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The Substation's putting together a showcase of Royston Tan's best short films made between 2001 and 2004, called 0104.

SCREENING DETAILS

Venue: AGF Theatre, Alliance Francaise
Date & Time: 8pm, 26 Mar / 3.30pm & 7.30pm, 27 Mar
Tickets: $21 (free seating)
Duration: approx. 100min

Rating to be advised; program is subject to change.
Proceeds will go to a filmmaking class for troubled youths
conducted by Royston Tan under the auspices of The Substation.

Tickets are available now at The Substation Box Office, open weekdays
12pm to 8.30pm, and also at the door on the screening dates.
Please call the Box Office at 6337-7800 for update on rating.

SYNOPSIS

Careless Whisperer (PREMIERE)
When you're in love, your heart sings. But whether you can is another
matter. In this zany new work, we get to listen in on what Patrick, the
Singapore Idol contestant famed for his inaudible rendition of the
George Michael hit, really hears in his head... and heart.

New York Girl (PREMIERE)
Where does fakery end and genuineness begin? In this comedy with a
heart that is disguised as a social satire, a bimbo with a fake accent
embarks on a quest for stardom and fame...

Monkey Love (PREMIERE)
Shot entirely outdoors in the winter wonderland of Hokkaido, this
rhapsody in white stars a lovelorn monkey (ok, a boy in a monkey suit)
traipsing through snow, in search of something of his that someone has
stolen.

The Absentee (2004)
A music video made for the song "Killing Time" by the local band The
Observatory, from their album "Time of Rebirth".

Cut (2004)
"Cut" follows a film buff as he harasses a censor from supermarket to
car park, where the film ends with an over-the-top musical number
complete with go-go boys and cameos by various luminaries in the local arts
scene.

Blind (2004)
Old Parliament House (2004)
Capitol Cinema (2004)
Three films that unfold in a single take, through sound: the first with
a young woman in a park, the second with a man in the Old Parliament
House, and the last with a woman in Capitol Cinema.

24 hrs (2002)
In three wistful minutes, this film chronicles the bloom and doom of a
transient love, against a looping footage of Korean commercials and the
strains of a guitar.

Hock Hiap Leong (2001)
A boy's reverie at his favorite kopitiam takes us back to the 60s, and
a musical number performed in platforms, beehives and flares.
Sentimental and celebratory, "Hock Hiap Leong" memorializes the places and faces
lost in the shadow of a city's progress.

Mother (2002)
This moving film tells the story of a son's love-hate relationship with
his mother ­ through the device of a voice-over played over the
footage of a home video.

The organisers regret to inform that they are unable to secure a permit
to screen "15" (the short film).