Extended by popular demand: Short Films

SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 9 December 2020 - BeforeTCFF ends on 12December 2020, movie buffs can catch these full-length features:

24 hour streaming only from 11-12 December 2020

The Chess Game of the Wind (1976; Iran), screened only twice in 1976, itwas presumed lost after the 1979 Iranian revolution. Found, and then restoredby Martin Scorsese's The Film Foundation's World Cinema Project. A paraplegicheiress and predatory men. 

Streaming until 12 December 2020

Moral (1982; Philippines) by Marilou Díaz-Abaya. Four female friends seek freedom in a patriarchalsociety.

Mental (2008;Japan/United States), Best Documentary at the Busan International Film Festivaland the Dubai International Film Festival. The complex world of a mental healthclinic in Japan.

Darkness and Light (1999; Taiwan), Tokyo Grand Prix, Tokyo Film Festival1999, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing, Golden Horse Film Festival1999, Best Film, Taipei Film Festival 1999. Love, blindness and reality. 

Blue GateCrossing (Taiwan; 2002), official selection ofthe Director's Fortnight 2002 at Cannes. Coming-of-age film about teen romance.

Talentime (Malaysia; 2009), winner of Best Southeast Asian Film,Cinemanila Film Festival 2009 and Best Director, Screenplay and SupportingActor, Malaysia Film Festival 2009. Yasmin Ahmad's last film; love andfriendship across barriers.

The Last Mile: On the Road to Eliminate Leprosy (Japan; 2017), WHO GoodwillAmbassador Yohei Sasakawa's decades long war on leprosy takes him to 20countries.

SHORT FILMS-- 18 TITLES EXTENDED UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2020, INCLUDING:

Elsewhere (2015; Italy), a heartwarming road trip movie starring Simone,a young man with Down syndrome.

Dahdi (Singapore; 2014), inspired by a 2012 event inwhich 40 Burmese Rohingya asylum seekers arrived in Singapore. An elderly widowfaces an unexpected guest -- and a moral dilemma.

Stand by Me Music Video (2020; Singapore), 46 artistes from 15countries/regions perform a classic hit at the height of the pandemic.

Poop onPoverty (2013; India), achallenge faced by two billion people every day; a stylish dig at wealthytourists. 

LovelyBones (Myanmar; 2015),a love story about Pauk Gyi and his wife who share a bond to transcend allobstacles.

Many Notes, One Melody (2018; India), voices joined inharmony across caste, class and ability.

Streaming links:

Feature films: theprojector.sg/tcff

Short films and dialogues:

For information: truecolors2020.jp/en/program/true-colors-film-festival-2020