tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25964445206483739792011-07-28T13:05:36.582-07:00みんあんhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055071045221001102noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2596444520648373979.post-42034968875773136752009-02-26T00:50:00.000-08:002010-08-30T00:24:32.296-07:00<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.singaporebiennale.org/blog/?p=829">"Decades from now, these movies are going to serve as some of the most authentic cinematic documents of how we actually lived in Singapore in the early 21st century. I’m impressed." <br />- Ny Yi-Sheng (Poet, Playwright, Singapore Literature Prize 2008)</a></span></blockquote><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis</span><br /><br />What if suddenly the water supply runs dry in Singapore? <br /><br />This fusion of documentary and fiction narrative depicts the lives of foreign migrants as an impending water crisis begins to seep into their lives. With water, or the lack of it, becoming the central motif, this two-part feature length film takes us on a journey across 8 interweaved stories and 10 languages, as the protagonists, consisting of non-professional actors, grapple with this hopefully temporary discomfort, amidst their dalliance with human foibles, and their fantasies of everlasting loves and broken romances. <br /><br />This aberration is a memento mori as the narratives grazed across the vague impressions of the racial tensions lingering past the 1997 riots in Indonesia, World War II, ritual beliefs, and ethnic discrimination in Southeast Asia which has been ingrained over generations and transported along with the migrant communities. Nonetheless, amidst the sporadic ventures into death and violence, sexual relations and sexualities, these are the lines of division that bind us to each other, in one way or another, as people survive through their crises.<br /><br />Technical Specifications<br />DROUGHT - 92 mins | Color | with English subtitles<br />Language: Hindi, Indonesian, Italian, Tagalog, Mandarin, German<br /><br />FLOOD - 92 mins | Color | with English subtitles<br />Languages: Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Thai, Indonesian, Malay, Hokkien<br /><br />Country of production: Singapore<br />Year of production: 2009<br />Original Format: HD Video (PAL)<br />Screening Format: HDCam (PAL) or DigiBeta (PAL)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cast (Drought)</span><br />Sanjay Gautam | Gayatri Devi Mishra | Inder Kocher<br /><br />Nathan Boenjamin | Agnes Christina<br /><br />Giovanni Lombardo | Sofia Lombardo | Giulio Lombardo | Elia Lombardo<br />Faridah Bte Abdul Hamid | Anke Liebnitz<br /><br />Richel T Hidalgo | Consulta Gian Carlo | Teresa Cua<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cast (Flood)</span><br />Sean Lee Puay Yang | Ng Lee Eng | Rose Marie Lee | Chin Kean Kok<br /><br />Shin Hye Jung | Kim Yeon Jung | Shawn Kiyotaka Fukuzaki<br />Adelyn Leong | Sayid Wijilianto Utomo<br /><br />Rattanan Channoi | Pacheun Maleipan | Wazini Masmintrachaiyanara<br /><br />Xiao Jing | Zheng Mengtian | Kent Chan<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Production Team</span><br /><br />Director of Photography : Sharon Loh<br />Editor : Ming An<br />Production Designers : Chin Kean Kok , Looi Wan Ping<br />Assistant Director : Swee Wee Keong<br />Sound Recordist : Kent Chan<br />Camera Assistant : Looi Wan Ping<br />Set Photographer : Han Tan<br />Singing : Zheng Mengtian<br />Music : Indra Perkasa, Arief Yudhanto<br />Sound Post : Takuya Katsu<br />Colourist : Max Chia<br />Colour Supervisor : Han Tan<br />Online Post Producer : Fabian Tan<br />Post House : Iceberg Design Singapore<br />Producer : Sunny Yong<br />Co-Producer : Tan Bee Thiam<br />Director &amp; Writer : Sherman Ong<br />Production Companies: <a href="http://www.paddypictures.com/">Paddy Pictures</a> | <a href="http://13littlepictures.wordpress.com/">13 Little Pictures</a> | <a href="http://www.shermanong.com/">Studio Shermano</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Generously supported by:</span><br />Singapore Biennale 2008<br />National Arts Council Singapore<br />Iceberg Design Singapore<br />Singapore Film Commission<br />Asian Film Archive Singapore<br />The Substation Singapore<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Press/Sales Enquiries Contact:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sherman ONG</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">ben [at] shermanong [dot] com</span><br /><a href="http://www.shermanong.com/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">www.shermanong.com</span></a><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">TAN Bee Thiam<br />13 Little Pictures<br />bthiam [at] gmail [dot] com<br />+65 9768 9986<br /><a href="http://13littlepictures.wordpress.com/">www.13littlepictures.com</a> </span><br /><br /><object height="315" width="560"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><param name="movie" value="http://www.facebook.com/v/49246617046"><embed src="http://www.facebook.com/v/49246617046" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="315" width="560"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2596444520648373979-4203496887577313675?l=floodinginthetimeofdrought.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>みんあんhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055071045221001102noreply@blogger.com0