May 14th to 17th 2015 sees the return of the Endeavours Documentary Film Festival. The festival focuses on showcasing the best documentaries from around the world and also supports local filmmakers through its Emerging Filmmaker competition.
Now in its third year, this year’s films include 2015’s Oscar winner for Best Documentary and a number of other internationally acclaimed films that will be released for the first time in Singapore.
THURSDAY \ 14 MAY
Thursday, 7PM
Ignore All Detour SignsDirector: Helmi Ali & Razin Ramzi
2011 | Singapore | 55 mins | English | PG
Ignore All Detour SignsDirector: Helmi Ali & Razin Ramzi
2011 | Singapore | 55 mins | English | PG
Synopsis:
Ignore All Detour Signs is Singapore's first feature length music documentary. Captured on the fly in intimate settings over 2 years, it features post-rock band I Am David Sparkle in their struggle against time, money woes and foreign bureaucracy. This documentary chronicles their journey of passion and belief in order to bring their act across border.
Ignore All Detour Signs is Singapore's first feature length music documentary. Captured on the fly in intimate settings over 2 years, it features post-rock band I Am David Sparkle in their struggle against time, money woes and foreign bureaucracy. This documentary chronicles their journey of passion and belief in order to bring their act across border.
Thursday, 9PM
Do You Believe In Love?Director: Dan Wasserman
2013 | Israel | 50 mins | Hebrew with English Subtitles | PG13
Do You Believe In Love?Director: Dan Wasserman
2013 | Israel | 50 mins | Hebrew with English Subtitles | PG13
Synopsis:
Even though Tova does not believe in love, she has had a remarkable success as a matchmaker. And so, people flock to her apartment where her husband, housekeeper, and daughter weigh in as she divines matches. Tova, who is paralyzed because of muscular dystrophy, specializes in finding matches for people with disabilities. Her tough-love approach leads to a unique matchmaking style but her passion for the work and for her clients is undeniable. Funny, heartwarming and endlessly entertaining, this documentary follows Tova over the course of a year and introduces the viewer to her family, inviting us to join in on her pain, humor, love and an enormous lust for life.
Even though Tova does not believe in love, she has had a remarkable success as a matchmaker. And so, people flock to her apartment where her husband, housekeeper, and daughter weigh in as she divines matches. Tova, who is paralyzed because of muscular dystrophy, specializes in finding matches for people with disabilities. Her tough-love approach leads to a unique matchmaking style but her passion for the work and for her clients is undeniable. Funny, heartwarming and endlessly entertaining, this documentary follows Tova over the course of a year and introduces the viewer to her family, inviting us to join in on her pain, humor, love and an enormous lust for life.
FRIDAY \ 15 MAY
Friday, 7PM
Almost FriendsDirector: Nitzan Ophir
2014 | Israel | 60 mins | Hebrew with English Subtitles | PG13
Almost FriendsDirector: Nitzan Ophir
2014 | Israel | 60 mins | Hebrew with English Subtitles | PG13
Synopsis:
Two girls meet in ‘the cloud’. Samar (12), whose mother is an Israeli Arab and father is a Palestinian from the West Bank, lives in Lod, a mixed city of Jews and Arabs riddled with poverty and crime. Linor (11) was born in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza strip, and lives in Tlamim, a religious Jewish village. The girls are only 67 kilometres apart, but a national, cultural, and ideological chasm separates them. A school project that starts with innocent online correspondence, and continues with face-to-face meetings, adds a new – exciting, stressful, and surprising – element to the girls’ lives, and engages them and their families in a deep, complex experience.
Two girls meet in ‘the cloud’. Samar (12), whose mother is an Israeli Arab and father is a Palestinian from the West Bank, lives in Lod, a mixed city of Jews and Arabs riddled with poverty and crime. Linor (11) was born in a Jewish settlement in the Gaza strip, and lives in Tlamim, a religious Jewish village. The girls are only 67 kilometres apart, but a national, cultural, and ideological chasm separates them. A school project that starts with innocent online correspondence, and continues with face-to-face meetings, adds a new – exciting, stressful, and surprising – element to the girls’ lives, and engages them and their families in a deep, complex experience.
Friday, 9PM
Tomorrow We DisappearDirector: Jimmy Goldblum & Adam Weber
2014 | India/USA | 85 mins | English, Hindi with English Subtitles | PG13
Tomorrow We DisappearDirector: Jimmy Goldblum & Adam Weber
2014 | India/USA | 85 mins | English, Hindi with English Subtitles | PG13
Synopsis:
Delhi´s most fascinating community the Kathputli Colony gives home to over 3.000 artists, magicians, acrobats and puppeteers and their families. When their home is sold to real-estate developers these street artists must find a way to unite—or splinter apart forever.
Delhi´s most fascinating community the Kathputli Colony gives home to over 3.000 artists, magicians, acrobats and puppeteers and their families. When their home is sold to real-estate developers these street artists must find a way to unite—or splinter apart forever.
SATURDAY \ 16 MAY
Saturday, 6PM
The Longest-Distance RelationshipDirector: Lee Sin Yee
2015 | Singapore | 24 mins | Mandarin and English, with English Subtitles | PG
The Longest-Distance RelationshipDirector: Lee Sin Yee
2015 | Singapore | 24 mins | Mandarin and English, with English Subtitles | PG
Synopsis:
Four friends laugh, ponder, doubt, and struggle as they embark on a journey to understand one another's religions and beliefs. Questions and conflicts begin to surface in their attempt to make sense of the existing diversity in religions. This autobiographical documentary presents a simple wish to converse and understand more about a part of our identity that we have consciously avoided, rejected, accepted, or were indifferent to.
Four friends laugh, ponder, doubt, and struggle as they embark on a journey to understand one another's religions and beliefs. Questions and conflicts begin to surface in their attempt to make sense of the existing diversity in religions. This autobiographical documentary presents a simple wish to converse and understand more about a part of our identity that we have consciously avoided, rejected, accepted, or were indifferent to.
Saturday, 7PM
Live From UBDirector: Lauren Knapp
Mongolia/USA | 84 mins | PG
Synopsis:
This is the story of how urban Mongolians have used rock music to overcome the powers of soviet-style socialism, Orientalism, and globalization for the past three decades. Through their music, the rockers of Ulaanbaatar (UB) are articulating their own understanding of what it means to be an urban Mongolian in a quickly modernizing city. Ultimately, this is an optimistic tale that will lift the spirits of those who fear globalization means a homogenized world.
This is the story of how urban Mongolians have used rock music to overcome the powers of soviet-style socialism, Orientalism, and globalization for the past three decades. Through their music, the rockers of Ulaanbaatar (UB) are articulating their own understanding of what it means to be an urban Mongolian in a quickly modernizing city. Ultimately, this is an optimistic tale that will lift the spirits of those who fear globalization means a homogenized world.
Saturday, 9PM
Drawing Against OblivionDirector: Bärbel Jacks
2014 | Austria/Germany | 67 mins | German, Polish with English Subtitles | PG
Drawing Against OblivionDirector: Bärbel Jacks
2014 | Austria/Germany | 67 mins | German, Polish with English Subtitles | PG
Synopsis:
The Austrian Artist Manfred Bockelmann has a mission: he wants to retrieve from oblivion the innumerable children who were murdered by the Nazis and then faded away into anonymous archival statistics. Seen with the eyes of the artist, the film embarks on a journey to archives in the USA and Auschwitz concentration camp and meets children from those times, Holocaust survivors. The result was an emotional enmeshment that strikes the audience with its pithy associational language and imagery. This film sends a powerful, positive message that history must be faced. The documentary reminds us of the importance of empathy - not just toward victims of the past, but right here, right now.
The Austrian Artist Manfred Bockelmann has a mission: he wants to retrieve from oblivion the innumerable children who were murdered by the Nazis and then faded away into anonymous archival statistics. Seen with the eyes of the artist, the film embarks on a journey to archives in the USA and Auschwitz concentration camp and meets children from those times, Holocaust survivors. The result was an emotional enmeshment that strikes the audience with its pithy associational language and imagery. This film sends a powerful, positive message that history must be faced. The documentary reminds us of the importance of empathy - not just toward victims of the past, but right here, right now.
SUNDAY \ 17 MAY
Sunday, 7PM
MING TIAN HUI GENG HAO
English Title: On The Rim Of The SkyDirector: HongJie Xu
2014 | China/Germany | 102 mins | Chinese with English Subtitles | PG
MING TIAN HUI GENG HAO
English Title: On The Rim Of The SkyDirector: HongJie Xu
2014 | China/Germany | 102 mins | Chinese with English Subtitles | PG
Synopsis:
Working as a substitute teacher in the Gulu Primary School, on the cliff in Sichuan, China, for over 26 years Shen Qijun has always wanted to become a real teacher till one day a young man, Bao Tangtao, who calls himself ''Don Quixote'' arrived at the village...
Working as a substitute teacher in the Gulu Primary School, on the cliff in Sichuan, China, for over 26 years Shen Qijun has always wanted to become a real teacher till one day a young man, Bao Tangtao, who calls himself ''Don Quixote'' arrived at the village...
Sunday, 9PM
Ben Pao De Huang HunDirector: Huaqing Jin
2014 | China | 42 mins | Rating: TBC
Ben Pao De Huang HunDirector: Huaqing Jin
2014 | China | 42 mins | Rating: TBC
Yuan’s mother did not take her daughter’s advice and kept reporting the pollution issues caused by a papermaking factory in the village, even after suffering the revenge. Yuan worried a lot about her mother and that the whole family would be torn to pieces. It was early spring in 2014 when Yuan’s mother started her petitioning around again. The train runs at the chilly night, it’s a long way as if there is no end.
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