Tuesday, January 14, 2020

15 Shorts commissioned by NVPC

The Brown Dog
By Eric Khoo with Jerrold Chong
Animation with real life scenes about a three legged brown dog who was abandoned and rescued by the founder of this no-kill animal shelter. The direction is good and I was gripped by the suspense of loud noises.

Under The Same Pink Sky
By Gladys Ng
About a Mandarin-speaking support group for breast cancer survivors

The Listener
By Kelvin Tong
Tinker Friend, a hotline for distressed kids. It is directed well. Shows the life of a latchkey boy whose neighbour passed away. Distressed, he doesn't want to confide to his mum. His mum had to call him in her day-job voice as a volunteer of Tinker Friend to find out. It's quite touching. They receive prank calls and genuine calls.

Majid the Legend
By Jianhao Tan and Ridhwan Azman
About this guy Chee who coached the national football star and this dude goes on to coach Fandi Ahmed.

Still Standing
By Kirsten Tan with Tan Wei Ting
About this aspiring architect who dreamt and built Pearl Bank apartments with a developer who believed in the vision of community living. In current time and in his ripe old age, he advocates conservation. Sadly, Pearl Bank Apartments was en bloc after 4 unsuccessful attempts.

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