“To Singapore, with Love” ( English To Singapore, with Love ) - 2013 documentary directed by Tan Pin Pin , telling about the fate of the leaders of the communist movement of Singapore .
| To Singapore with love | |
|---|---|
| English To Singapore, with Love | |
| Genre | documentary |
| Producer | Tan pin pin |
| Producer | Tan pin pin |
| Author script | Tan pin pin |
| Duration | 70 minutes |
| A country |  Singapore |
| Tongue | English , Malay |
| Year | 2013 |
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Story
The film consists of nine interviews with student leaders, union leaders and members of the Singapore Communist Party , who fought against colonialism, received long prison sentences from the new authorities, expelled from their country in the 1960s and 1970s, and to this day have no right to return. unless they die and their relatives bring their ashes back. Fifty years later, despite moving to the UK , Malaysia and Thailand , it becomes clear to them that Singapore is still holding them, and the thought of returning home all the time is in their hearts and minds. They organize a trip to Malaysia, the closest neighbor of Singapore, where they attend holidays, memorials and stay in a hotel whose windows overlook their homeland [1] .
Impressions and rental
The premiere of the film took place on October 3, 2013 at the 18th Busan International Film Festival in South Korea , and then it was shown at the Dubai Film Festival where Tang Ping Ping received the prize for best director in documentary [2] . Later, screenings were shown at the 64th Berlin Film Festival [3] , as well as other well-known film forums in Bangkok , Seoul , Kuala Lumpur and New York [4] . After that, Tan Pin Pin wanted to present her picture at the end of September 2014 at the festival FreedomFilmFest [5] at the National University of Singapore , on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the country's independence [6] . However, the Office for the Development of Media Singapore concluded that the film shows the history of the state in a distorted form, its content “threatens national security”, and banned the distribution and public viewing of the film [7] [8] [9] . Tan Ping Pin herself was upset when she learned about the decision of the authorities, and wrote on a Facebook page: “With my film I wanted to open a discussion that would help us better understand ourselves as a nation” [10] .
Notes
- ↑ To Singapore, with Love . Berlin Film Festival . Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ TO SINGAPORE, WITH LOVE (inaccessible link) . Dubai International Film Festival . Date of treatment September 16, 2014. Archived September 15, 2014.
- ↑ Program 2014 . Berlin Film Festival . Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ Film About Exiles Is Banned in Singapore . The New York Times (September 10, 2014). Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ To Singapore, With Love (link unavailable) . FreedomFilmFest . Date of treatment September 16, 2014. Archived April 2, 2015.
- ↑ 'To Singapore With Love' Banned in Its Home Country . Variety (September 10, 2014). Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ Tan Pin Pin's film To Singapore, With Love not to be shown in public . Channel News Asia (September 10, 2014). Date of treatment September 16, 2014. Archived on September 10, 2014.
- ↑ Classification for film on political exiles, To Singapore, With Love, means it cannot be shown here . The Straits Times (September 10, 2014). Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ Singapore's Media Development Authority bans documentary To Singapore, With Love . Australian Broadcasting Corporation (September 11, 2014). Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
- ↑ “To Singapore with Love” was banned in Singapore . Lenta.ru (September 11, 2014). Date of appeal September 16, 2014.
Links
- “To Singapore With Love” on the Internet Movie Database
- The official page "To Singapore with love" on the social network Facebook