Singapore films to look out for this year

Not So Long Time Ago is about the social and political changes taking place in Singapore from the 1980s. The Fatekeepers (left) is about five young people with feng shui powers that can defend Singapore from dark forces. Indian actor Victor Banerjee
Not So Long Time Ago is about the social and political changes taking place in Singapore from the 1980s. PHOTOS: AKANGA FILM ASIA, JOHN CLANG, MM2 ENTERTAINMENT
Not So Long Time Ago is about the social and political changes taking place in Singapore from the 1980s. The Fatekeepers (left) is about five young people with feng shui powers that can defend Singapore from dark forces. Indian actor Victor Banerjee
The Fatekeepers (above) is about five young people with feng shui powers that can defend Singapore from dark forces. PHOTO: MM2 ENTERTAINMENT
Not So Long Time Ago is about the social and political changes taking place in Singapore from the 1980s. The Fatekeepers (left) is about five young people with feng shui powers that can defend Singapore from dark forces. Indian actor Victor Banerjee
Indian actor Victor Banerjee (above) plays a retired civil servant who must fight to keep his home in City Of Small Blessings. PHOTO: AKANGA FILM ASIA
Not So Long Time Ago is about the social and political changes taking place in Singapore from the 1980s. The Fatekeepers (left) is about five young people with feng shui powers that can defend Singapore from dark forces. Indian actor Victor Banerjee
Wong You Nam and Cecilia So (both above) in supernatural comedy Running Ghost.PHOTO: MM2 ENTERTAINMENT
(Clockwise from far left) She's A Terrorist And I Love Her, Westworld 3, The Garden Of Evening Mists and Invisible Stories.
She's A Terrorist And I Love Her.PHOTO: HOOQ
(Clockwise from far left) She's A Terrorist And I Love Her, Westworld 3, The Garden Of Evening Mists and Invisible Stories.
Westworld 3.PHOTO: YOUTUBE
(Clockwise from far left) She's A Terrorist And I Love Her, Westworld 3, The Garden Of Evening Mists and Invisible Stories.
The Garden Of Evening Mists.PHOTO: HBO ASIA
(Clockwise from far left) She's A Terrorist And I Love Her, Westworld 3, The Garden Of Evening Mists and Invisible Stories.
Invisible Stories.PHOTO: HBO ASIA

The Straits Times highlights home-grown movies to look out for this year, as well as international work with local input

Published: 
Jan 2, 2020, 5:00 am SGT
Film Correspondent
johnlui@sph.com.sg

There was a noticeable drop in the number of made-in-Singapore films last year.

Excluding films shown at festivals, in 2018, there were nine Singapore films released in cinemas here. Last year, there were five.

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A version of this article appeared in the print edition of The Straits Times on January 02, 2020, with the headline 'Singapore films in focus'. Print Edition | Subscribe
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