Director Chai Yee-wei's third featured film, That Girl In Pinafore, will be showing in Singapore theatres on 8 August 2013! Get an idea of the movie through its latest movie teaser and poster!

That Girl In Pinafore is the first Singapore film in 15 years to celebrate the success of Xinyao, 新谣, the popular 90s Singaporean folk music movement. The film aims to re-introduce this music with contemporary arrangements to a new generation in a charming teenage love story.


Watch That Girl In Pinafore Teaser


As shown in the teaser, the lovers in the movie, Jiaming and May, sees Project Superstar 2 winner Daren Tan 陈世维 and rising starlet Julie Tan 陈欣淇 taking up the respective roles.


(Photo - from Left: Daren Tan 陈世维 and Julie Tan 陈欣淇)


Besides Daren and Julie, the movie introduces fresh faces to the audience, including popular bloggers like Jayley Woo 胡佳琪, Hayley Woo 胡佳嬑, Sherly Ng 黄意轩 and fresh talents such as Kelvin Mun 文兆保, Seah Jiaqing 余珈庆 and Kenny Khoo 邱殷龙.

About The Film
The Girl In Pinafore also marks the first major involvement of a major local music company, Ocean Butterflies, in a Singaporean movie.

The movie revolves around four teenagers (Jiaming, Xiaopang, Haoban, and Caogen). They form a xinyao band to bring business back to a struggling folk music pub, and through this love blossoms between Jiaming and May.