoor snow simmering thriller ticks all the Conducted by Action for Singapore playground, which will be home to LAST CALL surrealist Murakami checkboxes: Dogs (ASD), the class incorporates interactive Arctic exhibitions, phantom cats, precarious love the Amichien Bonding principles, life-sized snow sculptures and an Ayesha triangles and dangerous, the foundation of an owner’s adrenaline-packed 60m snow slope. Ayesha was created with a vision to pyromanic hobbies. The movie relationship with his dog. WHERE: Snow City Singapore, raise questions about being a (with English and Chinese subtitles) Participants will also learn effective 15 Science Centre Road MRT: Jurong woman with brown skin. The was a Palme d’Or nominee for the techniques of communication and East WHEN: Till Aug 31, 10am - 6pm protagonist in this theatre Cannes Film Festival this year. basic obedience exercises. ADMISSION: Singaporeans & production represents the journey of WHERE: The Projector, Level 5 Golden WHERE: Tiong Bahru Park, permanent residents: $15 an women in South Asia, from Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road 1 Henderson Road adult/$12 a child (others: $18 a adolescence to old age, and how MRT: Nicoll Highway MRT: Tiong Bahru WHEN: Tomorrow & person) for one-hour snow play, they deal with suppression in the WHEN: Tomorrow, 8pm (Redrum); Aug 18 (4.30 - 6pm) ADMISSION: $350 $25/$18 for two hours snow play form of societal pressures. Minimal Sun, 4.50pm (Green Room) ($250 for ASD adopters) ($28/$23); National Day special for dialogue in Hindi/Urdu, the work is ADMISSION: $13.50 (standard), $11.50 TEL: 6100-2737 kids: $5.30 (Till Aug 31) not suitable for children under 10. (concession) INFO: theprojector.sg INFO: E-mail [email protected] INFO: snowcity.com.sg WHERE: Black Box, Goodman Arts