Leading up to National Day, a day where Kit Chan warbled Home which still remains as one of the most well known, well loved National Day theme song people relate to and recall fondly of those days. On the topic of home and in light of the recent conclusion of cINE65, Sindie contributor Bella Ow pens down her observations on the theme of Home found in this year's submissions --
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Cine65 reminiscences of Home.
3-minute
shorts on the theme of ‘I’ll be there for you’ that encapsulates what budding
filmmaking enthusiasts consider to be introspections on Singapore identity. The contributors span from students to working
professionals, and are really sliced from a spectrum of diverse age groups. Commendable
effort must be given to the persons who were inspired from the stories in their
daily lives, and strove to capture the simple moments which display community
spirit, patriotic sentiment and family ties.
I was looking out for the actors and actresses that really stood out to me in the video entries and I must say that the grandmother in the unforgettable video, the girl in the remembering video and the boy in the sentimental rubber video were three characters whom I thought combined a degree of sensitivity, reflexivity and just pure ability in getting us to relate to their characters J.
The
grandmother was so sincere in her search for her granddaughter which led to
utter fruitlessness. And the final vignette of her being completely lost in her
search was heartbreaking, to say the least.
The
girl in the remembering video was pretty to say the least, and she was very
earnest in the remembrance of the people who matter and who tided her through
her most difficult of times J.
The
boy in the sentimental rubber video was extremely shy and broken in his
fragility, and I really appreciated the innocence which he brought to the
character in the video.
After watching more entries, I discovered that the focus on home
really made me think and reflect about my own reasons for coming home, and the
little things that matter in our weighing of our options. At the end of the
day, it is simply about being able to appreciate the closer ties, and seeing
opportunities not in terms of bigger brighter and flashier, but in terms of
simplicity, sincerity and being grateful.
By Bella Ow.