Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Film Criticism Labs session for this semester!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Film Criticism Labs session for this semester!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Filmmaking Labs session for this semester!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Film Criticism Labs session for this semester!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

Members can find out more information in our members-only Telegram group!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Filmmaking Labs session for this semester!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Film Criticism Labs session for this semester!

Thank you to those who joined us for our screening!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Filmmaking Labs session for this semester!

We look forward to seeing all of you at our Film Criticism Labs session for this semester!

Thank you to those who joined us for our screening!

Knowing how stressed we all get by the start of school, NTU Film Society is excited to collaborate with Saraca Hall and Cat Management Network to present NTU's inaugural Cat Film Festival, featuring:

🎞️ Screening of 'Kedi' (a film about Turkish street cats, and the care and community it takes for our feline friends to thrive)
🐱 Screening of Cute Cat Videos
🐈 Cat Therapy Session
🤔 Educational Quiz with Prizes to be Won!

Members can find out more information, as well as the sign-up links, in our members-only Telegram group! We look forward to seeing everyone there!

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Thank you to those who joined us for our screening!

For our final screening of the semester, NTU Film Society will be screening Joyland (2022) dir. Saim Sadiq, a film which was briefly banned in Pakistan, that touches on everyday misogyny and transphobia in the inner city of Lahore, as well as the blossoming of a tender queer love story.

Synopsis: Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager. In actuality, he is a backup dancer and becomes infatuated with a strong-willed trans woman, Biba.

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✏️ Director Saim Sadiq’s bio: 

Saim Sadiq is a Pakistani screenwriter and director who won the Jury Prize of the Un Certain Regard section at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival for directing the drama film Joyland, the first Pakistani film to be selected in Cannes. Joyland also won the Queer Palm award during its world premiere at Cannes.

For this week’s ancillary programme, NTU Film Society’s programming team seeks to break with the white domination of queer narratives, including explorations on Indigenous communities' particular negotiations of queerness and gender performance. We will be screening I Dream In Another Language (2017) by dir. Ernesto Contreras and Two Spirits (2009) by dir. Lydia Nibley.

I Dream In Another Language Synopsis: A linguist arrives in a small jungle settlement hoping to record a conversation between two elderly men, the last two remaining speakers of the Zikril language. Unfortunately for him, the men are feuding and haven't spoken to each other in 50 years.

Two Spirits Synopsis: Filmmaker Lydia Nibley examines the 2001 murder of Fred Martinez, a transgendered teenager of American Indian descent.

Check out the trailers for I Dream In Another Language & Two Spirits!

✏️ Directors Ernesto Contreras’s bios: 

Ernesto Contreras is a Mexican film director and screenwriter. Contreras graduated from the Centro Universitario de Estudios Cinematográficos of the UNAM. His shorts have received several national and international awards, like the Ariel Award of the Mexican Academy for Best Short Film in 2004, for The non-invited.

✏️ Director Lydia Nibley’s bio: 

Lydia Nibley is an award-winning producer, director, writer, script doctor, and creative consultant for film, books, and television. Lydia has collaborated on numerous film and television projects appearing in theatres globally and airing on National Geographic, the BBC, PBS, CBC, and elsewhere. She’s been honored to receive the PBS Audience Award for her documentary Two Spirits as well as Parents’ Choice, Clio, regional Emmy, and numerous film festival awards for a variety of projects. She also produces for her company Riding The Tiger Productions.

We look forward to seeing all of you at our final Filmmaking Labs session for this semester!

We hope to see you our final Film Criticism Labs session for this semester!

For this week’s programme, NTU Film Society will be screening ‘Perfect Blue’ (1997) by dir. Satoshi Kon, with our friends over at NTU Japanese Appreciation Club.

Trigger Warning: This film includes psychological trauma, sexual violence, abuse, and disturbing imagery.

Synopsis: A young Japanese singer is encouraged by her agent to quit singing and pursue an acting career, beginning with a role in a murder mystery TV show.

Thank you to those who joined us for our screening!

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✏️ Director Satoshi Kon’s bio: 

Satoshi Kon was a Japanese film director, animator, screenwriter and manga artist from Sapporo, Hokkaido, and a member of the Japanese Animation Creators Association. He was a graduate of the Graphic Design department of the Musashino Art University. He is best known for his acclaimed anime films Perfect Blue (1997), Millennium Actress (2001), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), and Paprika (2006), and the TV series Paranoia Agent (2004).

This Halloween, you’re invited to a spooktacular screening of ‘The Wolf House’ (2018) dir. Joaquin Cociña and Cristóbal León and the classic film ‘Coraline’ (2009) dir. Henry Selick! 🎃

The Wolf House Synopsis: A young woman takes refuge in a strange house in the woods after escaping from a German colony in southern Chile.

Coraline Synopsis: An adventurous girl walks through a secret door in her new home and discovers a strangely idealized version of her frustrating home, but it has sinister secrets.

Thank you to those who joined us for our fourth screening!

Check out the trailers for The Wolf House & Coraline!

✏️ Directors Cristóbal León & Joaquin Cociña’s bios: 

Cristóbal León (Chile, 1980) and Joaquín Cociña (Chile, 1980) are Chilean stop-motion animators and filmmaker duo. They live and work in Santiago de Chile, and have been working together since 2007. Independent of each other, they make drawings, animations, installations as well as backdrops and they also write texts. Their work often finds direct or indirect inspiration in children's literature, using and resituating their narratives and visual aesthetics.

✏️ Director Henry Selick’s bio: 

Charles Henry Selick Jr is an American filmmaker and animator. He is known for his gothic horror films and for directing the stop-motion animated films The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), James and the Giant Peach (1996), Monkeybone (2001), Coraline (2009), and Wendell & Wild (2022). Selick is also known for his collaborations with the late voice actor and artist Joe Ranft.

For this week’s programme, let us celebrate Deepavali together! NTU Film Society will be discussing ‘The Holy Man’ [Mahapurush] (1965) dir. Satyajit Ray and ‘The Boy in the Branch’ (1993) dir. Lalit Vachani!

Synopsis: Mahapurush is based on a short story Birinchibaba by Rajshekhar Basu. After the death of his wife, Gurupada Mitra (Prasad Mukherjee), an advocate, has not been at peace. He and his daughter Buchki (Gitali Roy), meet Birinchi (Charuprakash Ghosh), who claims to be ageless.

Thank you to those who joined us for our fourth screening!

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✏️ Director Satyajit Ray’s bio: 

Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director, screenwriter, author, lyricist, magazine editor, illustrator, calligrapher, and composer. Ray is widely considered one of the greatest and most influential film directors in the history of cinema. He brought the Indian cinema to world recognition with Pather Panchali (1955; The Song of the Road) and its two sequels, known as the Apu Trilogy. As a director, Ray was noted for his humanism, his versatility, and his detailed control over his films and their music. He was one of the greatest filmmakers of the 20th century.

✏️ Director Lalit Vachani’s bio: 

Lalit Vachani is a documentary filmmaker and producer/director of the New Delhi based Wide Eye Film. Vachani's films have received support from the Soros and Sundance Documentary Foundations, the Jan Vrijman Fund, and the India Foundation for the Arts. Vachani lives in Göttingen, Germany where he teaches courses on media and politics, the political documentary film and documentary theory and production at the Centre for Modern Indian Studies (CeMIS) at the University of Göttingen.

For our fourth Filmmaking Labs, participants will have get the chance to have a 20-minute online consultation on their piece. Participants will choose their preferred slots closer to the date. 

For our fourth Film Criticism Labs, participants will have get the chance to have a 20-minute online consultation on their piece. Participants will choose their preferred slots closer to the date. 

For the fourth ancillary screening of the semester, NTU Film Society will be discussing ‘1987: Untracing the Conspiracy’ (2015) and ‘The May 13 Generation’ (2014) dir. Jason Soo!

Thank you to those who joined us for our fourth screening, check out our recap of what transpired here!

✏️ Director Jason Soo’s bio: 

Jason Soo is a human rights defender and an independent filmmaker who also documents historical and civil society events related to human rights. He is the recipient of the Jacques Derrida Exhibition and Prize (Melbourne, 1999).

His first narrative work (A Short Film on The May 13 Generation) is based on historical events in 1954 Singapore when 800 students took over Chinese High School in order to support classmates affected by military conscription.