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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and emotional first-person video, Shiori's quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

-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.

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...

FamilyDrama

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.

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.

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