Schedule
Special Events
SUNDAY 7 OCTOBER
4:00 PM
ORIENTATION
The Picturehouse, Levels 5 & 6, The Cathay, 2 Handy Road
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut
Check-in, introductions, announcements for the week.
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS TO FOLLOW.
For Festival Participants Only and Invited Guests Only.
6:30 PM
RUSH HOUR 3 directed by Brett Ratner
The Picturehouse, Levels 5 & 6, The Cathay, 2 Handy Road
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut
The beloved action comedy duo of Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan reprise their roles and LAPD James Carter and Chinese Chief Inspector Lee, respectively. This time around the two must travel to Paris to battle a wing of the Chinese organized crime family, the Triads.
DIRECTOR Q&A TO FOLLOW
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only. Students with valid university ID are invited to attend. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
MONDAY 8 OCTOBER
10:30 AM
OFFICIAL RIBBON CUTTING OF NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS ASIA
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia
3 Kay Siang Road
Nearest MRT Station: Redhill
TOUR OF CAMPUS TO FOLLOW
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only.
1:00 PM
PRODUCING PANEL DISCUSSION
NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia
3 Kay Siang Road
Nearest MRT Station: Redhill
Join us for an informal discussion with film producers, directors, and commercial directors relating their experiences in the industry and what it takes to work in the film and commercial world, and finance and sell a feature. Scheduled to appear is EDMUND CHEUNG, television commercial producer for the Greater China region and Tisch Asia Advisory Council member; Peng Xiaolian, director, SHANGHAI WOMEN, SHANGHAI STORY, and SHANGHAI RUMBA; Jay Anania, director and Tisch School of the Arts/Tisch Asia faculty member, HER NAME IS CARLA, DAY ON FIRE.
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only.
7:00 PM
A DARING ADVENTURE
You are cordially invited to attend the official opening of NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia, featuring filmmaker Brett Ratner and international film star Jackie Chan.
Mandarin Oriental
5 Raffles Avenue, Marina Square
Nearest MRT Station: City Hall
BUSINESS CHIC ATTIRE REQUIRED
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only.
TUESDAY 9 OCTOBER
10:00 AM
EDITING WORKSHOP featuring John Tintori and Carol Dysinger
The Picturehouse, Levels 5 & 6, The Cathay, 2 Handy Road
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut
Join us for a discussion on narrative film editing with NYU/Tisch Graduate Film chair and editor John Tintori and a discussion on documentary film editing with NYU/Tisch faculty member and editor Carol Dysinger. Specific selections from films each has edited as well as others will be screened to discuss the choices made by editors on cutting the scene. Credits for John Tintori include DOGFIGHT, MISTER WONDERFUL, and EIGHT MEN OUT. Credits for Carol Dysinger include MARMALADE, DEADLINE, and RAIN.
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only. Students with valid university ID are invited to attend. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
WEDNESDAY 10 OCTOBER
10:00 AM
SHANGHAI RUMBA directed by Peng Xiaolian
The Picturehouse, Levels 5 & 6, The Cathay, 2 Handy Road
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut
A multi-layered romance set in the late 1940s, this film was inspired by a 70-year-old, legendary love affair between the 'Prince of Film' Zhao Dan (Crossroads, 1936) and actress Huang Zongying. A young, unhappily married, woman dreams of genuine love and joins a leftist film production company, where she meets Ah Chuan, a popular actor.
DIRECTOR & CINEMATOGRAPHER JONG LIN (Sunflower, Bend it Like Beckham, Eat Drink Man Woman) Q&A TO FOLLOW
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only. Students with valid university ID are invited to attend. Seating is limited and on a first-come, first-served basis.
SATURDAY 13 OCTOBER
5:00 PM
Featuring the screening of the top three award-winning short films from the weeks' festival screening.
The Cathay Cineplex, Levels 5 & 6, The Cathay, 2 Handy Road
Nearest MRT Station: Dhoby Ghaut
Open to the Public.
7:30 PM
FESTIVAL CLOSING CELEBRATION
Bar CoCoon at Indochine Restaurant
The Forbidden City, 3A Merchant’s Court, River Valley Road
Nearest MRT Station: Clarke Quay
For Festival Participants and Invited Guests Only.