After a six-year hiatus, the Asian Film Symposium (AFS) returns with various short films from eight partnering countries in South-East Asia.
Co-presented by Objectifs and The Substation, this 2015 edition of AFS features the theme: Pop! Culture where film programmers are invited to curate cutting-edge short films from their respective countries and share them with the local audience.
Deemed as the ‘culture of the people’, pop culture encompasses the collection of ideals and ideas influenced mainly by the mass media. From fashion, television, language, music and films, these elements very much make up the contemporary aspects of our lives. Through these short films, the notion of pop culture will be explored from an Asian perspective.
Asian Film Symposium
Date: 10 - 13 September 2015
Venue: Objectifs/The Substation
Ticket Price: $10 - film screenings
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In addition to film screenings, there will be intimate dialogue sessions with the filmmakers, critics and programmers as they share their experiences and expertise with one another, discussing on pertinent topics that affect the cinema industry today. These dialogue sessions will be carried out in the presence of an audience who will be able to contribute to the subject matter.
The dialogue sessions are free and are open to public.
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The 8 countries participating are Singapore, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam. Singapore filmmakers whose films will be screened are Jasmine Ng (Moveable Feast), Kirsten Tan (Fonzi), Zulkifli Salleh (Anchovies), CheeK (Beansprouts and Salted Fish), Nelson Yeo (The Story That I Forgot to Tell), and Jow Zhi Wei (A Guide To Flora and Fauna of the World).
This year’s Country-In-Focus is Taiwan. A special program curated by Taipei International Film Festival curator Kuo Ming-Jung will be presented on Saturday 12th September, with the curator in attendance.
The Asian Film Symposium 2015 is supported by "Watch Local", an initiative under the Singapore Film Commisison.