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In Conversation With Shekhar Kapur: Directing In The East & West

Time: 9am to 10am

Venue: Capella Ballroom, Sentosa

Moderator: Patrick Frater

Academy award winning director Shekhar Kapur is one of the globe’s most critically acclaimed film directors.  

This In Conversation session will discuss Kapur’s film-making journey. His travels have taken him from oil industry executive, to film-director, Oscar-winner, founder of an animation studio and on to talent show judge. The session will discuss Kapur’s views on the nature and structure of story-telling, the narrative differences that exist between East and West, how this places the Asian film industries and ask which is better placed in the current multi-media world.

In Conversation With Kelvin Tong: Creating Singapore Cinema

Time: 2pm to 4pm

Venue: Capella Ballroom, Sentosa

Moderator: Serene Chen

We look back at Singapore filmmaker Kelvin Tong’s illustrious career with the filmmaker sharing his experiences from being a film critic to making films for both the Singapore and international audience.