Singapore's annual performing arts festival returns this year with more than 60 live and online shows by local and international artists. It is a direct response to, and an accommodation of the challenges arising from the reality of Covid. 200 artists from 14 countries participating in more than 100 programmes explore 3D, interactive and responsive technologies, streaming, safe management measures and experiments between art and technology. Featured this year are concerts, onstage collaborations, adaptations, puppetry, an outdoor virtual-reality experience, films, talks, workshops…
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Big Eyes, Big Minds
Singapore International Children's Film Festival. The first and only children's film festival in Singapore, Big Eyes, Big Minds features diverse and imaginative films from around the world to educate, enrich and inspire kids ages between the years of 2 to 18. The festival screens diverse and imaginative films from around the world. Big Eyes, Big Minds also runs a sister film festival in St. Louis, Missouri. Live screenings will be held at National Gallery Singapore. 4 short films are available…
MoreTHE LITTLE PRINCE – A MUSICAL JOURNEY
The vOilah! France Singapore Festival 2021 opens with the Asian Premiere of The Little Prince – A Musical Journey. Passages of text from the beloved book by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry will be narrated by Hossan Leong, and intimately woven with music performed by the Braddell Heights Symphony Orchestra. This musical extravaganza celebrates the 75th anniversary of the publication in French of The Little Prince and will feature hologram technology - for the first time in a theatrical musical production in Singapore.…
MoreOggy & the Cockroaches
A family-friendly show featuring beatbox and live-loops of cartoon animation soundtracks. Two French champions of beatbox and beatboxloopstation - Saro and Alexinho - dub and reinterpret cartoons with live sound effects and good humour. Since the dawn of time, two forces have clashed in perpetual, total combat. This ancestral struggle, this battle which lasts through the ages, is not that of good against evil … is that of Oggy against cockroaches! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rsqi3Pai2qA Free admission on successful registration. @ 2.00 p.m.…
MoreNo Strings Attached 2021
An annual mini festival that promotes various forms of puppetry to wider audiences. Going into its fifth year, the festival gathers reputable puppetry groups around the world for exchange and interaction, even as they perform for the world. Each video is approximately 20 - 35 minutes In English, Chinese, Malay and Thai Valid for access till 12. 00 a.m. the day after the selected show date This year's festival includes three documentaries on the preparation and performance of different puppetry in the…
MoreSOUNDTRACKS 2021: STUDENT FILM SELECTIONS
Four animated short films by students showcase the power of music in storytelling. These films, all under 5 minutes, are the work of students from the Nanyang Technological University School of Art, Design and Media. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCTXBKT4oNg Up you go by Roxann Gan Duration: 4 minutes 15 seconds A boy goes to his favourite hideout, a space-themed playground, to rest after school. He is startled by a star that has fallen from the sky. The boy is intrigued by the star and goes on a…
MoreRocca Changes the World [PG]
How (even) a child has the power to change the world. A part of Cana Film Festival (CCF) 2021, this film is about eleven year old Rocca - brave funny, and one of a kind. She lives a rather unique life. While her dad is watching over her as an astronaut from outer space, Rocca lives alone with her squirrel and attends a normal school for the first time in her life, where her carefree and non-conformist way of life…
MoreKIDS’ DINER
Children are essentially the future and hope of society. This film shows how people can change when they meet and reflect on things. Yuto Takano, (Kanata Fujimoto), a fifth-grader, lives with his younger sister and parents who run a cafeteria. His friend Takashi is from a single-parent family and does not experience much of normal childhood life, often going to the cafeteria for meals. One day, Yuto and Takashi meet two sisters who live in a car with their father at…
MoreSpacewalkers : Virtual Reality (VR)
ArtScience Museum's new VR Gallery is a permanent gallery space that celebrates curiosity, innovation and experimentation through cutting-edge virtual reality artworks. The VR Gallery offers one-of-a-kind immersive experiences from some of the world’s most renowned artists, scientists, museums and film festivals through state-of-the-art VR headsets and controllers, exploring the unlimited possibilities of VR on a cinematic scale by pushing the boundaries of reality and discovering the unexplored. Spacewalkers - which blurs the lines between fairytale and fiction - is a soaring exploration…
MoreFamily Portrait by Barrowland Ballet (UK)
An intimate portrayal of family life in its relentless and glorious chaos, screened in a special set-up. Through striking imagery, choreography and intricate soundscapes, a series of narratives unfold on 4 screens, a story of a family with kids in Scotland. Choreographed sequences and candid off camera moments capture the children's experiences outdoors ... encountering rabbit skulls, conversing with spiders, making war paint with berries and discovering the fun of playing with Mum. This geographical and emotional journey, which celebrates close…
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