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Arzé (أرزة)NC16

-Opens: 15 Aug-

Lebanon's Official Entry to 2025 Oscars is a modern take on Vittorio De Sica’s “Bicycle Thieves”.

Join us for a virtual Q&A with Director Mira Shaib on the 15 August.

Embracing humor and tension Arzé is a spotlight on the Lebanon with a social commentary on it's society.

A single mother's determination to buy a scooter for her son to deliver mouth-watering pies around the neighborhood and this scooter goes missing...

DramaFood

Grande Maison Paris (グランメゾン・パリ)PG13

A star studded cast featuring J-Pop star Takuya Kimura and K-Pop Star Taec-yeon working hand in hand to craft a truly extraordinary bona fide gastronomical drama.

Japanese chef Obana (Takuya Kimura) opens a new restaurant in Paris in the quest for his elusive third Michelin star. But his journey towards claiming the three Michelin stars is not so straight forward...

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Documentary

Some Women R21

-Date: 13 Aug-

Director Quen Wong will be joining us for an in-person for a Post-Screening Q&A.

***Only persons aged 21 years old and above as of film screening date can watch this film

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In this intimate yet powerful debut feature, a trans filmmaker from conservative Singapore confronts stigma the way a director knows how: by turning the camera on herself.

Audience Award winner, 2021 Singapore International Film Festival.

HorrorMystery

Bring Her Back R21

-Opens: 17 July-

The lastest work from the Philippou brothers (Talk to Me), A brother and sister uncover a terrifying ritual at the secluded home of their new foster mother.

Wes Ander-thon Limited Screening

AdventureAnimationComedyDrama

Fantastic Mr. Fox PG

Featuring the voices of George Clooney, Meryl Streep and his usuals like Willem Dafoe, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray ... An Oscar Nominated Animation...

An urbane fox cannot resist returning to his farm raiding ways and then must help his community survive the farmers' retaliation.

ComedyCrimeDrama

Inherent Vice M18

-Dates: 13 Aug & 7 Sept-

PTA's seventh feature and the first ever to be adapted from Thomas Pynchon's novel.

In 1970, drug-fueled Los Angeles private investigator Larry "Doc" Sportello investigates the disappearance of a former girlfriend.

2015 Oscar Nominee for Best Adapted Screenplay.

Drama

Magnolia M18

-Dates: 17, 30 Aug and 10 Sep-

On one random day in the San Fernando Valley, a dying father, a young wife, a male caretaker, a famous lost son, a police officer in love, a boy genius, an ex-boy genius, a game show host and an estranged daughter will each become part of a dazzling multiplicity of plots, but one story.

2000 Oscar Nominee, Best Screenplay.

ComedyDrama

NakedR21

-Date: 17 Aug-

Rated: R21.

Mike Leigh’s depiction of England’s underbelly is an amalgam of black comedy and doomsday prophecy that took the best director and best actor prizes at the 1993 Cannes Film Festival.

An unemployed Brit vents his rage on unsuspecting strangers as he embarks on a nocturnal London odyssey.

AnimationThriller

Perfect Blue + My Wonderful LifeR21

-Dates: 10 & 23 Aug-

Screening will be preceded by Local Filmmaker Calleen Koh's film 'My Wonderful Life'.

TW: Themes of Sexual Assault is depicted in Perfect Blue

**Only persons aged 21 years old and above as of film screening date can watch this film

Satoshi Kon's Cult classic is a psychological thriller which has left a profound impact on the animation genre with it's innovative and dark take on fame.

A pop singer quits her music career to pursue acting. However, she gradually descends into madness as she becomes haunted by an obsessed fan and what appears to be a ghost from her past.

Drama

Funeral Parade of Roses + Wu Song Slays the SeductressR21

-Dates: 30 Aug-

Film is rated R21.

Screening will be preceded by Local Filmmaker Kirsten Tan's film, Wu Song Slays the Seductress.

Director Toshio Matsumoto’s shattering, kaleidoscopic masterpiece is one of the most subversive and intoxicating films of the late 1960s: a headlong dive into a dazzling, unseen Tokyo night-world of drag queen bars and fabulous divas, fueled by booze, drugs, fuzz guitars, performance art and black mascara.

DramaRomance

Phantom ThreadNC16

-Dates: 16, 24 Aug and 14 Sep-

Set in 1950s London, Reynolds Woodcock is a renowned dressmaker whose fastidious life is disrupted by a young, strong-willed woman, Alma, who becomes his muse and lover.

2018 Oscar Winner for Best Costume Design.

KULT KINO Limited Screening

ComedyDramaRomance

Punch-Drunk Love NC16

-Dates: 20 Aug and 6 Sep-

*Special $8 ticket price for members on 20 Aug only!

Adam Sandler's career-defining role which showcased his full spectrum from serious to comedic acting chops...

Socially frustrated Barry Egan calls a phone-sex line to curb his loneliness. Little does he know it will land him in deep trouble and will jeopardise his burgeoning romance with the mysterious Lena.

2002 Cannes Film Festival Best Director Winner.

DramaHistoryWar

The Captain (Der Hauptmann)M18

-Date: 21, 24, 31 Aug-

From the director of the Divergent series... comes a historical drama set during WW2... Where a chanced opportunity changes the live of a soldier.

Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich.

Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Singapore as part of Kult Kino.

Wes Ander-thon Limited Screening

AdventureComedyCrime

The Grand Budapest HotelM18

4 Oscar wins

In the 1930s, the Grand Budapest Hotel is a popular European ski resort, presided over by concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes). Zero, a junior lobby boy, becomes Gustave's friend and protege. Gustave prides himself on providing first-class service to the hotel's guests, including satisfying the sexual needs of the many elderly women who stay there. When one of Gustave's lovers dies mysteriously, Gustave finds himself the recipient of a priceless painting and the chief suspect in her murder.

Directed by Wes Anderson

Wes Ander-thon Limited Screening

ComedyDrama

The Royal TenenbaumsM18

-Dates: 11, 17, 22, 26 July & 3 Aug-

Oscar nominee for Best Screenplay

Launching his career from indie darling to one of the most visionary auteurs in the business, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS is peak Wes Anderson, introducing the world to his whimsical symmetry, stylized characters studies, iconic soundtracks, and use of the font Futura. With an ensemble cast led by Gene Hackman, THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS is Anderson’s hilarious and heartfelt portrait of family.

Directed by Wes Anderson

Drama

There Will Be Blood PG

-Dates: 22, 27, 31 Aug-

The first collaboration between two of Hollywood's finest Actor and Director...

A story of family, religion, hatred, oil and madness, focusing on a turn-of-the-century prospector in the early days of the business.

2008 Oscar Winner for Best Actor.

ComedyDrama

Volver + Matinee at ThreeNC16

-Date: 29 Aug & 5 Sep-

Screening will be preceded by Local Filmmaker He Shuming's film, 'Matinee At Three'.

2007 Oscar Nominee for Best Actress in a Leading Role.

After her death, a mother returns to her home town to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

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DramaLGBTQ+

Dreams (Sex Love) (Drømmer)R21

-Opens: 10 July-

RATED: R21

Winner for Best Film (Golden Berlin Bear), FIPRESCI Prize & Guild Film Prize at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival.

A seventeen-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published. Without taking into account that the girl has only written it to keep the crush alive for herself.

Drama

My Sunshine (ぼくのお日さま)M18

Directed By Hiroshi Okuyama, his sophomore feature is reminiscent of Hirokazu Kore-eda's nuanced sensibilities.

Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn't too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination. Coach and former champion Arakawa, spots potential in Takuya, and decides to mentor him to form a duo with Sakura for an upcoming competition.

Drama

Perfect DaysPG

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Cannes Film Festival 2023 Winner - Best Actor

96th Academy Awards Nominee - Best International Feature Film

Through Perfect Days, Wim Wenders showcases his love for Japan and most importantly Director Ozu... Starring the highly versatile Koji Yakusho as Hirayama, accompanied by the cadence of observing the gentleness and meaningfulness in the quotidian in everyday.

DramaFantasySci-Fi

The Life Of ChuckNC16

Charles 'Chuck' Krantz experiences the wonder of love, the heartbreak of loss, and the multitudes contained in all of us.

From the mind of Stephen King, the legendary author of 'The Shawshank Redmption', 'The Green Mile', 'Stand by Me', and the heart and soul of Mike Flanagan. A life-affirming, genre-bending story based on Stephen King's novella about three chapters in the life of an ordinary man named Charles Krantz.

Starring Tom Hiddleston, Mark Hamill

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HorrorThriller

28 Years Later M18

From Oscar winning Director Danny Boyle and Writer / Director Alex Garland (Ex Machina & Civil War) comes the third instalment, set 28 years later... still in a ruthlessly enforced quarantine, some have found ways to exist amidst the infected. One such group lives on a small island connected to the mainland by a single, heavily-defended causeway. On a mission to enter the mainland, horrifying discoveries are made.

Documentary

Black Box DiariesNC16

TW: This film has themes on sexual assault.

BLACK BOX DIARIES follows director and journalist Shiori Ito's courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender.

Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, Shiori's quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

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AdventureAnimationFantasy

Flow

-The Projector Exclusive-

54 wins & 70 Nominations including Winner for Best Animated Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards.

*This film is exempted from classification and is suitable for all ages.

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The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

Asian Cinema New Release

DocumentarySports

Four Trails (香港四徑大步走)PG13

-Date: 7 Aug-

In 2012, Andre Blumberg set off by himself, to run all four of Hong Kong’s iconic ultra distance trails in just four days. 298km and over 14,500m of climbing later, one of the hardest ultra marathons in the world – the Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge – was born.

Screening will be accompanied with a Post-Screening sharing by Hong Kong Four Trails Ultra Challenge runners based in Singapore.

Asian Cinema Limited Screening

DocumentaryWar

HollywoodgateM18

-The Projector Exclusive-

Unprecedented and audacious, HOLLYWOODGATE is the riveting result of the year director Ibrahim Nash'at spent with the Taliban in the wake of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Risking his life in the war-torn nation, Nash'at is on the ground with the Taliban when they enter an American base loaded with a portion of the roughly $7 billion worth of U.S. armaments left behind.

DramaFamily

Ilo Ilo PG13

Penguin Random House SEA x The Projector

Playback: Our Singapore Stories

A city comes alive, frame by frame, page by page

Screening will be accompanied with a Panel Discussion between local authors Josephine Chia, Dawn Cher, Neil Humphreys, Theresa Devasahayam and actress Yeo Yan Yan and moderated by Fauzi Aziz.

Set in Singapore in 1997, Ilo Ilo chronicles the relationship between a family of three and their newly arrived Filipino maid, Teresa.

ComedyCrimeDrama

The Phoenician Scheme NC16

2025 Cannes Film Festival Palme d-Or nominee.

Wes Anderson returns with his signature whimsical style and deadpan humour with a star-studded cast in a story centering on a family and their business.

Drama

A Yellow BirdM18

-Date: 24 Aug-

Local Filmmaker K. Rajagopal's critically acclaimed feature debut, premiered in competition at the 55th Critics Week, 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Siva, a Singaporean-Indian man, is released after a prison term for contraband smuggling. Unable to find forgiveness from his mother, he begins a quest to locate his ex-wife and daughter.

ComedyRomance

He's a Woman, She's a ManM18

-Dates: 31 Aug & 6 Sep-

Rating: M18

***Only persons aged 18 years old and above as of the film screening date can watch this film

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Starring Cantopop icon Leslie Cheung, the film is deeply radical and unorthodox.

A singer is so desperate to meet a famous record producer and his singer girlfriend that she disguises herself as a man, resulting in a wild love triangle.

Screening in the Original Cantonese Language, with English subtitles

DramaRomance

MaterialistsNC16

-Date: 28 August-

As Charli XCX mentioned its a Celine Song Summer!

Celine Song's sophomore features a star-studded casts: Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal and Dakota Johnson.

Set in New York and revolves around a young, ambitious New York City matchmaker finds herself torn between the perfect match and her imperfect ex.