Foreground
Foreground highlights 12 captivating, genre-driven films that celebrate the essence of popular cinema and its significance to audiences today.
From inventive plot twists to fascinating character studies, this section offers fresh and invigorating takes on familiar narrative conventions, promising thrills and spills that will keep you glued to the edge of your seat.
Opening Film
Don’t Cry, Butterfly
A middle-aged woman seeks otherworldly help as her family comes undone in this dark fantasy tale of contemporary womanhood.
Duong Dieu Linh / Vietnam, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia / 2024 / 97 min / NC16 (Sexual Scene) / Singapore Premiere
Special Presentation
The Unseen Sister
The past of a famous actress begins to haunt her when her estranged sister makes an unexpected return to her life.
Midi Z / China / 2024 / 112 min / NC16 (Some Coarse Language) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Feature Films
Brief History of a Family
A high schooler’s entrance into a well-off family upends its fragile equilibrium as buried desires are forced into light.
Lin Jianjie / China, France, Denmark, Qatar / 2024 / 99 min / PG (Some Disturbing Scenes) / Singapore Premiere
I Saw The TV Glow
Two teenagers’ obsessive bond over an enigmatic TV show spirals into a disturbing, febrile nightmare.
Jane Schoenbrun / USA / 2024 / 100 min / PG13 (Some Disturbing Scenes) / Singapore Premiere
La Cocina
Tempers flare during lunchtime service at The Grill. While the kitchen heats up, questions arise when money goes missing from the register.
Alonso Ruizpalacios / Mexico, USA / 2024 / 139 min / M18 (Nudity and Coarse Language) / Singapore Premiere
Nightbitch
A woman embodies the beastliness of motherhood in this Kafka-esque comedy that critiques maternal roles.
Marielle Heller / USA / 2024 / 98 min / M18 (Sexual Scenes) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Orang Ikan
Two WWII prisoners awake stranded on an island. A deadly, fishy secret unfolds and they team up to survive the unknown.
Mike Wiluan / Singapore, Indonesia, Japan, UK / 2024 / 83 min / M18 (Violence and Gore) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Some Nights I Feel Like Walking
A long night of camaraderie, chance and cruising in this oneiric celebration of queer belonging.
Petersen Vargas / Philippines, Singapore, Italy / 2024 / 103 min / R21 (Homosexual Content) / Southeast Asian Premiere
The Killers
A wild anthology of vampire killings, slapstick chaos and dark, murderous humour.
Kim Jong-kwan, Roh Deok, Chang Hang-jun, Lee Myung-se / South Korea / 2024 / 119 min / M18 (Violence and Some Coarse Language) / Southeast Asian Premiere
The Room Next Door
A terminally ill woman reconnects with an estranged friend to accompany her in her final days.
Pedro Almodóvar / Spain / 2024 / 107 min / M18 (Mature Theme) / Singapore Premiere
The Shrouds
Grief drama meets sci-fi necrophilia in Cronenberg’s latest about a man who designs a device to monitor bodies of the deceased.
David Cronenberg / France, Canada / 2024 / 119 min / R21 (Sexual Scene) / Asian Premiere
Universal Language
Iranian poetics meet Winnipegian deadpan humour in a whimsical collision of worlds and cinematic traditions.
Matthew Rankin / Canada / 2024 / 89 min / PG / Singapore Premiere