In partnership with Nanyang Technological
University’s Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF) Youth Jury Programme seeks to nurture a new generation of critical writers on
cinema from the region. The workshop will take place one weekend day each week
during the month of November, as well as December 6th and 7th. Between 10
to 15 post-secondary students will be educated on the historical and cultural
significance of past and present Southeast Asian works, how film theory and close
readings of films greatly benefit film writing for a wider audience, as well as
different interviewing approaches.
The Programme will culminate in the participants
producing a daily online newsletter providing coverage of the Southeast Asian
Short Film Competition, in the form of critical writing pieces on the works’
larger significance and interviews with the filmmakers involved. Finally, the
Youth Jury will vote on the Youth Jury Prize-winning film during the Silver
Screen Awards.
The submission deadline is 15 October 2014,
6pm (GMT+8).
Do visit the SGIFF website for more details and the submission form.