13 new Singapore films for 2013
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Title
Synopsis
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* Taxi! Taxi!
‘Taxi! Taxi!’ follows the trials Chinese
<德士当家> and tribulations of a
retrenched microbiology
scientist, Professor Chua, as
he turns to taxi driving after
several failed job attempts.
He befriends a veteran
driver, Ah Tau. The two men,
polar opposites of each
other, from educational level,
personality, attitude towards
life and even the languages
they speak, eventually find
themselves interdependent
and influencing each other in
positive ways.
Kelvin
Sng
2
Pickles
JK
Saravana
Five unlikely characters form
a film company to achieve
their individual dreams.
Arvind, a metrosexual male,
who dreams of becoming a
great filmmaker starts
forming his team. There’s
Language
EnglishTamil
Director
Annex A
Production
Expected
Company
Release Date
SIMF
3 Jan 2013
Management,
RAM
Entertainment,
PMP
Entertainment,
Galaxy
Entertainment,
SgLanded,
Scorpio East
Pictures
Contact Person
Tantra Films
JK Saravana
9749 9453
[email protected]
Jan 2013
Chan Pui Yin
9765 9785
[email protected]
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Sruthi, his childhood friend;
Walter, a James Cameron
wannabe director; Thanes,
the ruthless dictator; and
finally, Kaly the village
playwright. Clueless about
filmmaking, this team of
misfits attempt their
childhood dream of
producing a film.
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4
* Ah Boys
to Men II
This army story depicts the
Chinese
enlistment of young boys,
<新兵正传> who have lived a sheltered
life. In the army, life is no
longer a bed of roses. It’s a
place where boys undergo
harsh military training and
face life’s challenges, such as
in their relationship with
family, friends and
bunkmates. The boys learn to
be responsible, and their
enlistment marks their
transition to manhood.
Jack Neo
The
Wedding
Diary II
Adrian
Teh
<结婚那件
Soon after marriage, Weijie
and Zhixin face pressure to
conceive. When it finally
happens, the couple realise
Chinese
J Team
Productions &
mm2
7 Feb 2013
Jerilyn Huang
9791 0301
jerilynhuang@mm2entertain
ment.com
14 Feb 2013
Faith Mak
9790 0953
[email protected]
entertainment
Clover Films,
Golden Screen
Cinemas, Asia
Tropical Films,
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事之后>
that having a child is not a
matter concerning only
them, but actually involves
their families too. Will
parenthood be a bed of
roses? Or does the arrival of
their baby mark the start of
many challenges to be faced
by the young couple?
Red
Numbers
‘Red Numbers’ revolves
around a guy, who, according
to a fengshui master, only
has three lucky minutes in his
miserable life. His fortune is
wrapped up with a greedy
family whose grandfather
holds the key to the winning
combination in the 4D
lottery.
Chinese
Dom Ow
Supernova
Media
Unable to come to terms
with death of her mother,
15-year old Kim suddenly has
to deal with a new mother in
her life. Na, her stepmother
hails from a remote village in
Indonesia. A series of
mysterious and strange
incidents starts to occur at
Chinese
Gilbert
Chan
Gorylah
21 Mar 2013
Pictures, mm2
Entertainment,
Clover Films
<红字>
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* Ghost
Child
<鬼仔>
SCM, Mega
Cineplex
22 Feb 2013
Alvin Soe
9847 2246
[email protected]
m
Gary Goh
9855 6073
[email protected]
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the family home when she
arrives in Singapore.
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3.50
When a young Cambodian
girl is abducted from her
village, a brash American
documentary filmmaker
ventures deep into the
underbelly of Phnom Penh to
rescue her, and crosses paths
with various other lives
affected by the city’s harsh
rules of survival.
English
Eysham
Ali &
Chhay
Bora
Supernova
Media
June 2013
Justin Deimen
9710 5792
[email protected]
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Afterimages
‘Afterimages’ is about a
group of artists who burn
cameras as offerings to the
dead, and in return, receive a
collection of footages from
hell in the form of short
horror movies.
English
Tony
Kern
Mythopolis
Pictures
Aug 2013
Genevieve Woo
9742 2444
[email protected]
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* Menstrual
Man
There are men who squirm at English
the mention of a woman’s
period. And then there’s
Muruganantham, a man who
went as far as to analyse
strangers’ used pads in his
quest to produce low-cost
sanitary napkins for India’s
Amit
Virmani
Coup
Communicatio
ns
TBC
Amit Virmani
9766 7167
[email protected]
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* Mister
John
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* That Girl
In Pinafore
poor. In telling
Muruganatham’s inspiring
story, “Menstrual Man”
underscores the role of social
entrepreneurship in
combating poverty, and
highlights the importance of
economic empowerment of
women to enable a better
world.
An Irishman whose marriage English
is in crisis travels alone to
Singapore after the sudden
and suspicious death of his
estranged brother, and soon
finds himself immersed in the
daily life of this man he never
truly knew.
‘That Girl in Pinafore’
Chinese
revolves around four
teenagers - Jiaming,
<我的朋
Xiaopang, Haoban and
友，我的同 Caogen. The story follows the
學，我愛過 teenagers' efforts to bring
business back to a struggling
的一切>
folk music pub, and the
blossoming love between
Jiaming and May, an ardent
fan of Singaporean folk
Fran
Borgia
Akanga Films
TBC
Fran Borgia
62994068
[email protected]
Chai Yee
Wei
mm2
Entertainment
TBC
Jerilyn Huang
9791 0301
jerilynhuang@mm2entertain
ment.com
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music.
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3 Peas in a
Pod
<他她他>
13
Wa is for
Wayang
‘3 Peas in a Pod’ is a story
Chineseabout friendship, love and
English
obsession. Three university
students from three different
countries are good friends
whose love lives are
intertwined with one
another’s. Just before they
graduate and go back to their
respective countries to
embark on their working
lives, the three friends decide
to go on a road trip in the
country they’ve been
studying in for the last 4
years: Australia. Little do they
know, this farewell holiday is
a trip that will change their
lives forever.
Michelle
Chong
Huat Films
In
development
Diana Chong
9838 8168
[email protected]
‘Wa is for Wayang’ is about
an immigrant boy from India
who gets caught between a
clumsy teacher who vows to
preserve a fading cultural art
and an obsessive school
principal who strives to rid
the aged old tradition.
Raymon
d Tan
Brainchild
Pictures
In
development
Raymond Tan
6491 1154
English
[email protected]
Jayce Tham
9791 8227
jaycetham@creativesatwork.
me
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Discover the new family
comedy about hope, values
and harmony that is told
through a misfit Indian boy
and the mystical Chinese
Opera.
* Supported under MDA’s Production Assistance Grant Scheme
Information accurate as at 21 Nov 2012
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