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Invisble City | Singapore GaGa | Moving House (Box Set Exclusive)

Language	:		English and Chinese subtitles
Encoding	:		PAL, Region 0
DVD Release Date	:		August 2008
Rating	:		PG

If a city could speak of its loves and regrets, Tan Pin Pin's Invisible City, Singapore GaGa and Moving House suggest that we would do well by listening to the music its people make, the stories they tell and the silences they maintain. Each of the films questions the relationships between these individual expressions with the collective experience in Singapore. Tan Pin Pin's voice is thoughtful and generous. The award-winning films in this Collection never miss the humour, warmth and passions of the city-state's residents

Invisible City

Extras	:		Audio commentary with director Tan Pin Pin and script consultant Tan Siok Siok, Ivan Polunin's sound archive, Trailer, Liner notes by Alfian Sa'at

Synopsis:
A Chinese activist roots for a place in history books, "Maybe we were the losers, but history is made by winners and losers." A young archaeologist digs up trash from the colonial period in the jungle, he swoons over a bottle from 1965. Through its overtly fragmented form, Tan's highly original film essay suggests that no overall picture can be derived from these traces. But she also shows that there's no memory without purpose: it is capital, duty, compensation, usualy self-serving and always biased.

Selected awards and festivals:
§ Prix International de la Scam, Sinema du Reel
§ 58th Berlinale
§ Official Selection, Pusan International Film Festival
§ In Competition, Punto de Vista Cinema du Reel
§ In Competition, Louis Vuitton Hawaii International Film Festival

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Singapore GaGa

Extras	:		Interview with Director, Deleted scenes, Trailers, Short film by Tan Pin Pin - Rogers Park

Synopsis:
A city symphony like no other. Using mass displays like the National Day Parade, school cheers, public announcements as well as performances by harmonica virtuoso Yew Hong Chow, pianist Margaret Leng Tan and itinerant buskers, we discover Singaporeans' complex relationship with Singapore. This documentary touches on the desire to be seen, to be heard and to belong

Selected awards and festivals:
§ Rotterdam International Film Festival
§ Official Selection, Bangkok International Film Festival
§ Official Selection, Malaysian Video Awards
§ In Competition, Festival of Three Continents (Nantes)
§ Firecracker Showcase of Asian Films (London)

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Moving House

Synopsis:
For Singaporeans, moving, rebuilding, resettling, whether voluntary or involuntary, is a way of life. After development, comes redevelopment. This multi-award winning documentary is based on Tan's own family's experience when she had to exhume her great grandfather's grave in 1995.

Selected awards and festivals:
§ Gold Medal Documentary Category, Student Academy Award
§ Discovery Channel's Asia First Time Filmmakers Award
§ Best Documentary, US ASEAN Film & Photography Festival
§ Merit Award, Chicago International Film Festival
§ Documentary Prize, NextFrame
§ Finalist, Intl Documentary Assn Student Achievement Award
§ Finalist, Golden Reel Award, LA Asian Pacific Film & Video Award

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