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13-09-2023, 12:25 PM
https://sg.style.yahoo.com/the-breaking-...26036.html
When some foreign artiste, or K-pop star, or Taylor Swift comes to Singapore, everything gets sold out in five minutes. But for filmmakers, even award-winning filmmakers that have had their film recognised overseas, it’s so hard to even fill a [cinema] hall on opening day,” he lamented.
Every time I make a film in Singapore, I find you're constantly just rubbing yourself up against the wall because when you try and get locations, you get turned down.
"When you try and ask for something, it's always transactional, it costs a lot. And then, when you try and get audiences into the cinemas, it almost feels like every time we have to sort of beg people to come look at us, you know?”
When some foreign artiste, or K-pop star, or Taylor Swift comes to Singapore, everything gets sold out in five minutes. But for filmmakers, even award-winning filmmakers that have had their film recognised overseas, it’s so hard to even fill a [cinema] hall on opening day,” he lamented.
Every time I make a film in Singapore, I find you're constantly just rubbing yourself up against the wall because when you try and get locations, you get turned down.
"When you try and ask for something, it's always transactional, it costs a lot. And then, when you try and get audiences into the cinemas, it almost feels like every time we have to sort of beg people to come look at us, you know?”
