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Cinema won’t be confined to conventional screenings either.<\/p>\n
SGIFF’s Undercurrent section will open with three live performances combining moving images with other art forms. These include Taiwanese puppetry in Corporeal Forms: Four Stories; live video gaming in The Compression Zone; and analogue film and live music in Imagination + The Rest Is My Ghost.\u00a0<\/p>\n
SGIFF Pro, the festival’s industry and talent development programme, is also expanding this year.<\/p>\n
Additions include Parallax, a free public programme of talks and demonstrations exploring filmmaking and immersive technology; Off Campus, which connects students with the film industry; and the Pitching Forum for Singapore and international co-productions.<\/p>\n
The SGIFF Film Fund is also returning after a hiatus, with two grants supporting Southeast Asian filmmakers.<\/p>\n
SEA-SHORTS will support emerging short-film filmmakers, while SEA-DOC will focus on feature documentaries that have reached the later stages of editing or post-production. Applications for both run from Nov 5 to Dec 5.<\/p>\n
For Chua, part of the festival experience remains what happens when filmmakers and audiences are in the same room.<\/p>\n
“A film is finished the first time an audience meets it,” he told CNA Lifestyle. “The part I look forward to most is the live encounters: the forums, the dialogue sessions, the Q&As after screenings. That’s when a film stops being a private experience and acquires substance.”<\/p>\n
“An international festival isn’t just about screening great films, it\u2019s about creating a shared space where our audience grows alongside our programming, discovering new artistic perspectives together,” Thong added.<\/p>\n
Early-bird presales for SGIFF begin at noon on Friday (Sep 25), with general ticket sales starting at noon on Sep 28. Singaporeans can also use SG Culture Pass credits for eligible local film programmes during general ticket sales. More information is available on the official SGIFF website.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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