2010 02 20 - REC

REC
20 Feb | 7.30pm
Directed by Jaume Balaguero & Paco Plaza | 2007 | 75min | NC-16
Angela Vidal is a television reporter. Together with her cameramen Pablo , they are doing a routine interview at one of Barcelona's local fire station when the firefighters receives an emergency call about an old woman being trapped in her apartment. The news duo starts their camera rolling and accompanies the team of firefighters to the block where she lives but is greeted by a sight of horrified residents at the lobby upon arrival. Panicky screams from above followed immediately after where an aggressive old lady looking obviously distressed attacks a police officer. What is to be recorded next is a very long, horrifying, tormenting visual sight...

2010 02 20 - Dias de Futbol (Soccer Days)

Dias de Futbol (Soccer Days)
20 Feb 4.30pm
Directed by David Serrano 2003 118min Rating TBA
A comedic rumpus celebrating the empowerment of strong bonds amongst friends; Dias de Futbol introduces us to Antonio, an ex-convict and amateur shrink who convinces his pals that the best way to overcome their midlife crises and compensate their almost non-existent love lives is by resurrecting their old soccer team with a mission to win something in life - even if it is for a small, local soccer championship.

2010 02 20 - SFS - Up the Yangtze (PG)

Singapore Film Society will be screening the critically acclaimed film Up the Yangtze on Feb 20 as part of its SFS Talkies series.

Up the Yangtze (PG)
A luxury cruise boat motors up the Yangtze ­ navigating the mythic waterway known in China simply as "The River." The Yangtze is about to be transformed by the biggest hydroelectric dam in history. The Three Gorges Dam ­ contested symbol of the Chinese economic miracle ­ provides the epic backdrop for this award-winning film about a family displaced by radical environmental and economic change.


When 20 February 2010 (Saturday), 1:30 pm
Where The Picturehouse
5th Floor The Cathay
2 Handy Road, Singapore 229233
(Near Dhoby Ghaut MRT station)

Duration: 93 minutes

"Outstanding… gorgeously shot and as gripping as an epic novel"
– Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

"Brilliant! [A] lucid, beautifully observed portrait!"
– The Village Voice

"Astonishing!" - The New York Times