Utter 2016: One Hour To Daylight – Additional Screenings3 min read
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Singapore Writers Festival this year will feature an original, full-length film for the first time, titled One Hour To Daylight, partly inspired by the “curry dispute” that broke out here four years ago. We at Sinema have been busy over the past six months working on this and the fruit of our efforts culminates next week with 2 screenings.
Details:
“Utter 2016: One Hour To Daylight” is inspired by 4 #Singlit short fiction pieces; “Harmonious Residences” by Jeremy Tiang, “Per(anti) Mimpi 1.0 – Dream Device 1.0” by Chempaka Aizim, “Alyssa” by Latha and “We’d Wanted to Rob a Bank” by Xi Ni Er in our 4 official languages. The film stars Hatta Said, Joann Wu, Larry Low, Elias Mikhail, Christopher Yong and Aadhya Anand.
The Flying Kick Asia x Sleeping Rabbit Films production, “One Hour to Daylight” is produced by Nicholas Chee, with screenplay by Tan Wei Ting and directed by 4 emerging and talented directors; Sufyan Sam’an, Jacky Lee, D. Vel Murugan and Jonathan Choo. The cinematography is by Jaye Neo shooting on the Panasonic #VaricamLT with #Xeen lenses with animation by Mark Wee and Andre Quek, original music composed by Alex Oh/White Noise Music, sound edit by Burtt See/Audiorooms, makeup by Makeup Entourage, wardrobe by Meredith Lee and art direction by Xandra Low.
“One Hour to Daylight” is a social drama set in present-day Singapore, in an estate where racial biases and cultural differences threaten to divide its inhabitants.
Official Film Trailer:
Film Synopsis:
Cultural and social tensions threaten to divide the inhabitants of a present-day Singaporean estate. A lift technician, Chen, dies in an unfortunate work site accident, and his wife travels here from China to collect his body. Overseeing this case is ambitious Malay lawyer, Andy, who disregards both his wife’s objections and the possible consequences of giving their daughter, Dela, a Dream Device, to better her studies. Dela’s classmate, Alyssa, has to live with both her grandparents in the absence of her mother, and she knocks heads with them constantly due to their class differences. She seeks comfort in her best friend, Wei Ting, whose father, a jobless middle-aged man, decides to rob a bank with Chen’s Bangladeshi co-worker, Nayeem. Their lives, though separate, are intertwined, and all collide in the Curry Incident.
*NEW* Screening & Ticketing Information:
Dates and Times: 5 October 2016 (Wednesday) @ 7:20pm and 6 October 2016 (Thursday) @ 7:20pm & 8:50pm.
Location: *SCAPE Gallery – Level 5, 2 Orchard Link, Singapore 237978
Film Rating: NC16 (Some Coarse Language)
Total Running Time: 77mins
Languages: English, Chinese, Malay, Tamil with Singlish and Hokkien (Subtitles: English and Chinese)
Each ticket is $12 and it comes with a 160 page Film Companion Guide and a 44 page Limited Edition graphic novel adaptation by Dan Wong.
*We’ve added a new $6 ticket option for those who may want to catch the film again and do not need the Film Companion Guide and Graphic Novel!
In honour of the many migrant workers like Nayeem and Chen who’ve help built our home, $3 from each $12 ticket will go to an organization which provide healthcare for the workers who’ve been unfortunately injured at work.
#STUDENTS/FULL-TIME NSF/SENIORS get a $2 discount from the Standard Ticket price of $12 – simply buy a Standard Ticket, come for the screening and show us your Student/NSF/Senior IDs and we will give you an instant $2 rebate!
Watch the making of Utter 2016: One Hour To Daylight
Part 01 “#SingLit”
Part 02 “#TheDevelopment”
Part 03 “#TheProduction”
