Who's Shooting What? 2011 : Final Glimpse

This could be a comeback year for many. Filmmakers who have been 'in development' or er hem, 'in hibernation' are thawing out and ready to surprise the scene. Talents, brace yourselves for the glare of the redheads and kinoflow lights. Land and building owners, we will be needing your space. MDA, be prepared to receive lots of funding letters.

If the Who's Shooting What 2011 series seems only part of the picture, here is the rest who are keeping mum about their projects and only giving us a little glimpse.



Sherman Ong
Shooting a dance film (currently untitled) in Malaysia for next year's Art Fest.









Kan Lume
Shooting Libertas, an animated short film about a girl who travels to Uluru in the aftermath of a tragedy.








Tan Pin Pin
Developing her feature film The Arrival and shooting a piece for the Singapore Biennale.






Sun Koh
Developing her feature film A Million Monkeys, which is a murder mystery set in Kuala Lumpur.







Anthony Chen
Developing a family-themed feature film and possibly shooting this year. Check out our recent interview with him.






Royston Tan
Developing his first horror feature film.

Ming Wong

Creating works for various festivals and museums including Singapore Biennale, In Transit Festival (Berlin), Hara Museum (Tokyo), Villa Romana (Florence), Vitamin Creative Space (Guangzhou) and more. www.mingwong.org

Eric Khoo

Completing the production his animated feature, Tatsumi.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Sim Beeli

Reference Still for Solace

Director:Sim Beeli

Working title of project: Solace (Short film - moving images + stills)

"Solace" is a story about an old man and his caretaker, both characters are incomplete in their own ways: the old man dreams of travelling but is wheelchair bound...

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Boi Kwong

"Boi Kwong in action"

Director Boi Kwong
Project: Lucky Box (极乐盒）- Short Film

Description of Project: A story about 3 hostess and a waiter.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Ghazi Alqudcy

Director:Ghazi Alqudcy

Title of Film: Sky . Sun . Moon . Earth
Title of Film (Korean): 하늘 . 태양 . 달 . 대지
Genre: Experimental

Trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqdk_HfJvPU

"Ghaz !Look what have I found :P"

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Henry and Harry Zhuang

Directors:Henry and Harry Zhuang

Project Title:Lian Pu

'A teacher who faces difficulties in performing well in her work, chance upon a seminar that gave her the ability to change faces in order to excel in her work.'

"Signing off~!"

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Meng Ong

Writer/Director: Meng Ong
Title: "A CHINESE GHOST BOY" (Sundance Lab project)

Reference picture: painting by Zhang Xiao Gang

Synopsis: A funny drama about a Secondary School (independent) student who was an ex-child star Medium. He tweets by the name of "Chinese Ghost Boy".

"Something's interesting..."

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Michael Tay

Director: Michael Tay
Title of Project: Severance (short film)
Brief synopsis: Based on true events, "Severance” is about Joseph, 20, a young man who is about to experience his ultimate test of faith with serious consequences.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Idzwan Othman

Which is Inspector Harun?

Director:Idzwan Othman
Name of film: Inspector Harun (working title)

Brief description and statement:
It's quite a modest little project. History has always been a big part of me, and as I was growing up, I was always inspired and humbled by the stories that my grandfather told me of his time in the Singapore police force. He saw service throughout the Japanese occupation, the infamous riots and even the Confrontation.

I wanted to make a simple film based on those accounts. So I went to see him with a tape recorder, my SLR and took a bunch of his archive photos back home. It's a collection of his stories - from first signing up in 1935 to serving under the Japanese, and even a brush with death during the racial riots of 1964. He worked through the ranks and eventually retired as a Sub Inspector.

Half narrated by him (with my dad chipping in for effect - he served in the armed forces as well) and myself, I guess it's somewhat of a slightly different Ken Burns style piece - a personal tribute to the man. Though he may not be the ultimate hero nor do his stories rival that of others during that era, it's a story that is close to my heart.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Daniel Hui

Director:Daniel Hui
Title: Eclipses (Feature Film)
Description: A woman loses the world only to discover what is outside, over there.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Gek Li San

DIRECTOR : GEK LI SAN
WRITER : WANG CHU QIAO
DANCE CHOREOGRAPHER | SET DESIGNER : LIM CHIN HUAT

TITLE : U_R_NOT_ME
GENRE : A dance film installation

U R NOT ME is a multi-disciplinary fusion of dance film, installation and sound design to create a new vocabulary work of art.

The installation leads audience through a “screen” space (with four different rooms) allowing them to make self-discoveries. By disorienting and confusing their sense of time and space, they are led to the disturbing question of self-existence.

It is a social commentary of our anxiety-filled urban lives and grapples with the perennial questions of self-existence and the multiple contexts of everyday life.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Nelson Yeo

Director:Nelson Yeo
Project: Seeya in Elektrik Dreamz

My final year thesis short film, continuing to blur the line
between genre films and art house, this is probably my most ambitious
project to date. Currently my team is sourcing funding for the film.

"A tale about four people confronting the end of the world."

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Melinda Tan

Key crew: Melinda Tan & Ho Jia Jian (Directors/Producers)

Title: Paper Boxes

Description: What happens when memories are packed up in boxes? A short film about friendship, memories and growing up. Starring Foo Fang Rong, Victoria Chen and Kelly Lim.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Tony Kern

Here's what Tony Kern(Director of HAUNTED CHANGI) has in mind for 2011
Director: Tony Kern
Name of project: Third Eye Open

A collection of horrific tales unfold when a detective opens his third eye in order to solve a case involving the occult in Singapore.

Each tale stands on it's own and has it's own twist ending, but they will also be connected to the main "wrap around" story. When I'm further along, I can reveal a description of each of the 6 stories in the movie. The stories are unique to Singapore culture, but the movie would have international appeal. Some strong influences on the stories and script were the 1960's Japanese horror movie KWAIDAN, and especially Rod Serling's TWILIGHT ZONE & NIGHT GALLERY series, along with many old horror stories and comics from the past in general. I hope to make the film very stylized, but it will NOT be in line with the current crop of horror/comedy that is very popular here -- just stylized horror.

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Chai Yee Wei

Director:Chai Yee Wei
Name Of Project: Twisted (撞鬼)
This is the second full feature by Chai after his well received Blood Ties, and production for the Mandarin movie will wrap in mid-December.

The movie revolves around a soft-drugs dealer who banged up a young girl, a pair of con men who wants to turn over a new leaf, and 4 cabin crews whose lives were turned upside down over a fateful night of drugs and booze. This is a story of individuals whose fates intertwine and paths clash due to a series of twisted events. A funny and twisted tale of fate and coincidence is shaped based on the cause and effect of their actions.

Who's Shooting What? 2011 : Sanif Olek

Director: Sanif Olek


Project: Voluptas (Latin for "pleasure" or "satisfaction"), indie feature film.

Voluptas is part of my new LOST film trilogy. Currently in-production.

"What you don't need, you don't want them"

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Ting Szu Kiong

Few days ago, I had a chit chat with Sanif Olek. He told me how he went on shooting with his own pocket money. After talking to him, an idea came to me. That is to shoot a low budget documentary of how some filmmakers went on shooting without financial support from organizations be it SFC or what. It's not so much of criticizing any organizations. Of course, if the documentary can give ideas to organizations or government to better their systems after watching it, that would be great. It would be more about these filmmaker's perseverance like what Sanif Olek has demonstrated. Struggling filmmakers are encouraged to come to me. I like to interview them.

Here's my next work...

1) Title: Let's Shoot It Anyway

2) Description: A documentary about the perseverance of struggling filmmakers

(I don't know what other descriptions to add as I don't know how it will turn out. It's a documentary. But if you feel appropriate, you can help add in about how the idea came about.)

3) Tagline: Making films costs money. But they do it without money.

For More Information about Ting Szu Kiong... http://www.alivenotdead.com/szukiong

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Kelvin Sng

Filmmaker Kelvin Sng shares with us what he have in mind for his work in the making in 2011!





Name of project: "Fairytales 童话"


Brief description of project:

For centuries, fairytales have been written and told to children to help them gain an innocent and fantasized understanding of the world they live in, while shielding them from the cruelty and harm of the real world.

In this age of technology, however, kids no longer need to search very hard to learn what the world is about. Information is poured to them via electronic devices that permeate every aspect of their lives, in school, at home, even in the streets. The veil that used to hide the world behind a shade of mystery is gone, and fairytales are no longer called upon to induct the kids to their world.

Inspired by the recent teenage gang-related slashing incidents, "Fairytales" is a film that aims to present what the kids of today are facing, in a manner that is as real as it can get, through the kids' own spontaneous view and voice.

When parents are out at work, busily pursuing what their career and materialistic desire demand of them, what exactly are our kids seeing, learning and doing? Are they doing what we think they are doing? Do we really know? Do we really care?

Have parents created a fairytale for themselves believing that their kids are inside?

Who's Shooting What? 2011: Jacen Tan

Director:Jacen Tan
Project: KWA GIU (Watch Football)
Short film, documentary


After 4 years, Kwa Giu will finally be released! Kwa Giu is a tribute to Singapore’s National Stadium, filmed during its last ever full-house match on 31 Jan 2007. Screening details To be available at www.hosaywood.com

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mTBetegFycs
For More information about JACEN TAN :http://hosaywood.com/

Who's Shooting What? 2011 : Ray Pang

Director: Ray Pang
Project: BREAK, a short film

Howard (William Emmons) is a successful lawyer who breaks away from reality after discovery of his wife’s affair. He struggles to move on and gets himself into sex, drugs and violence. As the story unfolds, it is clear that there is only one way out for him.

Trailer:http://www.vimeo.com/18581102

BREAK - Official Teaser from Ray Pang on Vimeo.

For more information: http://raypang.blogspot.com/