Art History, Co-authored
Art History, Co-authored presents films that explore seminal moments in art and film history.
Showing 9 of 22 films
By Alex Ross Perry
Videoheaven traces the evolution of the video store, once a vital space that shaped film culture and re-defined the way we interacted with movies and each other.
By Bachtiar Siagian
Leftist filmmaker Bachtiar Siagian’s Turang depicts the resistance efforts of ordinary villagers in the larger nationalist struggle against Dutch colonial rule.
By Tha Du
This Burmese satire reveals the absurdities of a world governed by ‘the law of the jungle,’ fusing poignant social commentary with dark humour.
WOMEN ARE NATURALLY CREATIVE—AGNÈS VARDA (LES FEMMES SONT DE NATURE CRÉATIVES—AGNÈS VARDA)
By Katja Raganelli
This portrait of the visionary French New Wave director, Agnès Varda, offers a glimpse into her collaborative practice and views on a feminist movement in cinema.
Part of a double bill with The Long Road to the Director’s Chair
THE LONG ROAD TO THE DIRECTOR’S CHAIR
By Vibeke Løkkeberg
This film brings to life the original recordings of the first International Women's Film Seminar in 1973, an important milestone in the history of feminist filmmaking.
Part of a double bill with Women Are Naturally Creative—Agnès Varda
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Opening Film
Magellan is an intimate portrait of the 16th century Portuguese explorer, Ferdinand Magellan, starring Gael García Bernal in the titular role.
Artist Films
Presenting films made by artists, this year includes an emphasis on early documentaries by Southeast Asian practitioners and a full-length movie independently made during the Marcos regime in the Philippines. National Gallery Singapore commissioned the digital restoration of two artists’ films on 16mm, Virgilio “Pandy” Aviado’s 1978 Footages and Briccio Santos’ Damortis, which are world premiering at Painting with Light.
Exhibition Readings
Exhibition Readings presents film programmes conceived in response to the art in the Gallery’s ongoing exhibitions.
Special Focus
The Special Focus section presents films that speak to the issues of the day. This year’s programme features the work of women filmmakers and artists who advocate for ways of being that are informed by an ethics of care. Bold, innovative, and profoundly relevant, these films ask the enduring question at the heart of artistic endeavour—what does it mean to be human?
Southeast Asian Shorts
Southeast Asian Shorts presents short films on the stories of Southeast Asia. This year’s programme is co-curated by independent programmer Viknesh Kobinathan, and festival curator Pauline Soh.
Movement Pieces
Movement Pieces celebrates the visual poetry found in moving image art. It features short films that convey meaning through non-verbal modes of communication, like gesture and musicality, in lieu of dialogue.
Closing
We Are Toast is an expanded cinema performance by Mark Chua and Lam Li Shuen that utilises multiple 16mm film projectors to create a live film.