A Month-long Celebration of Singapore Stories on the Big Screen You got time for cinema? Don't have also must make time because cinema not just about entertainment – about culture ok? Come we got one good line-up of films, parties and events for you, local style~
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.
Cast Q&A, Sun 6 Sep
Join us for an in-person Q&A with Cast Members, Andi Lim, Koh Jia Ler and Regene Lim, moderated by Petrina Kow.
In Mandarin and English with English and Mandarin subtitles.
Rated PG13 for Some Coarse Language and Sexual References.
TW: Contains scenes with flashing lights, photosensitive viewers are advised.
During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son.
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!
Join us for a live Q&A on Sun, 16 Aug, with Director Anthony Chen, Cast Members, YeoYann Yann, Koh Jia Ler, Regene Lim and Andi Lim, Moderated by Singapore-based artist Benjamin Kheng.
In Mandarin, English and Tagalog with English and Mandarin subtitles.
Rated PG13 for Coarse Language
TW: Contains depictions of animal cruelty.
Karaoke Night, Sat 22 August
No RSVP needed, free and easy!
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.
Set across the shifting landscape of colonial Singapore and wartime Malaya, two musically gifted childhood friends—Fei and Kai—are bound together by their shared devotion to the violin. When the brutal onset of World War II and the Japanese Occupation tears them apart, Fei embarks on a decades-long journey across a changing Southeast Asia, holding onto memory, resilience, and the power of music as she searches for her lost friend.
A landmark achievement for local cinema, co-directors Ervin Han and Raúl García’s hand-drawn feature made history by winning the prestigious Cristal Award for Best Feature at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, alongside the SACEM Award for Best Original Soundtrack. Blending meticulous traditional craft with an evocative score by Ricky Ho, the film transforms regional history into a deeply human, universally resonant story that demands to be experienced on the big screen
Director Q&A, Friday 11 Sep
Join us for an in-person Q&A with Producer and Co-Director Ervin Han
In English with English and Mandarin subtitles.
Rated PG for Some Violence
