From 17 April, more than 30 feature titles and 11 short film titles will be presented at the Singapore Chinese Film Festival (SCFF), a big jump from 10 film titles at the inaugural festival last year.


Singapore Chinese Film Festival
Date: 17 April - 27 April 2014
Venues:
  • The Arts House
  • National Museum of Singapore
  • The Cathay Cineplex
  • Cathay Cineleisure Orchard

Ticket Prices: $9 - $13

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Besides award-winnings films from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, local productions will also be featured this year, such as Hong Bao and Kisses by filmmaker Wee Li Lin.




The festival's opening film is Kiwi Chow's A Complicated Story, written Shu Kei and performed by a stellar cast Jacqueline Zhu, Jacky Cheung and Stephanie Che. Both Kiwi Chow and Shu Kei will be present at the festival to talk about their film.

The festival will showcase four different themes; Chinese Panorama, Documentary Vision, Chinese Shorts Showcase and King Hu Wuxia Classics.


(Find out more at the official website here!)



Chinese Panorama

This will be the main theme that showcases award-winning and notable independent feature films from the various regions. This year, there are14 feature films from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including first-time feature films from Singapore and Malaysia, to showcase the diversity and achievements of Chinese Cinema.




Documentary Vision

This theme aims to put the focus on a growing trend in Chinese cinema to capture through documentary lenses, socio-political and cultural landscapes.

Popular box-office hits such as Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above, Bridge Over Troubled Water, as well as Indie documentaries such as The Road to Fame will please fans of all ages and biography documentary films on master filmmakers like Johnnie To and Tsai Ming Liang will also be featured.




Chinese Shorts Showcase

Under this inaugural theme, the 11 short films come in two different sub-showcases, including Letters From the South, an omnibus featuring six filmmakers from South East Asia, each making a short film concerning the issues of the Chinese diaspora.

The other showcase is a curated programme made up of award-winning short films from China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the 50th Golden Horse Best Short Film winner Butter Lamp by Hu Wei.




King Hu Wuxia Classics

It is the first retrospective programme with a focus on the Wuxia Classics of King Hu. Director Hu is widely hailed as the ‘Godfather’ and ‘Master’ of the Wuxia genres, and eight classic films from the King Hu oeuvre were selected to introduce the rich cultural heritage of the Wuxia Classics to new audiences, as well as entertain old-time fans.




Apart from post screening Q&A sessions for selected films, there will be two panel discussions at the National Museum of Singapore.

The Singapore Chinese Film Festival runs from 17 April to 27 April 2014!