New Waves shines a spotlight on young filmmakers who are making waves through the archipelago, forming an emerging community within Southeast Asia. Join them in a series of dialogues with Singaporean artists, writers and curators from different disciplines, as they recollect their entrance into cinema, their unique and personal approaches to utilising film as a mode of expression, and its convergence with other art forms and everyday life. Come participate in these open dialogue sessions to find out more about this emerging community of filmmakers in anticipation of the upcoming 27th edition of the Singapore International Film Festival.

He Shuming [Singapore]: Feminine/Masculine
(In dialogue with Marc Nair)
He Shuming is an experienced young filmmaker who has travelled the film festival circuit, worked in TV and new media across Asia-Pacific, and trained with LASALLE College of the Arts in Singapore and the American Film Institute Conservatory in Los Angeles. His works have a particular focus on the female experience, as evidenced by the constant use of women protagonists. Together with poet Marc Nair, Shuming will discuss his works and the emphasis on femininity in its myriad forms and situations. This session includes the screening of Shuming’s And the Wind Falls.

Venue: *SCAPE Gallery (Level 5), 2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978

Admission: Free Seating (Refundable $5 ticket via Peatix)
Info & Tickets: http://sgiff.com/newwaves

When: 25 May 2016, 8pm - 10pm

By: Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF)