Events
The CityPossible Film Festival III
| Date | : | 06 Nov 2014 |
| Time | : | 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm |
| Venue | : | NTUC Auditorium, |
| Contact Person | : | YEO Ee Lin, Valerie |
| Programme | ||
What is the possible city? For the third time, the CityPossible Film Festival brings together a collection of short films that allows us to imagine the breadth of possibilities to make better cities, showcasing stories of people who have joined together to resist the loss of their life-spaces and to remake the city through their own visions of what could be. With current urban development trajectories that encourage commercialization and unfettered capitalism pushing cities to become engines of growth rather than theatres of social life, meaningful communities are challenged to find space, time, and resources diverted to focus on lifestyle and consumption within placeless architectures. From the street corner to the metropolis, these films inspire us as we celebrate the human spirit through cinema.
REGISTRATION
Admission is free. Please register your interest with Ms Valerie Yeo (valerie.yeo@nus.edu.sg), if you would like to attend, and indicate your name, organization and email address. Kindly note that seats are available on a first-come-first served basis and we will not be able to allow entry once the auditorium is full.
| PROGRAM | |
| 6:00 – 6:05 pm | WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION |
| 6:05 – 6:15 pm | WELCOME REMARKS FROM YOUNG NTUC |
| 6:15 – 8:00 pm | PART I |
| A HOUSE IS A HOME Last Summer in Berlin Mitte | Alessandro Busa The World’s Tallest Slum | Vocativ New Housing for Bangkok Slum Residents | Next City Georgetown: The Story of Becoming | Community Architects Network |
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| COMMUNITY CONTINUITIES A Loud Color | Brent Joseph Do Not Blame the Sea | The Perennial Plate Thailand’s Sea Gypsies | Giorgio Taraschi Do Robots Have Souls? | Digital Global Mind Valley of Dolls | Fritz Schumann |
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| PUBLIC SPACES Kolor Kathmandu | Suraj Ratna Shakya Hong Lim Park | Henry Mochida Yang Ketu7uh | WatchDoc |
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| 8:00 – 8:20 pm | INTERMISSION | Light snacks will be provided. |
| PERFORMANCE BY BLUES 77 Lim Kiang on bass | Straydogs James Tan on drums | Straydogs Steve Ferzacca on guitar and vocals | University of Lethbridge, Canada |
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| 8:20 – 9:30pm | PART II |
| MAKING A DIFFERENCE A Day in India | The Perennial Plate A Pakhtun Memory | Tentative Collective Surfing Possibility: India’s First Surfer Girl | BrownGirlSurf For Udon and Country | The Perennial Plate |
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| LIVELIHOODS The New York Street Vendors | Samuel Enblom Dhaka Stories: Calling Home | Shadman Alvi Head Porters Become Businesswomen in Accra’s Slums | Next City |
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| ARTS AND COMMUNITY Stand by Me: Playing for Change | Mark Johnson Voices to be Heard | Henry Mochida |
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| 9:30 – 9:45 pm | MEET THE FILMMAKER Yaminay Chaudhri | visual artist based in Karachi and New York |
| 9:45 – 10:00 pm | CLOSING REMARKS AND INFORMAL DISCUSSIONS |
| 10:00 pm | END |
CONVENORS
Prof Mike Douglass
Asia Research Institute and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore
Dr Rita Padawangi
Asia Research Institute, National University of Singapore