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Yao jie huang hou (Bugis Street) (1995)

sandy — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:59:27 +0000

Innocent and naive, the Lian is a maid to a rich family in Malaysia, whose sheltered existence is shattered when she is sent to work at a small hotel near Bugis Street in neighbouring Singapore. Having to live with the transvestites and transexuals who make her living on the streets, Lian soon learns about another side [...]

Allen Ginsberg Gives Great Head (2007)

sandy — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 09:57:54 +0000

This short film is simultaneously a satirical tract against censorship, artistic pornography and a hommage to the great American poet Allen Ginsberg. X’ Ho is a Singapore musician/author/experimental filmmaker who is better accepted back home as Chris Ho, the DJ. To date, he has written three books about Singapore and made six shorts – the fourth [...]

Threshold (（人质）) (2009)

sandy — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:26:25 +0000

In a dingy motel room that is as hot and clammy as the jungle painted on its walls, a sexual threesome has been arranged to take place. Except that the two men lying in wait are officers from the Central Narcotics Bureau, ready to apprehend their suspect, who is going to show up with crystal [...]

The Morning After (2007)

sandy — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 15:13:24 +0000

Print-to-screen adaptation of Christine Suchen Lim’s eponymous short story. This version is a concatenation of the scene excerpts containing only the gay storyline moiety of the complete film broadcast on 30 Dec 07 at 9 pm. This local made-for-television mini-movie was groundbreaking in Singaporean television and censorship history because it did not portray a male [...]

Homecoming (散, Keluar Baris) (2008)

sandy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:29:04 +0000

A guy returns after 6 months of exchange studies in Spain and has only 2 days before he enlists. Right at the point of arrival, he is already bombarded by the helplessly comic nagging of his Ah Ma (grandmother). In her uncontrollable ranting about the negative effects of alcohol consumption, it [...]

The Casuarina Cove (丛林湾) (2009)

sandy — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:15:36 +0000

A former military officer seeks closure by making a documentary film about a man whom he had furtively encountered in Tanjong Rhu many years ago. Tanjong Rhu is a secluded beach on the east coast of Singapore, and a popular cruising ground for gay men. In an entrapment exercise in 1993, 12 [...]

Rice Rhapsody (海南雞飯) (2004)

sandy — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 05:09:03 +0000

The film is set in Singapore’s Chinatown. It is narrated by Jen Fan, owner of a successful restaurant. Her signature dish is “Chicken Rice”-in fact she is rather well known for it. Jen has three sons. Daniel and Harry are gay, and Jen is determined the youngest, Leo, does not go [...]

Anniversary 2009 (Short Film)

jamie000 — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:07:29 +0000

Gay relationships, sex, orgy and drugs. These are the themes, Anniversary, a new short film by acclaimed Singaporean director Royston Tan and playwright-writer Alfian Sa’at explores. Although potentially controversial, Alfian tells Fridae in an exclusive interview why he thinks a warts-and-all depiction of gay people is needed. Anniversary, a short film directed by Royston Tan and [...]

单 Solos 2007

103ncr — Wed, 05 May 2010 07:46:27 +0000

When Guy (played by one of the Directors of Solos Loo Zihan) begins with his sexual curiosity, he falls madly in love with his teacher. Guy finds love for his professor and stays inside the premises without thinking that their relationship is to be greatly punished if someone finds out. Could a young and innocent love [...]