Horizon
Horizon offers a bird’s-eye view of world cinema today, bringing together diverse filmic discoveries and celebrated works from the international film festival circuit.
Featuring established filmmakers and emerging talents, these 14 films showcase compelling stories from across the globe, each expanding our horizons a little further.
Opening Film
Spirit World
Legendary singer Claire Emery arrives in Tokyo for what she thinks will be her final concert, only to find herself unexpectedly crossing into a different realm.
Eric Khoo / France, Singapore, Japan / 2024 / 94 min / PG / Southeast Asian Premiere
Special Presentation
The Fable
Late ’80s, the Himalayan slopes: a magical slow burn reveals the inexorable changes that threaten to reshape the world for good.
Raam Reddy / India, USA / 2024 / 119 min / PG / Southeast Asian Premiere
Feature Films
An Unfinished Film
A filmmaker returns to an unfinished work, determined to complete his vision as creativity clashes with life’s shifting priorities in a changing world.
Lou Ye / Germany, Singapore / 2024 / 107 min / M18 (Some Mature Content) / Southeast Asian Premiere
By the Stream
The lines between artmaking and lovemaking blur in this playfully flirtatious dramedy set in a women’s arts school.
Hong Sang-soo / South Korea / 2024 / 111 min / PG13 (Smoking Scenes) / Singapore Premiere
City of Small Blessings
A retired civil servant in Singapore resorts to desperate measures to prevent his house’s demolition for a new train line.
Wong Chen-Hsi / Singapore / 2024 / 110 min / PG13 (Some Coarse Language) / World Premiere
Cu Li Never Cries
A poetic examination of the space memories occupy in our existence, through vignettes of two women at different points of their lives.
Phạm Ngọc Lân / Vietnam, Singapore, France, Philippines, Norway / 2024 / 93 min / NC16 (Some Coarse Language) / Singapore Premiere
Don’t You Let Me Go
At her best friend’s wake, Adela’s grief sparks a surreal journey that challenges her understanding of memory and loss.
Ana Guevara, Leticia Jorge / Uruguay / 2024 / 74 min / NC16 (Some Drug Use) / Asian Premiere
Familiar Touch
Ruth, a woman in her eighties, grapples with changes in her mental faculties and sense of self as she navigates the transition to assisted living.
Sarah Friedland / USA / 2024 / 90 min / PG13 (Brief Coarse Language) / Asian Premiere
Grand Tour
A man flees marriage and goes on a bizarre odyssey through 1917 Asia, encountering cultural clashes and personal revelation in this offbeat tale.
Miguel Gomes / Portugal, Italy, France / 2024 / 129 min / NC16 (Some Nudity) / Singapore Premiere
Living in Two Worlds
After moving from rural Japan to Tokyo, a Child of Deaf Adults discovers the value of Deaf culture while contending with his own biases.
O Mipo / Japan / 2024 / 105 min / PG13 (Some Coarse Language) / Southeast Asian Premiere
Olivia & the Clouds
This vibrant debut employs a whirlwind of animation styles to offer shifting perspectives on love with mesmerising fluidity.
Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat / Dominican Republic / 2024 / 81 min / PG / Southeast Asian Premiere
One of Those Days When Hemme Dies
A worker’s simmering desire for revenge against his harsh supervisor is waylaid as encounters steer him towards a path of introspection.
Murat Fıratoğlu / Türkiye / 2024 / 82 min / PG13 (Some Coarse Language) / Southeast Asian Premiere
When The Phone Rang
On a Friday in 1992, eleven-year-old Lana answers a call that shatters her carefree world, shaping the memories of her formative years.
Iva Radivojević / Serbia, USA / 2024 / 73 min / NC16 (Some Drug Use) / Asian Premiere
Yen and Ai-Lee
An incisive probe into self-sacrificial family dynamics and intergenerational trauma rendered by tour de force performances.
Tom Lin Shu-Yu / Taiwan / 2024 / 107 min / NC16 (Some Sexual Scenes and Violence) / Southeast Asian Premiere