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Ken Kwek's 'Unlucky Plaza' is this Year's Opening Film for Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)!
By InCinemas / 02 Oct 2014 (Thursday)
The Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) today announced that it has set Ken Kwek’s Unlucky Plaza (2014) as the film that will open the festival on 4 December 2014, a first for a Singaporean film!
Watch the trailer after the jump!
Unlucky Plaza had its world premiere in the Discovery section at the recent '39th Toronto International Film Festival' held last month. Fans and film enthusiats will be able to catch the screening here in December! Previous films from Kwek includes the controversial short 'Sex.Violence.FamilyValues'.
The SGIFF returns after a two-year hiatus and will be celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. With a focus on groundbreaking Asian cinema and discovering new film talents from Southeast Asia, it will screen over 100 feature and short films, of all genres, from 50 countries.
Singapore International Film Festival
Date: 4 - 14 December 2014
Screening Venues:
- Marina Bay Sands
- Shaw Theatres Lido
- National Museum of Singapore
- The Projector (formerly Golden Theatre)
- The Arts House
(Find out more about the festival at the official website here!)
[About the Film]
Unlucky Plaza is a story about one man's financial woes that spiral into a harrowing crisis. When he is further outdone by a financial scam, he takes a group of people hostage in a millionaire's bungalow and the crisis, captured on video, sparks an international outcry. A multi-character thriller from one of Asia's most exciting young filmmakers, Unlucky Plaza navigates among three narrative threads in order to create a dramatic statement about the things we do for money.
It stars Filipino actor Epy Quizon in the lead role. The other parts are taken by local veteran stage and screen actors Adrian Pang, Judee Tan, Shane Mardjuki, Janice Koh, Pamela Oei, who is Kwek’s wife, and television host and actor Guo Liang. The film's title is a play on Lucky Plaza, the Orchard Road mall known for its businesses serving Filipino residents.