SFS Showcase

We want to spark conversations with exclusively-curated titles fresh from the international festival circuits and making their Singapore premieres with us. Free for members.

SFS Preview

We bring you early access to selected movies days or weeks before their official theatrical release, through our various partnerships with local distributors. Free for members.

SFS Spotlight

We highlight films, contemporary or classic, screened by our partners that either come with that extra oomph (post-screening Q&As!) or movie releases that are just too good (or fun!) to ignore. Free for members.

SFS Special Presentation 

We launch special screenings on a seasonal basis that could be restored classics, films in Chinese dialect, or something that might just surprise you. Discount code for members.

SFS Festival

We co-organise major film festivals annually, including the Singapore Chinese Film Festival, European Film Festival, Japanese Film Festival, and many more. Discount code for members.

18 Apr, 8pm 📍 The Projector, Cineleisure

Free for SFS Members

SFS Spotlight: LA CHIMERA (in support of The Projector & Anticipate Pictures)

Dir. Alice Rohrwacher
2023 | Italy, France | Drama, Adventure | 130 min | Italian with English subtitles | PG13 (Some Coarse Language)

In 1980s Italy, Arthur, an Englishman with a preternatural ability to connect with the land, finds himself embroiled in the world of the tombaroli, tomb raiders who steal Etruscan artifacts.

Everyone has their own Chimera, something they try to achieve but never manage to find. For the band of tombaroli, thieves of ancient grave goods and archaeological wonders, the Chimera means redemption from work and the dream of easy wealth. For Arthur, the Chimera looks like the woman he lost, Beniamina. To find her, Arthur challenges the invisible, searches everywhere, goes inside the earth – in search of the door to the afterlife of which myths speak. In an adventurous journey between the living and the dead, between forests and cities, between celebrations and solitudes, the intertwined destinies of these characters unfold, all in search of the Chimera..

Awards: Nominee - Palme d'Or (2023 Cannes Film Festival)

20 Apr, 1pm 📍 The Projector, Golden Mile

Free for SFS Members

SFS Showcase #31: GREEN BORDER

SINGAPORE PREMIERE
Dir. Agnieszka Holland ("Europa Europa"; "In Darkness")
2023 | Poland | Drama | 147 min | Polish, Arabic & other languages with English subtitles | NC16 (Mature Content & Coarse Language)

In the treacherous and swampy forests that make up the so-called “green border” between Belarus and Poland, refugees from the Middle East and Africa trying to reach the European Union are trapped in a geopolitical crisis. Refugees are lured to the border by propaganda promising easy passage into the EU. Pawns in this hidden war, the lives of Julia, a newly-minted activist who has given up her comfortable life, Jan, a young border guard, and a Syrian refugee family intertwine.

Awards: Winner - Special Jury Prize (2023 Venice Film Festival); Nominee - Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenwriter (2023 European Film Awards)

Programmer's Note: A soul-crushing piece of cinema, Green Border sees veteran filmmaker Agnieszka Holland tackle the precarious refugee crisis happening at the Polish-Belarussian border. Shot soberingly in black-and-white, it is an urgent film that is so politically sharp and damning that it incurred the wrath of the Polish government. It isn’t easy for any country to open its doors to refugees without being entirely cognizant of the social and political implications, but Green Border goes for the humanitarian jugular, asking very difficult questions that very few can answer. (Eternality Tan, Vice-Chair & Programming Director)

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