From the luxurious, airy halls of the Capitol Theatre to the offbeat charm of indie cinema The Projector, there’s no denying that Singapore has its own thriving cinematic audience. In fact, our sunny island has one of the highest per capita cinema attendance in the world – with 19 million attendees and over 250 cinema screens islandwide!
Beyond international blockbusters and Marvel movies, it seems that Singaporean cinema is moving towards the limelight. Jack Neo’s Ah Boys To Men 2 is the top-grossing Singaporean film of all time, evidently striking the right chord in local culture.
And of course, household names Royston Tan, Anthony Chen and Eric Khoo have continued ushering Singapore cinema towards global attention. More recent Singaporean cinematic accomplishments include Kirsten Tan’s Pop Aye (which bagged an award at the 2017 Sundance Festival) and A Land Imagined by Yeo Siew Hua, which made history for being the first ever Singaporean film to win the Golden Leopard at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland.
Meanwhile on the small screen, Channel 5’s longest-running series Tanglin concluded recently with a whopping 823 episodes, while The Little Nyonya, one of local television’s most beloved series, is getting a remake in China – and was launched at the Asia TV Forum & Market and ScreenSingapore 2018.
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