A life-altering event forces 21-year-old Junyang and his girlfriend to face reality. At the same time, while Junyang’s father is struggling to hold their modest life together, a woman enters his life and both generations are forced to redefine their family.
Collect 3 film posters signed by the cast and director if you watch all three films on the Growing Up Trilogy (Ilo Ilo, Wet Season, We Are All Strangers) on the weekend of 15 & 16 August at Filmhouse!
Live Q&A, Sun, 16 Aug
Join us for a live Q&A on Sun, 16 Aug, with Director Anthony Chen, Cast Members, Yann Yann, Jia Ler, Regene Lim and Andi Lim, Moderated by Singapore-based Artist Benjamin Kheng.
Karaoke Night, Sat, 22 Aug
The night doesn't end when the credits roll. Come sing your heart out like Bee Hwa does in We Are All Strangers, because we're hosting a open karaoke night with the cast and director at the Filmhouse Foyer after the evening screening! Grab the mic, sing along to old favourites, and enjoy ice-cold 1-for-1 Tiger Beers from 10pm exclusively for We Are All Strangers 22 August ticketholders.
In Mandarin and English with English subtitles.
Rated PG13 for Some Coarse Language and Sexual References.
Danny Boyle's decade-defining adaptation of Irvine Welsh's Trainspotting celebrates its 30th anniversary in 2026, and is heading back to Filmhouse from 21 August in a 4K restoration as part of our Music In Film showcase!
Ewan McGregor stars as Mark Renton, the most reflective member of a group that also includes the compulsive womaniser, Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller), and the hapless Spud (Ewen Bremner). Renton, Spud and Sick Boy's issues with drugs alternatively irritate and amuse their friend, Begbie (Robert Carlyle), a periodic psychopath whose outbursts of violence are one of the many factors that convince Renton to leave for London in the hope of starting a new life. Renton enjoys some success remoulding himself as an estate agent in the English capital, but it isn't long before his Edinburgh friends catch up with him. Begbie and co. need the money Renton has saved from his job to finance the drug deal that could make them all rich...
In English.
Rated R21 for Drug Use and Sexual Scenes
Before diving into Ildikó Enyedi’s latest work, Silent Friend, revisit the Hungarian master’s Berlinale Golden Bear winning masterpiece that captivated audiences worldwide.
Set against the backdrop of a stark Budapest slaughterhouse, two socially awkward co-workers discover they’ve been sharing the exact same dream every night, where they transform into two deer quietly falling in love in a snowy forest.
Bizarre, tender, darkly funny, and poetic, On Body and Soul is one of the most uniquely arresting love stories modern European cinema has ever produced. Don't miss this rare big screen pairing!
In Hungarian with English subtitles.
Rated M18 for Sexual Scenes
A curated selection of Singapore Shorts by Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film.
Scratch the surface of the clean and green, and something else stirs. How Can This Be Allow?! reveals a Singapore that doesn't make it into the tourism brochure: desire, repression, and the people who slip through the cracks of a spotless national image. A collision of shorts that shows an alternative side to what we call home.
This programme is rated M18.
Presented in collaboration with Objectifs
How Can This Be Allow?! will feature the following short films:
To Kill The Birds and the Bees by Dir. Calleen Koh
11 min | 2021 | M18
To Kill the Birds & the Bees follows three separate stories of four average Singaporeans – a pair of young twins, a secondary school prefect and a conservative housewife – who each encounter a sexual situation in the course of their day.
Someday My Prince Will Come by Dir. Ezzam Rahman
5 min | 2011 | PG
Someday my Prince will come – is an experimental video art made in 2011. “Good things come to those who wait” – it is about what lies around the corner, the anticipation of it all, the waiting for something to happen. This video artwork is a depiction of what revolves around themes of yearning, longing, and quiet hope. Ezzam turns his lens towards the complexities of queer desire, particularly the often-isolating journey of seeking connection and companionship. A poignant symbol of vulnerability and tenderness, set against the backdrop of a world increasingly shaped by the unattainable ideals of social-media perfect bodies, flawless skin, curated lifestyles. This video artwork is both a quiet confession and a gentle resistance: a soft, lingering echo of desire in an image-saturated age.
Gourmet Baby by Dir. Sandi Tan
15 min | 2001 | PG
An idiosyncratic inter-generational relationship plays out across the dining table. A lonely, middle-aged bachelor finds in his niece the perfect dining companion and indulges her in fine dining experiences designed to refine her tastes. However, no amount of fine dining can stop his protégé’s exertion of individuality.
Gunkworld by Dir. Mark Chee
10 min | 2020 | NC16
Gunkman, Sallysweets and Roboji are a gang of alien-monster students who terrorise their class with horrifying antics. As Gunkman’s mind-controlling powers escalate beyond the confines of the classroom, no one in the world is safe!
I Can’t Sleep Tonight by Dir. K.Rajagopal
9 min | 1995 | PG13
I can't sleep tonight is a tale of three illegal foreigners who meet in Little India one night together unexpectedly not realizing how much they have in common
sighnight by Dir. Jake Low
12 min | 2024 | M18
A family that appears ordinary on the surface grapples with the weight of expectations, secrets, and the haunting echoes of cultural traditions during a reunion dinner.
"sighnight" is an exploration of the lengths to which individuals will go to preserve familial honour. It is a story of survival, control, and the bonds that tether us to our roots, even as we strive to break free.
TEDxSingapore and Filmhouse present a screening of Dear You in Teochew, featuring a live conversation with Opera Tang and Ah Ma.
Who are you still waiting to hear back from? Legacy is usually something we sort out afterwards. We go through the drawers, trying to piece together what they meant, and carry forward a version we are guessing. Together with Filmhouse, we are inviting you, our community to book two seats. Bring your Ah Ma, your Ah Gong, your mother, whoever you have been meaning to ask something. Come join Opera Tang and her Ah Ma, and have that conversation in the present tense.
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Xiaowei travels to Thailand to find his "billionaire grandfather" who is out of contact due to debt problems, but unexpectedly find the one who has been corresponding with his grandmother for years is not her husband.
In Teochew with English and Chinese subtitles.
corresponding Rated PG13 for Some Coarse Language.
Teochew Cultural Movie Showcase: DEAR YOU
