Invisible City 备忘录 by Tan Pin Pin

Invisible City and Singapore GaGa are screening back to back at Sinema Old School next week onwards. Its part of a documentary festival featuring Boomtown Beijing and Feet Unbound. Just buy a ticket!

I will be at the Q&A on 10 July for both films

Ticket Hotline 6336-9707. Here are the times. Thurs and Sats only. Short run only

Invisible City Jul 10, 12, 17 & 26
Thu & Sat: 9.15pm - 10.15pm

Jul 19
Sat: 3pm - 4pm

Singapore GaGa
Jul 10, 12, 17 & 26
Thu & Sat: 8pm - 9pm

From ISEAS’ programme notes for the screening
“As its name implies, this documentary is about a Singapore that remains invisible, pointing to national consciousness as a fragmented reality with critical bits ignored or demonised. Turning a sharp eye on the subject of memory, the film takes its audience to meet some engaging people struggling to leave a mark before they and their histories disappear: an aging film maker fighting valiantly against time and fading memory to catalogue his treasure trove of rare old footage of the island; an aggrieved student activist from the 1950s wanting to set the record straight for history; etc. In turn poignant, indignant and thought-provoking, the film invites debate about how the past can be remembered and history written, objectively, without fear or favour.”Invisible City is the second film funded by the ISEAS

A Q&A with the film-maker will follow the screening chaired by ISEAS Fellow Dr Hui Yew-Foong.

Date: Wednesday, 26 March 2008
Time: 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm
Venue: ISEAS Seminar Room II

email: betty@iseas.edu.sg or call Betty at Tel: 6870-2472/6778-0955.

Caption: “Hey who gives you the right to take our picture?’

le Prix international de la Scam at the Cinema du Reel

A witty, intellectually challenging essay on history and memory as tools of civil resistance

Scam?? société civile des auteurs multimédia, en dehors de son rôle de gestion, a pour mission de défendre la création audiovisuelle ex aequo

08.02.08 17:45 CinemaxX5 (press screening)

09.02.08 20:00 Arsenal (sold out)

10.02.08 15:00 Cubix 7 (sold out)

11.02.08 15:00 CineStar 8 (sold out)

taz.de review in German

Director Tan Pin Pin and Script Consultant Tan Siok Siok will be attending the European premiere of Invisible City at the Berlinale Forum

Forum Blog entry here

Press: Contact Tan Pin Pin directly at tanpinpin at gmail.com if you need more information

“… there’s no memory without purpose: it is capital, duty, compensation, it is usually self-serving and always biased. ” - Berlinale programme notes

JIFFEST’s Jakarta’s four screenings went successfully. Upcoming festivals include Berlinale (Feb, Forum) Punto de Vista (Spain, Feb, In competition) and Cinema du Reel (France, April, In Competition). The Punto email reminded me that it was one of 24 selected out of 804 entries. So Thank you, Happy New Year.

Free screening  organised by The Tangent  Sat, 8 Dec, 2.30pm at Singapore Management University

Exact location click here 

Screening in Jakarta, JIFFEST (10-15 Dec) as well as Jogjakarta, Documentary Festival (10-15 Dec), Big in Indonesia I say

Students from the Nanyang Technological University Sociological Society booked a screening of Invisible City. It was screened over lunch time on 25 October. It was a full house screening and a lively Q&A ensued

Thank you for coming to watch Invisible City in Pusan, in Hawaii and at the Nanyang Technological University. It next screens at the Singapore Art Museum (3 Nov) and National University of Singapore and privately at WOHA architects.

Invisible City is screening at the Nanyang Technological University

Date: Thurs, 25 Oct 2007
Time: 12.30pm - 1.30pm, with Q&A with Pin Pin
Venue: LT 19

This event is open to all NTU students.
No registration required.

It also screens at the Singapore Art Museum

Date: Fri, 19 Oct and 3 Nov 2007, 7.30 Tickets $3 at the door

News! Invisible City has been invited to screen at Berlinale 2008. It will be its Europeon Premiere.