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Senin, 27 November 2023 03:02:00
10th Edition of Singapore Media Festival to Spotlight Innovative Technologies, New Media Skills, and Creators' Content
Festival-goers can celebrate the past and experience the future of Asia’s media industry’s best, with 11 days of screenings, showcase pavilions, discussion panels, fan meets, and more. New events Nas Summit Asia and Creators Con bring content creators to the festival |
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SINGAPORE - Media OutReach - 27 November 2023 - Taking place from 30th November to 10th December 2023, the Singapore Media Festival (SMF) returns for its 10th edition with a robust line-up of programmes from the Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), Singapore Comic Con (SGCC) and a new addition, Nas Summit Asia. Hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), the festival is expected to gather over 50,000 top media professionals, leaders, talent, content creators and consumers from Asia and around the world to make new dreams, content and connections here. With the best of Asia’s media industry assembling on Singapore’s shores, members of the public can enjoy more than 100 of the region’s top films and experience the best in pop culture, television, and new media.
Singapore Media Festival turns 10: The nexus of Asia’s media industry The festival this year celebrates the theme “Make It Here”, rallying the region’s media entrepreneurs, talents, creators, and consumers to explore diverse media innovations, form strategic deals, and discover Singapore’s best made for the world. The Singapore Media Festival has been one of Asia’s leading international media industry events since 2014, gathering more than 274,000 participants from 60 countries over the last 10 years. S$3.04 billion (US$2.23 billion) worth of deals and partnerships have been generated from the festival since its inception. Notable projects that have emerged from the festival include Hollywood blockbuster Crazy Rich Asians, which grossed close to S$330 million (US$240 million) worldwide. The festival has been a catalyst for discovering outstanding media talents across Asia, while fueling the growth and creation of media productions and content through initiatives such as SGIFF’s Film Academy and Silver Screen Awards, SGCC’s Work In Progress (W.I.P.) programme, ATF’s In-Development lab and pitches. These initiatives complement IMDA’s ongoing support for Singapore’s media industry including the Virtual Production (VP) Fund and grants offered by the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), which celebrates its 25th Anniversary this year. “The Singapore Media Festival has proudly spent a decade celebrating, discovering and nurturing the best of Asia’s media industry, and we will not stop here,” said Mr Justin Ang, Assistant Chief Executive for Media, Innovation, Communications and Marketing, IMDA. “The media industry landscape today is shaped by new trends and technologies like virtual production and AI that present exciting creative opportunities. To capitalise on this, the festival’s role as the place where new dreams, content and connections are made becomes ever more crucial as we collaborate with the best of talent in Asia and around the globe to create stories for the world.” Highlights of the 10th Singapore Media Festival This year, the festival offers a diverse 11-day line-up of programmes and is expected to gather a total of 50,000 participants from more than 60 countries, including over 5,000 media professionals and 700 content creators, entrepreneurs and industry leaders. The festival will also showcase over 100 films from across 50 countries with 20 world premieres, feature 4 In-Development lab and pitches, creators’ discussion panels with over 30 speakers, and 16 official pavilions where media professionals and creators gather to share their latest insights and best practices. Among other highlights, festival-goers can look forward to: Diversifying into new media storytelling skills:
Singapore Film Commission celebrates 25th anniversary as the champion of local talent and films This year, the Singapore Film Commission, a division under IMDA, celebrates 25 years of nurturing Singapore’s film industry. With unwavering support, the SFC has backed over 800 projects, including short films, scripts, feature films, and film-related events that showcase homegrown talent and creativity within Singapore. Since its inception in 1998, the SFC has tripled the output of Singapore films, with a steady annual release of 15 films today. Notably, local filmmakers have garnered international recognition, expanding Singapore's cinematic reach far beyond its physical size. In 2023, Singapore’s presence at the Cannes Film Festival was remarkable, featuring the largest number of Made-with-Singapore feature films. Among these, Jeremy Chua’s Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell, won the Camera d'Or, Fran Borgia’s Tiger Stripes, clinched the Cannes Critics’ Week Grand Prize, and Anthony Chen’s The Breaking Ice, premiered in the Un Certain Regard section – each of them set to screen at this year’s SGIFF. 2023 also marks the 10th edition of the Singapore Media Festival, rallying Asia’s most passionate media professionals, industry leaders, talents and content creators to “Make It Here”! For more details on the Singapore Media Festival and its partner events, please see the Annex or visit https://www.imda.gov.sg/ About Singapore Media Festival The Singapore Media Festival, hosted by the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), returns to celebrate its 10th edition as one of Asia's leading international media industry platforms. Taking place in Singapore from 30 November to 10 December 2023, Asia's media community will gather to explore diverse media innovations, form deals, and discover Singapore's best made for the world. This year's festival invites everyone to "Make It Here" in Singapore, inspiring the region's most passionate media talent to step forward and continue making content, connections, and dreams come true. Media professionals, industry leaders, creators, and consumers will come together at the festival through the Asia TV Forum & Market (ATF), Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF), Singapore Comic Con (SGCC), along with this year's new additions, Nas Summit Asia and Creators Con (a new segment of Singapore Comic Con). For more information, please visit: https://www.imda.gov.sg/ About Infocomm Media Development Authority The Infocomm Media Development Authority ("IMDA") leads Singapore's digital transformation by developing a vibrant digital economy and an inclusive digital society. As Architects of Singapore's Digital Future, we foster growth in Infocomm Technology and Media sectors in concert with progressive regulations, harnessing frontier technologies, and developing local talent and digital infrastructure ecosystems to establish Singapore as a digital metropolis. For more news and information, visit www.imda.gov.sg or follow IMDA on Facebook (IMDAsg) and Twitter (@IMDAsg). About Singapore Film Commission The Singapore Film Commission (SFC), part of the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA), champions the growth of the Singapore's film industry by nurturing a local pool of talent with the capability to produce quality international content. It is advised by a committee comprising members from the film, arts and cultural community. Since 1998, the SFC has supported more than 800 short films, scripts, feature films, as well as film-related events in Singapore that showcase homegrown talent and works. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. Hashtags: #IMDA #SGMediaFest #MakeItHere |
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