We Tread in a Garden of Spells

Leaning into the Wind: Andy Goldsworthy (2017)
Dir. Thomas Riedelsheimer
97 minutes | PG
English

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Opening Programme on 28 May: Talk + Film Screening
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30 May – 30 Jun
Mon – Tue
10.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 5.15pm
Wed – Fri
10.30am, 5.15pm

1 – 29 Jul*
Mon – Tue
10.30am, 12.45pm, 3pm, 5.15pm
Wed – Thu
10.30am, 5.15pm
Fri
11am

*No screenings on 27 Jul, Wed

Part landscape artist, part earth magician – such is the alluring life of one Mr. Andy Goldsworthy. Residing in the enchanting greens of the Scottish countryside, Andy Goldsworthy works with the land – crafting ephemeral yet exquisite natural installations, sculpting wind, leaves, ice, snow, mud and even rising tides into mesmerising artistic interventions that make up his own little secret multiverse of treasures within the ecosystem.

Layer by layer, stone by stone, branch by branch, petal by petal – Goldsworthy’s obsessive detail in crafting his artworks are painstaking but they are also treacherously delicate; and often times his loving creations are destroyed by a passing flutter of wind or melted into the gentle heat of the morning sun. Yet a thing is not beautiful because it lasts, and Goldsworthy’s love affair with his surroundings and his work is proof of that there’s elegance and grace in the fragility of our natural world, and why it’s so important to protect it at all costs.

The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020)
Dir. Catarina Vasconcelos
101 minutes | PG
Portuguese with English subtitles
Southeast Asian Premiere
FIPRESCI Winner, Berlinale 2022

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2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Jul
Sat | 4.30pm

Blending the sun-kissed charm of 16mm reels with the surrealist tinges of Maya Deren and Apitchatpong, The Metamorphosis Of Birds is a bewitching docu-memoir of family, grief and cross-generational love. Filmmaker Catarina Vasconcelos is struggling to keep the memories of her grandparents alive – her grandfather Henrique, a former sailor, has a dying wish: to burn all the love-letter correspondence between himself and his wife while he was away at sea. 

In a bid to document their colourful past lives, Catarina sifts through shards of memories and dreams of her ancestors, playfully recreating scenes of their lives from her own treasure box of family legends. What she doesn’t remember she invents – from shaping their early domestic life as dreamy, Flemish still life paintings to weaving breathtaking, magic-realist sequences of their mystical bond with each other that crosses forests, mountains, seas and skies, Catarina paints a vivid, rich portrait of a yearning that spans generations, and a beguiling lesson that stories need not be religiously preserved – they, too can be conjured like spells.

24 Frames (2017)
Dir. Abbas Kiarostami
114 minutes | PG
No dialogue
Special Presentation, Cannes 2017

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2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Jul
Sat | 2pm

The minimalism of still life made mesmerising – the final film of legendary Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami is a transfixing, immersive theatre experience that’s truly one-of-a-kind. In an attempt to bridge his work as both a photographer and a filmmaker, Kiarostami crafts a living reality outside of a single captured frame – painstakingly digitally animating 24 exquisite snapshots of natural landscapes, wildlife and open skies to imagine what it’s like to ‘live’ within a photograph.

Meditative yet moving, austere yet teeming with life, the unreserved magic of 24 Frames is how Kiarostami attunes one to the glorious rhythm of nature – crashing waves, falling snow and the beating wings of birds in flight – creating a spellbinding tapestry of movement, time and perception where the serenity of our natural world has never been such a beautiful thing to behold.

Away (2019)
Dir. Gints Zilbalodis
75 minutes | PG
No dialogue
Singapore Premiere
Winner, Annecy 2019

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4, 11, 18, 25 Jun
Sat | 2pm

Combining the surrealist swathes of Dali with the whimsical immersive worlds of Ghibli, and set against a magnificent yet minimalist score in shades of Phillip Glass, Max Richter and Jóhann Jóhannsson, Away is a spellbinding, meditative animation charting a castaway’s homeward odyssey. After crash-landing into a mysterious terrain, a boy must journey across vast, dreamlike landscapes of teeming forests, icy tundras and boundless deserts in search for a way home – but the serenity of his voyage is soon threatened by a dark, mysterious, all-consuming force that endlessly pursues him at every turn. 

An unparalleld masterpiece in ecological storytelling in the same emotional weight class as My Neighbour Totoro and The Red Turtle, Away is a zen celebration of that special bond that humans share with all life on earth – and cinematic modern fable in that even in our darkest moments, we are never truly alone.

The Rider (2017)
Dir. Chloé Zhao
104 minutes | NC16 (Some Drug Use)
English
Winner, Cannes 2017

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29 May, 5, 12, 19, 26 Jun
Sun | 5.15pm

After suffering a near fatal head injury, a young cowboy undertakes a search for new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of America. 

Dune (2021)
Dir. Denis Villenueve
155 minutes | PG13 (Some Violence)
English
Winner, Academy Awards 2022

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29 May – 30 Jun
Sat | 3.45pm
Sun | 2pm

1 – 31 Jul
Fri & Sun | 4.15pm

A mythic and emotionally charged hero’s journey, “Dune” tells the story of Paul Atreides, a brilliant and gifted young man born into a great destiny beyond his understanding, who must travel to the most dangerous planet in the universe to ensure the future of his family and his people. As malevolent forces explode into conflict over the planet’s exclusive supply of the most precious resource in existence—a commodity capable of unlocking humanity’s greatest potential—only those who can conquer their fear will survive.

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
Dir. Wes Anderson
87 minutes | PG
English
Winner, Annecy 2010

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29 May – 30 Jun
Wed – Fri | 12.45pm
Sat & Sun | 11.30am

1 – 30 Jul*
Wed – Thu | 12.45pm
Fri | 2pm
Sat | 11am
Sun | 2pm

*No screenings on 27 Jul, Wed

Mr. and Mrs. Fox live an idyllic home life but after twelve years of quiet domesticity, the bucolic existence proves too much for Mr. Fox’s wild animal instincts. Director Wes Anderson's adaptation of a beloved children's novel by Roald Dahl.

Where the Wild Things Are (2009)
Dir. Spike Jonze
101 minutes | PG (Some Frightening Scenes)
English

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1 – 30 Jun
Wed – Fri | 3pm

3 – 31 Jul*
Wed – Thu | 3pm
Sun | 11am

*No screenings on 27 Jul, Wed

Inside all of us is...everything we've ever seen, everything we've ever done, and everyone we've ever loved.

Innovative director Spike Jonze collaborates with celebrated author Maurice Sendak to bring one of the most beloved books of all time to the big screen -- Where the Wild Things Are -- a classic story about childhood and the places we go to figure out world in which we live. When rambunctious and sensitive young Max (Max Records) feels misunderstood at home, he escapes to an island where he meets mysterious and strange creatures, the Wild Things, whose emotions are as wild and unpredictable as their actions. The Wild Things desperately long for a leader to guide them, just as Max longs for a kingdom to rule. As leader, Max promises to create a place where everyone will be happy, but he soon discovers that ruling his kingdom is far from easy.

Featuring the voices of Chris Cooper, James Gandolfini and Forest Whitaker.