Film Facilitation Programme 2024 The Film Facilitation Programme (FFP) is an initiative to develop young local filmmakers, build a connected community, and provide industry mentorship. It consists of two components: Film Facilitation Collective (FFC): A 3-day forum for media talents under 35, encouraging creative exploration and community engagement. It includes masterclasses by industry experts, collaborative brainstorming for community building and closed-door creative practice round tables. Film Facilitation Mentorship (FFM): A year-long mentorship for up to 5 youth filmmakers 35 and under, offering $10,000 in seed funding, personalised guidance from internationally acclaimed mentors, and access to distribution and marketing support. Open to all Singaporean/PR filmmakers ages 35 and below! Sign up for the briefing to learn more about FFM! Briefing Dates: 20 & 21 November 2024 Registration Deadline: 19 November 2024 2359 Pitch Submission Submission deadline: 15 December 2024 Timeline: Call for Submissions: 13 November - 15 December 2024 Briefing dates: 20 & 21 November 2024 Confirmation of mentees: January Preproduction - Production: January - June 2025 Submit all deliverables: 5 June 2025 Film Facilitation Programme 2023 Edition Title: There is No Joy. There is No Sorrow. Genre: Documentary Filmmaker: Goh Pei Fang Mentor: Joseph Mangat Release Date: 15 Nov 2024 In Thailand’s burgeoning occult scene, we weave together the stories of three different profiles – workers in a factory mass-producing cheap amulets, a temple abbot craft and blessing amulets by hand, and an amulet salesperson in metropolitan Singapore – to portray an industry in transition. Title: Wet Room Genre: Horror Filmmaker: Iris Li Mentor: Rob Jabbaz Release Date: 15 Dec 2024 A young Chinese girl’s arrival at a holiday homestay with her Caucasian boyfriend forces a reckoning with her suppressed religious and cultural guilt. Title: Dogma 65 Genre: Comedy Filmmaker: Seth Cheong Mentor: Martika Ramirez Escobar Release Date: 15 Jan 2025 Two aspiring filmmakers take part in a short film challenge together and must deal with one another’s ideas. Title: Nittham Genre: Music Video Filmmaker: Sunder Nagayah Mentor: Joant Ubeda Release Date: 15 Feb 2025 Nittham means dance. Nittham means eternity. Title: Summer on its Deathbed Genre: Drama Filmmaker: Kyaw Shoon Leyee Mentor: Tan Si En Release Date: 15 Mar 2025 20 year old August is desirous of everyone and everything. But as she tries to grasp everything she could on that fateful summer week, she loses it all – her best friend, an old friend and her summer fling. Title: Tree Genre: Animation Filmmaker: Mark Wee Mentor: Chen Xi Release Date: 15 Apr 2025 A construction supervisor recounts the falling of a sacred tree, the unholy buried beneath it, and fading memories of a migrant laborer.

Gavin CHUA is a Singaporean filmmaker and a graduate of LASALLE College of the Arts with a BA in Film. His films often draw inspiration from his upbringing in Singapore. His thesis film, May the Shadows Burn Again (2022), was nominated for the National Youth Film Awards, along with his most recent short film, The Passing (2023), which has been selected for the NYFA Film Facilitation Programme 2023 and nominated for the Singapore Youth Film Festival in 2024.

Joel Neo is a Singaporean producer drawn to female-led narratives that interrogate the realities we both exist within and create. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Filmmaking with Honours (Highest Distinction), and is a recipient of the media industry scholarship (SG:D) from Infocomm Media Development Authority. She previously produced Megan Lim’s comedy short film, PEACE FUNERAL HOME, supported by the *SCAPE Film Facilitation Programme and National Youth Council’s Young ChangeMakers’ Grant. It was nominated in the Open Youth Category for the inaugural Singapore Youth Film Festival (SYFF) and was part of the Davis Feminist Film Festival in California, USA. Her latest short film produced, Ash Goh Hua’s FULL MONTH, was presented at Berlinale Short Form Station 2024, and is supported by Jerome Foundation and the Singapore Film Commission. She is also the assistant producer on Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke’s A USEFUL GHOST and Duong Dieu Linh's DON'T CRY, BUTTERFLY, which won the Grand Prize and Most Innovative Film at Venice Critics’ Week 2024.

Megan Lim En is a Singaporean filmmaker interested in exploring absurd and hilarious stories hidden in plain sight - whether it’s a family mourning their pet rabbit, two friends searching for an elusive cabbage statue or a family-run funeral home. Her earlier short film, The Cabbage Statue, premiered at the 32nd Singapore International Film Festival, National Film Festival for Talented Youth and Youki Youth Film Festival, where it won the jury award. It was nominated in the Open Youth category for the National Youth Film Awards in 2021 and won Best Original Music. Her latest short, Peace Funeral Home, is a comedy short supported by the *SCAPE Film Facilitation Programme, under the mentorship of Filipino director Carlo Francisco Manatad. It was nominated in the Open Youth Category for the inaugural Singapore Youth Film Festival (SYFF) and was part of the Davis Feminist Film Festival in California, USA.