| FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 2018 | THE STRAITS TIMES | happenings life D7 FILMS Jimami Tofu (2017) Yip Wai Yee Entertainment Correspondent recommends Created by Singapore’s BananaMana Films, the award-winning film will be featured in a free public screening at the Botanic Gardens tomorrow night. Picks PHOTOS: Audiences stand to win return Jetstar ASSOCIATED tickets to Okinawa in a lucky draw at PRESS, NETFLIX, the end of the movie. Okinawan picnic Film THE PROJECTOR baskets featuring the Ryukyu dynastic food portrayed in the film can be purchased online at bit.ly/BuyPicnic. WHERE: Eco Lake Movie Lawn, Singapore Botanic Gardens, 1 Cluny Road MRT: Botanic Gardens WHEN: Tomorrow, 7pm ADMISSION: Free INFO: https://bit.ly/2N3yfoa Tomboy (2011, NC16) A French family with two sisters, 10-year-old Laure and six-year-old Jeanne, moves to a new neighbourhood during the summer holidays. With her Jean Seberg pixie haircut and tomboy ways, Laure is immediately mistaken for a boy by the local kids and passes herself off as Michael. In French, with English subtitles. WHERE: Green Room, The Projector, Level 5 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road MRT: Nicoll Highway WHEN: July 7 & 15, 5.30pm; July 21, 2.30pm ADMISSION: $13.50 (standard), $11.50 (concession) INFO: theprojector.sg God’s Own Country (2017) Isolated young sheep farmer Johnny Saxby numbs his daily frustrations with binge drinking and casual sex, until the arrival of a Romanian migrant worker Gheorghe, employed US AND THEM (PG13) for the lambing season, ignites an 118 mins/Now showing on Netflix CARGO (M18) intense relationship that sets Saxby 105 mins/Now showing on Netflix on a new path. The film won the World Taiwanese singer-actress Rene Liu makes her directorial Cinema Directing Award at last year’s debut with this bittersweet romance about young love Zombie apocalypse films are Sundance Film Festival and was and missed opportunities. aplenty, but this Australian film nominated for Outstanding British Here, top Chinese stars Zhou Dongyu and Jing Boran starring Martin Freeman (left) Film at this year’s British Academy (both above) play a pair of lovers who reminisce about elevates the genre with emotional Film Awards. their past romance after bumping into each other years heft. He plays a newly infected WHERE: Green Room, The Projector, after they break up. father who desperately travels Level 5 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 The film, which premiered in cinemas in China in May – through rural Australia for a new Beach Road MRT: Nicoll Highway the only country to get a theatrical release – was a huge caretaker for his infant daughter WHEN: July 8, 5pm; July 14, 5.30pm ADMISSION: $13.50 (standard), $11.50 box- office hit and made Liu the first female Chinese Rosie. (concession) INFO: theprojector.sg director to gross more than 1 billion yuan (S$206 million). NATURE Singapore Garden Festival Roadshow The biennial Singapore Garden Festival, which presents the best of tropical horticulture and floral artistry, will return next month. There are roadshows at various locations to create awareness of the upcoming festival and the next one takes place at Toa Payoh HDB Hub this weekend. WHERE: Atrium, Toa Payoh HDB Hub, 480 Toa Payoh Lorong 6 MRT: Toa Payoh WHEN: Tomorrow & Sun, 10am - 8pm ADMISSION: Free INFO: E-mail singapore [email protected] Singapore Botanic Gardens Heritage Festival The Singapore Botanic Gardens celebrates its three-year inscription THE BEFORE TRILOGY Although much of the films only A FANTASTIC WOMAN in history to be an Academy Award anniversary as a Unesco World One of the greatest love stories told feature the pair walking and talking, This Chilean film, about a young presenter. Heritage Site with tours by staff and on film is the one of Jesse (Ethan they are celebrated for their realistic transgender woman who has to deal She was also named one of Time volunteers, concerts and Hawke) and Celine (Julie Delpy), an portrayal of romance. with the death of her older boyfriend, magazine’s 100 most influential performances, food trails, plant sales, unlikely pair who fall in love after WHERE: The Projector, Level 5 Golden has swept almost every major award people in the world this year. and free entry to the National Orchid meeting on a train in American Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road since its release last year, including WHERE: The Projector, Level 5 Golden Garden. WHERE: Orchid Plaza, National Orchid film-maker Richard Linklater’s MRT: Nicoll Highway/Lavender Best Foreign Language Film at the Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road Garden, Shaw Foundation Symphony celebrated Before trilogy (Before WHEN: Till July 7, various times Academy Awards in March. MRT: Nicoll Highway/Lavender Stage, Singapore Botanic Gardens, Sunrise, 1995; Before Sunset, 2001; ADMISSION: $13.50 In the lead as Marina is Chilean WHEN: Thursday to July 8, various 1 Cluny Road MRT: Botanic Gardens Before Midnight, 2013, above). INFO: theprojector.sg actress Daniela Vega (above), who times ADMISSION: $13.50 WHEN: Tomorrow - July 8, 8.30am - became the first transgender person INFO: theprojector.sg 7pm ADMISSION: Free INFO: E-mail nparks_sbg_visitor_ [email protected] Horseshoe Crab Rescue & Research Programme Horseshoe crabs are in decline globally due to habitat loss, poaching and overfishing. The Nature Society (Singapore) aims to continually monitor their local population to composting and garbage enzymes 24-Hour Playwriting dances from experts and pick up FABItalia and The Italian Quarter, performances and go-go dancers. ensure that they stay around for and pick up gardening tips from a Competition By TheatreWorks some moves in the months leading up which are made up of members of Pre-movie activities start at 8pm. generations to come. farmer. Kids will get to feed fish, check Cash prizes of $100 to $700 are up for to the da:ns festival. various nationalities who are WHERE: Redrum, The Projector, Level WHERE: Kranji Bund Mudflats (details out a well, look into a microscope and grabs and one of the winning plays WHERE: Esplanade Rehearsal Studio, passionate about promoting Italian 5 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach will be e-mailed to participants one learn about the pond ecosystem. will be developed into a full 1 Esplanade Drive MRT: Esplanade/ culture. There will also be a special Road MRT: Nicoll Highway week before the event) MRT: Kranji WHERE: Meet at 40 Neo Tiew Road production, which will then be taken City Hall WHEN: Till Sept 30, 9 - 10am & comedy performance by Marco Luly, WHEN: Today, 9.30pm WHEN: July 15, 7.30 - 10am MRT: Kranji, go to goo.gl/1ejYJa for on a performance tour to the South 10.30 - 11.30am ADMISSION: $15 a an Italian actor, director and theatre ADMISSION: $30 (movie & Hoe Down ADMISSION: Free. To register, go to shuttle bus schedule East District in the first quarter of person (tickets sold in pairs or threes) instructor. Party), $10 (party only) tinyurl.com/ nsshorseshoecrab INFO: WHEN: Tomorrow & July 7, 9am - noon next year. INFO: goo.gl/iMHpQf WHERE: Open Stage, 03-01 INFO: theprojector.sg E-mail Lester at [email protected] ADMISSION: Adult, $20; child, $10; WHERE: Haw Par Villa, 262 Pasir library@esplanade, 8 Raffles Avenue family package, $60 Panjang Road MRT: Haw Par Villa OTHERS MRT: Esplanade WHEN: July 3, 7 - 8pm Fiji Water Wellness Village PETS TEL: 9859-1504 (Deb) WHEN: July 14, 4pm - July 15, 4pm ADMISSION: Free INFO: nlb.gov.sg The one-day event promoting health INFO: E-mail info.healingfood ADMISSION: $40 (Youth: 15 - 18 years and wellness will feature food and @gmail.com old), $55 (Open: 19 years & above). To Seletar Mall’s Hwa Chong International School beverage and lifestyle stalls. Pet Adoption Drive At City register, e-mail writerslab 3rd Anniversary Open House Registered guests can also Square Mall @theatreworks.org.sg In conjunction with its third Hwa Chong International School participate in a mass yoga session City Square Mall and Quayside Isle at CONTESTS TEL: 6737-7213 INFO: E-mail anniversary, The Seletar Mall has invites parents and eligible students with Jasmine Chong (5.30 to 6.15pm, Sentosa Cove, owned and managed [email protected] or go to organised an adventure-themed to its open house on July 7, which will 6.45 to 7.30pm). theatreworkssg.wordpress.com campaign. Shoppers can enjoy $3 feature showcases on curriculum and by City Developments, are hosting a WHERE: Sapphire Pavilion, Siloso value deals, in-store promotions and co-curricular activities and an series of adoption drives for more Japanese Speech Contest Beach Walk, 41 Imbiah Road, Sentosa activities such as conquering a 6m address by the principal. than 70 dogs and cats together with The 50th annual contest, KIDS MRT: HarbourFront WHEN: Tomorrow, rock wall and gliding along the 18m WHERE: 663 Bukit Timah Road key pet welfare associations. The first co-organised by the Embassy of 3 - 8pm ADMISSION: Free flying fox zipline. Those who spend at MRT: Tan Kah Kee/Sixth Avenue drive takes place at Quayside Isle on Japan and other Japanese TEL: 6325-8232 Sunday with Action for Singapore organisations in Singapore, will The Kidz Academy Returns least $100 can join a lucky draw to win WHEN: July 7, 8am - noon Dogs. feature six finalists from each of the Singapore’s largest educational fair top prizes of overseas trips or an Osim ADMISSION: Free. To register, go to WHERE: Level 1 Fountain Plaza, secondary school, junior college, will return over the Youth Day uLove massage chair worth $6,399. https://bit.ly/2tIQR3N • The listings on these Happenings Quayside Isle, Sentosa Cove, 31 Ocean tertiary/polytechnic and open weekend. The free event focuses on WHERE: 33 Sengkang West Avenue TEL: 6464-7077 INFO: E-mail pages are free.