SIFF turns 20

Nice Press Con. Hai Leong had a good time chiding the govt. Smiles all round. Didn’t know I would be part of any photo shoots or else I would have worn something less shabby. Nice to meet some of the fam faces.

Nokia N93 Spoof hits 10,000 views !!!

Wow. Our little video has garnered more than 63 favorites, 24 ratings and 20 comments. Posted slightly more than 2 months ago. Happy. Dappy.

csdk (2 days ago)
haha funny

shenshifa (1 week ago)
i cant take it man, esp the cornflakes.. ultimate!! can we have more??

sabrified (2 weeks ago)
Cornfliackt.

Kawada1620054 (2 weeks ago)
Much better than the original! I’m really impressed. Well done to rojakking for making a great video clip.

gymr88 (3 weeks ago)
this is great!!! very funnnny.

spdknght (3 weeks ago)
wakakakakaa hao eh lar hao eh

marcuslee (3 weeks ago)
hahaha!! love it!

wattersyipyap (3 weeks ago)
really good

PheOniXx9 (4 weeks ago)
Hahaha.. Farking funny. Cool shit man. Steady lah jack.

jacsjacs (1 month ago)
Haha cool stuff, i love the cornflakes (conflicts)

jeryio (1 month ago)
This is excellent!

mindwhack (1 month ago)
DAmn good!!! Love it!!

dejavustan (1 month ago)
very Kreative la….

elsija (1 month ago)
hahaha i love it!

Lordwukung (1 month ago)
What the F*** is that? Cheap plot and corny. Waste my time downloading this dump ass so-called arty farty moronic shitty crap.

liquidribs (1 month ago)
do you know Hokkien? if you do you would find this funny. especially if you live in Singapore

Knoxvicious (2 months ago)
Cute

Interviewer liked Super 8 short film ‘Identity’

” They are all interesting films, but out of the collection I particularly liked Giles Perkins film about Manchester, “Heart of Glass”; and also, Gavin Lim’s “Identity,” about Singapore – did you find any films that you warmed to particularly as you viewed them many times?” – James MacGregor (Shooter Films.com of ShootingPeople.org)

http://www.shootingpeople.org/shooterfilms/interview.php?int_id=82

‘HELLo?’ is on IMBD

After months of submitting to IMDB to be listed- it’s the festivals of Slamdance and Hawaii that did the job. But my position suffers a dramatic drop – should I be worried? Haha

French Blog on ‘HELLo?’ at Clermont

Mathias with Clermont Blog
http://mathiasaclermont.blogspot.com/2007/02/dsir-attraction-attachement-rejet.html

” Saturday February 17, 2007

Desire, attraction, attachment rejection…
For INVOLUNTARY reasons, I could not go in Clermont… Failing to have gone there, I was delayed on the repeat broadcasts of the American series on television…
It is certain that these two days did not bring the same things to me as to those which went to the festival…
It is certain that I test disappointment not not to have gone there, I would say even frustration!

my article does not have however like objective to speak about my states of hearts, but of a short film which I did not see (in the selection of the courts seen by the pupils of Mathias), that who intrigued me, attracted me, that of my choice, and especially why I chose EC short film in particular. Was my choice made on “Hello?” of Gavin Lim, a Singaporean short film.

“Naomi Wong is cleaning telephones in Singapore in the Seventies, one time when the telephone starts to play a part in the stories of love. But the communication is not always very good.”

If I were to give the reasons for which this short film attracted me (and in this case, I owe it), I would say, to start, whom the title challenged me “Hello?”. I do not like the long titles, and a title which raises a question, also banal is it, challenges inevitably… It seems to to me…
While going further in my research, I also discovered how the principal character summarizes the love: Desire, attraction, attachment and rejection…
To define the principal topic of the majority of films in this way shows at the same time of originality and a disillusion on behalf of this almost provocative woman…

To comment on a sysnopsis is not work more intérressant, although amusing, but progressively where I write, I want more and more to see this film… and I make of it the oath, the next time that I would answer on the telephone, I would have a thought for this film which I never saw…

Tiffanie”

In original french

” samedi 17 février 2007

Désir, attraction, attachement rejet …
Pour des raisons INVOLONTAIRES, je n’ai pas pu aller à Clermont… A défaut d’y être allée, je me suis attardée sur les rediffusions des séries américaines à la télévision…
Il est certain que ces deux journées ne m’ont pas apporté les mêmes choses qu’à ceux qui se sont rendus au festival…
Il est certain que j’éprouve de la déception de ne pas y être allé, je dirais même de la frustration!

mon article n’a cependant pas comme objectif de parler de mes états d’âmes, mais d’un court métrage que je n’ai pas vu (dans la sélection des courts vus par les élèves de mathias), celui qui m’intriguait, m’attirait, celui de mon choix, et surtout pourquoi j’ai choisis CE court métrage en particulier. Mon choix s’est porté sur “Allo?” de Gavin Lim, un court métrage singapourien.

“Naomi Wong est nettoyeuse de téléphones à Singapour dans les années 70, une époque où le téléphone commence à jouer un rôle dans les histoires d’amour. Mais la communication n’est pas toujours très bonne.”

Si je devais donner les raisons pour lesquelles ce court métrage m’a attiré (et dans le cas présent, je le dois), je dirais, pour commencer, que le titre m’a interpellé “Allo?”. Je n’aime pas les titres longs, et un titre qui pose une question, aussi banale soit elle, interpelle forcément… Il me semble…
En allant plus loin dans mes recherches, j’ai aussi découvert comment le personnage principal résume l’amour : Désir, attraction, attachement et rejet…
Définir LE thème principal de la plupart des films de cette facon fait preuve à la fois d’originalité et d’une désillusion de la part de cette femme presque provocatrice…

Commenter un sysnopsis n’est pas le travail le plus intérressant, bien qu’amusant, mais au fur et à mesure où j’écris, j’ai de plus en plus envie de voir ce film…et j’en fais le serment, la prochaine fois que je répondrais au téléphone, j’aurais une pensée pour ce film que je n’ai jamais vu …

Tiffanie

Publié par ciné-audio à 02:01 “

N93 Spoof on Nokia WomWorld Project Blog!

Hi Rojakking, just thought i’d pop you a quick message saying we loved your N93 advert. I’m Richard G from the Nseries womworld project( http://www.womworld.com/nseries), we’ve put together a blog post on the vid, so it will hopefully get a few more views and comments now!

the url is here:http://www.womworld.com/nseries/2007/02/16/n93-advert-remix/

Keep up the good work, are you planning on doing any more of these?

Richard

‘HELLo?’ selected for FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JÓVENES REALIZADORES DE GRANADA

‘HELLo?’ is selected to compete in XIV EDICION DEL FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE JÓVENES REALIZADORES DE GRANADA (GRANADA 14-22 APril 2007). We met Loic (one of the programmers) and he actually picked us out from Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival to join his festival. How cool is that? ‘HELLo?’ is slowly but surely moving towards more European territories. I think this makes it the 11th festival for ‘HELLo?’ and it is competing with 50 other entries. http://www.filmfest-granada.com/

Monsieur Connard writes short comment on ‘HELLo?’ at Clermont-Ferrand

hellO?
Gavin Lim/singapour

Naomi Wong est nettoyeuse de téléphones à Singapour dans les années 70, une époque où le téléphone commence à jouer un rôle dans les histoires d’amour. Mais la communication n’est pas toujours très bonne. Wei ? Wei ? Wei ?

graphiquement l asie nous est definitivement superieur

hellO?
Gavin Lim/Singapore

Naomi Wong is cleaning telephones in Singapore in the Seventies, one time when the telephone starts to play a part in the stories of love. But the communication is not always very good. Wei? Wei? Wei?

graphically L Asia ranks definitively above to us

Back from Clermont-Ferrand and Slamdance

Been a few days back from travelling. Seems years ago already. Filled with work thoughts. It was a great experience- the festivals-keep thinking back of the last 3 weeks. Wrote to many friends I had met and hope some will stay as continuing contacts. Have some sales/distribution leads. Have production companies interested in my feature plans. Have a good review in Clermont. It’s all good short of an award. Been thinking of the going forward for the prequel to ‘HELLo?’. Maybe shoot in April.

Part of Asian American Filmmakers!!!

Being part of this star-studded event and grouped together with the likes of Justin Lin(Fast & Furious3) and Janet Yang (Joy Luck Club). How lucky am I.