The theme for this year’s Perspectives Film Festival (PFF) is “Transition” — taking a step into the unknown and going on an adventure. The curated films explore various terrains to immerse yourself in, from minefields at the Iraqi-Turkish border to the great Australian Outback.
Opening the festival is Canadian director Xavier Dolan’s drama Mommy (2014), winner of the Cannes Film Festival’s Jury Prize. Starring Suzanne Clément and Antoine-Olivier Pilon as a dynamic mother-son duo, the unorthodox 1:1 aspect ratio of the film harkens back to Dolan’s previous body of work that explores the complexity of human nature and relationships.
Beyond the cinematic experience, the festival has an exciting range of activities before and during the festival. In particular, acclaimed British director Martin Rosen, of Watership Down (1978), will lend insight into his creative process with a post-screening dialogue and an animation masterclass.
The following films will be presented:
● Mommy (Dir. Xavier Dolan, 2014)
● Watership Down (Dir. Martin Rosen, 1978)
● Landscape in the Mist (Dir. Theodoros Angelopoulos, 1988)
● Turtles Can Fly (Dir. Bahman Ghobadi, 2004)
● The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (Dir. Stephan Elliott, 1994)
● Burden of Dreams (Dir. Les Blank, 1982)
● Ballad of Narayama (Dir. Keisuke Kinoshita, 1958)
Venue: Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore
Tickets: available at SISTIC.
Individual Ticket Prices: $12 Standard, $11 Student (Local & Overseas), Seniors (55 years and above),
NSF, and Singapore Film Society (SFS) members, $10 PAssion Card Members
Festival Pass allows pass holders access to all 7 film screenings.
$48 Standard, $45 PAssion Card Members
Bringing Your Characters To Life: An Animation Masterclass
with Martin Rosen
$15 Standard, $12 Student (Local & Overseas), Seniors (55 years and above), $10 PAssion Card Members
When: 15 - 18 Oct 2015,
By: National Museum of Singapore
