Cinekatipunan @ Mag:net Cafe on January 22

CINEKATIPUNAN @ MAG:NET CAFE
Monday, 22 January 2007
5:30 PM

SINGAPOREAN PROGRAM
Presented by Nai Rui Chng

Tak Giu

Tak Giu (Director Jacen Tan / 2004 / 15mins / Singlish
with English subtitles) is an indie film about
soccer/football culture in Singapore. Having taken up
the challenge of a friendly soccer match, 3 soccer
crazy boys realise that it is not easy to find a good,
free public soccer field in Singapore… if there’s any
at all. Through their journey they encounter obnoxious
care-takers, locked-up fences, deterring weather and a
persistent policeman. Will they be able to find their
dream soccer pitch? The story explores the issues of
soccer amenities, and the attitudes of Singaporeans
towards local and foreign soccer.

Completely unheralded, Tak Giu debuted on the internet
to garner over 32,000 downloads in less than three
weeks and quickly gained a cult-following. In 6
months, it had gathered 100,000 viewers. Shot with
just a camcorder, Tak Giu spread like wild-fire and
made waves in the Singaporean football and online
community.

In November 2005, Jacen Tan’s 2nd short film, Zo Peng,
won 2nd place at the Panasonic/MDA Digital Film
Fiesta, Short Film Open Category. Jacen Tan has also
produced and directed Silverpiece, a music video for
popular Singaporean indie band, Lunarin.

Jacen's new short film, 'Zo Gang' will hit the
internet by the end of 2006. His films can be viewed
on his website, Hosaywood and YouTube

Cast:
Daison Png, Stanley Huang, Jacen Tan, Lee Whye Leong,
Mohd Suhaimi
Written, Directed and Produced by Jacen Tan.
Sound/Music and Editing by Jacen Tan
(Hosay Studio 2004/05) Email: hosay at musician.org
http://www.hosaywoo d.com/takgiu/ index.php

Innocent

Innocent (Director Gek Li San & Ho Choon Hiong / 2004
/ 27mins / Mandarin with English subtitles) is a
personal documentary about a family tragedy. The
filmmakers take you on a journey into the hearts and
minds of the people who are left behind to make sense
of an unwarranted death.

Festivals/Awards
• Special Jury Prize & Special Achievement Award
(Singapore Short Film Category) 2004
• 17th Singapore International Film Festival 2004

Gek Li San is a video editor with 9 years of
experience. Her editing credits range from TV
documentaries (Discovery Channel and MediaCorp Arts
Central) to reality shows (Ch8 and Ch U),
entertainment, infotainment, sports, trailers (AXN, CH
8). She has been actively involved in making short
films for many years. A number of short films which
she edited won prestigious awards overseas. Moving
House (a documentary commissioned by the Discovery
Channel) won the Best Documentary in the 2002 Student
Academy Awards (OSCARS). Happy Birthday Sharon (an
experimental short film) won the Best Short Film award
at the 2nd AFM/International Independent Film Fest in
Istanbul, Turkey 2003.

Ho Choon Hiong's debut documentary Goddess of the Neon
City was short-listed as a finalist for Best Short
Film in the Singapore International Film Festival.
Since then he has produced other notable projects for
MediaCorp Arts Central and Discovery Channel.

Ho’s new film, I Love Malaya (co-directed with four
others) was released in 2006.