


- Film/Movies
Red Dot August 2022
Film Screening: A Yellow Bird
by K. Rajagopal
[M18: Mature Theme and Sexual Scenes]
- Sun, 7 Aug 2022, 2pm & 7pm
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After serving eight years in jail, Siva is released back into a world outside bars. He has to grapple with his minority status and the fractures he created within his family. With a mother who rejected him and a society that offers no respite, Siva roams the streets as a vagabond. He befriends Chen Chen, a Chinese prostitute who connects with him through their shared desperation. When Siva discovers a terrible truth, he plunges into a liminal zone between death and redemption.
There will be a post-show talk with K Rajagopal and Sivakumar Palakrishnan after the film screening. Get...
Start Sales Date
Internet:
15 Jul 2022 onwards, 9am
SISTIC Authorised Agents & Hotline:
15 Jul 2022, 10am
Esplanade Box Office:
15 Jul 2022, 12 noon - 8pm
Duration
Approximately 2 hours 30 mins, no intermission
Language
Performed in English, Tamil and Mandarin, with English subtitles
Admission Rules of Esplanade:
Rating/Age Limit
- Rating: M18 (Mature Theme and Sexual Scenes)
- Admission is subject to tickets produced at the entrance.
- Infants in arms or children below the age of 18 shall not be admitted.
- Patrons aged 18 years and above must purchase tickets for admission.
Late Seating Advisory
- You are strongly advised to be seated before the performance start time.
- Latecomers will be admitted during suitable breaks, if any.
- Exceptions may be made at Esplanade's discretion depending on the nature of the performance.
Photography/Video Recording Rules
- No flash photography, unauthorised professional photography, video and audio recording is allowed for this event.
- Please note that photographs and videos of patrons may be taken at this event for use in our archival and publicity material.
Help Us Keep Everyone Safe
- Keep your mask on and practice good personal hygiene.
- Use the hand sanitiser provided around the centre and in the performance venues.
- Strictly no food & beverage allowed in the performance venues.
- Esplanade reserves the right not to admit patrons who do not comply with prevailing safe management measures.
- Stay at home if you're unwell.
K. Rajagopal
K. Rajagopal has won the Singapore International Film Festival’s Special Jury Prize for three consecutive years with his short films: I Can’t Sleep Tonight (1995), The Glare (1996) and Absence (1997). In 2010, he wrote and directed Timeless, a short film commissioned by the National Museum of Singapore which won Best Cinematography and Best Editing at the 2011 Singapore Short Film Awards. In 2015, his short film The Flame was part of the SG50-commissioned omnibus feature film 7 Letters, which had its Asian premiere at the Busan International Film Festival. His debut feature film, A Yellow Bird, premiered at the 55th Critics' Week, Cannes Film Festival in 2016 and won Best Film at the ASEAN Film Awards 2017.
Sivakumar Palakrishnan
Sivakumar Palakrishnan is a life-long learner. An award-winning actor who has represented Singapore at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival, not to mention a consummate film producer and maker, he has contributed to the education sector by imparting practical knowledge to Singapore’s new breed of filmmakers. A true pracademic—as the education profession terms him to be. Sivakumar has also touched the lives of many young people in Singapore, especially the Indian community. He is a familiar face on local television, as well as an active and enthusiastic educator in Singapore cinema off-screen.
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