Lights, camera, action! From now to 26 June, members of the public will get to experience the magic of filmmaking at 20/20: The Temasek Short Film Project pop-up cinema house at B4 ION Orchard.
Besides catching snippets of the short films and music videos at the cinema house, visitors will also have the opportunity to create and star in their own GIF and immerse in a futuristic cryonics simulation inspired by Temasek 20/20’s theme of “Beyond 2020”.
Touching on themes that are prevalent in today’s society and future issues that may arise Beyond 2020, the final works from the second season of Temasek 20/20 will be brought to life at the Now Showing and Coming Soon zones respectively. These thought-provoking short films and music videos offer bold and fresh perspectives that challenged societal norms and encouraged discussions on tech-oriented topics such as the displacement of cash and artificial intelligence replacing human companionship.
Crowd favourites include Hungry Ghost, a film exploring a future where food cease to exist due to food sustainability and irresponsible food wastage in Singapore. As well as Stray Roads, a film that encapsulates issues arising from privatisation of car hires in Singapore – an issue that we may face in the more immediate future. These films have garnered a combined total of almost a million views online since premiering on 30 May.
At the heart of the cinema house, is an experience centre where visitors can learn more about the film project and also find out more about the young aspiring filmmakers. Visitors will also stand a chance to redeem gifts at the Temasek 20/20 box office and win attractive prizes by completing an emoji game on https://twenty20.temasek/contest.
This season, the 16 short films were produced and directed by tertiary students from LASALLE College of the Arts, Nanyang Technological University, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Temasek Polytechnic, Singapore Polytechnic and Republic Polytechnic, as well as young adults in the Open Category. Four music videos were also produced and directed using mobile filmmaking techniques by Secondary School students from Jurong West Secondary School, Dunman High School, Canberra Secondary School and Nan Hua High School.
