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Singapore film-maker Marcus Lim flanked by James Carney and Mari Bensel on the set of The Man On The Other Side.
PHOTO: MILITANCY FILMS
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After raising the budget of €400,000 (S$645,000) and making his spy thriller The Man On The Other Side, Marcus Lim took the unusual step of "four-walling", or renting a hall for public screenings.
"This is not the traditional method," says the associate lecturer in the Film Studies Department at the Singapore University Of Social Sciences.

