The countdown is on as Perspectives Film Festival: Breakthroughs in Cinema opens in less than 3 days, bringing you a weekend of all things bold and independent: five international films, a short-film showcase with local directors and a masterclass on independent film financing!

About Perspectives Film Festival 2013
This year, Perspectives Film Festival: Breakthroughs in Cinema presents Independent Cinema. The curated films went against the conventional mould and were made independently. As Scorsese put it, film is "a declaration" of one's self - telling stories that these filmmakers wanted to tell and filming it the way they wanted to.

Independent cinema has allowed filmmakers the freedom to do what they do best - producing creative films stamped with the directors' individual style and vision, thus providing unique cinematic experiences for the audience. The five features curated this year often had a long journey to the big screen, fighting budgetary constraints and challenging cinematic norms.

Perspectives Film Festival 2013
Date: 3 - 6 October 2013
Venue: National Museum of Singapore
Ticket Prices:
  • Normal: $10
  • Students/Senior Citizens/SFS members: $8
(20 more festival passes added by popular demand. Get your tickets and festival passes at Sistic!)


Highlights

Exclusive Singapore premiere of Television (2012) - a favourite at world's festivals. Meet director Mostafa Farooki, and male lead, Shahir Kazi Huda for a post-screening dialogue and don’t miss out on this golden opportunity to catch the film at Perspectives 2013 as Television has recently been selected to represent Bangladesh in the 86th Academy Awards.

Interactive film experience with rare 35mm archival print screening of Thai film noir Black Silk (1961) which was specially restored by the Thai Film Archive. There will also be a post-screening discussion with the Deputy Director of the Thai Film Archive and the Manager of Cinémathèque at the National Museum of Singapore.

Other highlights include breakthrough features from Hou Hsiao-Hsien, Danny Boyle and Martin Scorsese - all screened in traditional 35mm film format.

(Find out more about Perspectives Film Festival 2013 on the website!)