PUBLISHED September 9th, 2015 07:30 am | UPDATED June 17th, 2020 12:39 am
Perspectives Film Festival (PFF) explores a new theme for Breakthroughs in Cinema in its eighth edition. The festival will run from 15th to 18th October 2015 at the National Museum of Singapore, with an international lineup of films across various cultures and time periods.
The theme for this year’s 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 Anne Dorval 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.
‘This is a festival for everyone — from the avid film connoisseur to the casual movie-goer looking to spend a weekend night entertained,’ said PFF’s Festival Director, Tan Yang Er. ‘Come with expectancy. Expect to watch good stories, expect to be inspired.’ 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.
Perspectives Film Festival 2015 is proud to present the following films in its main programme:
● 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)
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
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 has been cancelled. Rosen is unable to make it for the masterclass, scheduled for Saturday (17 Oct), due to last minute, unforeseen personal matters. He is also unable to attend the scheduled dialogue session after the screening of Watership Down (1978) on Friday (16 Oct). Ticket holders for the masterclass will be contacted for a full refund.
The festival’s screenings and other ancillary activities will proceed as scheduled. This includes a talk on student opportunities at the Cannes Film Festival, conducted by Michael Bremer, the American Pavilion’s Director of Student Programs, on Sunday (18 Oct).***
ABOUT PERSPECTIVES FILM FESTIVAL: BREAKTHROUGHS IN CINEMA
Now in its eighth year, Perspectives Film Festival is an annual practicum course run by the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information (WKWSCI), and organised by undergraduates from Nanyang Technological University (NTU). Each edition takes on a fresh theme that unites all screened films with a common thread. Previous themes include brazen explorations of sexuality (2012), as well as the idea of displacement and adrift surroundings (2014). Perspectives Film Festival 2015: Breakthroughs in Cinema meditates on the bittersweet and strangely poetic nature of Transition – where characters embark on journeys that test their limits and change their lives. This year’s lineup of seven films takes you on transitions across a spectrum of historical and cultural contexts, from drag queens crossing the Australian Outback to a Japanese grandmother seeking death.
Perspectives Film Festival takes place at Gallery Theatre, National Museum of Singapore, from 15th to 18th Oct. For the full schedule of films check out the event website [here](http://perspectivesfilmfestival.com/).To purchase tickets online through SISTIC, click [here](http://sistic.com.sg/events/film2015).