Utter 2015: Head Trips - ROUND
Channel: The Filmic Eye Singapore
Date: 2015-08-13

Utter 2015: Head Trips
28 - 30 August @ GV Suntec City
To buy tickets: http://www.gv.com.sg/GVMovieDetails#/movie/9003

Dir. Samantha Seah
2015 | Singapore | Experimental/Romance | 9 mins | In English 

Synopsis:  Two girls love and hate each other, but they long to be together.  An interviewer sits down with an artist, wanting to find out about his process.  A Malay musician falls in love with a Chinese woman in 1960s Singapore.  Two circling horses connect these three stories together.  Adapted from Amanda Lee Koe’s three stories ‘Flamingo Valley’, ‘Carousel’ and ‘The Ballad of Arlene & Nelly’ from the book ‘Ministry of Moral Panic’.

About Utter 2015: Head Trips
Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) presents a captivating series of five animation shorts adapted from original short stories and poetry by Singapore writers Alfian Sa’at, Amanda Lee Koe, Dave Chua, Chow Teck Seng and Vanessa Ng. Commissioned by the National Arts Council under Utter, a special SWF initiative that adapts Singapore writing into different media and across languages, the films are set to excite and intrigue audiences of all ages. 

In this year’s edition, the written word meets the creative and aesthetic sensibilities of established and emerging animation directors from Singapore. Put together by award-winning animators Tan Wei Keong, Samantha Seah, Henry and Harry Zhuang, Ang Qing Sheng and Darran Kuah, each film portrays the animator’s unique adaptation styles and encourages greater appreciation for Singapore’s literature and animation.