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As part of the Singapapour en France – le Festival, the largest overseas showcase of Singapore’s contemporary arts and culture, 50 local films including films from the 1950s will be showcased to the French audience this June.

Commemorating Singapore’s 50th year of independence, the Singapore Film Commission and the prestigious Cinematheque francaise will co-organise a special retrospective programme showcasing 50 Singapore films – “˜Cinemas de Singapour en 50 films’.

A diversity of films will be showcased, with the varied genres ranging from horror, melodrama, socio-comedies to home-grown works which have garnered international and commercial success.

The films include Liao Jiekai’s As You Were; Royston Tan’s ’15’; Glen Goei’s “˜The Blue Mansion’; Anthony Chen’s “˜Ilo Ilo’, Eric Khoo’s “˜Mee Pok Man’, Ken Kwek’s “˜Unlucky Plaza’, etc.

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