Design Film Festival: Singapore
Singapore is once again the launch pad for the 2nd edition of A Design Film Festival, featuring a brand new line-up, expanded programme and new collaborations. With 10 Asian premieres and 5 Singapore premieres, the festival is an annual celebration of films dedicated to design, architecture, fashion, technology and its subculture.
Launched at Old School, Singapore last January as the first film festival in Asia dedicated to design, the festival successfully toured to Berlin, Taipei, Kaohsiung and Bangkok in 2010.
From the highly anticipated documentary, Yohji Yamamoto: This Is My Dream, an exclusive, intimate film on the notoriously private Japanese fashion design icon, Yohji Yamamoto; to Design The New Business, an intriguing documentary on how design thinking is making big steps in providing solutions to the problems of tomorrow – the Official Selection of 15 films hail from around the world.
Curated by art director and recent winner of the Art Directors Club New York Young Guns 9 award, Felix Ng – the festival is the third collaboration between design think tank, Anonymous and Old School.
“The design scene with its growing community of young artists has certainly become more vibrant in Singapore today and Old School is proud to have effectively capture this energy. Our overwhelming support for arts and design remain unwavering and this year, we are proud to once again, partner Anonymous in presenting the 2nd A Design Film Festival 2011 where distinct bodies of ground breaking works will be featured. These are some of the most iconic and experimental films on design that has ever been produced and it is no wonder that it deserves the excitement and attention that it is getting,” says Mabel Tay, founder and publicist of Old School.
“It’s not often what we create as designers or artists get captured in film. It’s either in a museum, a gallery or talked about in small independent press. Now we’ve found this 15 films that celebrate the design process and through a medium that not only informs and delights designers but non-designers as well.” says Felix Ng.
A Design Film Festival is now on until 20 November 2011, with 28 screenings of 15 films. It will be held at Sinema, Old School located at 11B Mount Sophia, B1-12, Singapore 228466. On 10 December 2011, the festival partners with entertainment legend, Zouk to present a live screening of R.fm Cinema at ZoukOut 2011.
