ArtScience Cinema

ArtScience Cinema is ArtScience Museum’s first purpose-built screening room. It will present a curated programme of film all year round. Featuring a diverse range of programming that includes featured films, cinematic retrospectives, film festival selections, documentaries and more, ArtScience Cinema boasts spacious, comfortable seating and high-quality surround-sound wireless headphones for a truly immersive cinematic experience.

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Image courtesy of SCAD / Animation Nation 2024

Film Lineup

Ticketed Screenings: Animation Fresh Voices

9 Nov – 31 Dec

Singapore and Southeast Asia premieres

Setting a new benchmark in Pakistani animation, Usman Riaz's enchanting tale The Glassworker presents a timeless love story that is tested through time and conflict. In Benoît Chieux's psychedelic adventure Sirocco and the Kingdom of the Winds, two sisters are transformed into cats are discovering a magical book.

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Free screenings: Animation Nation 2024

4 Nov – 31 Dec

In conjunction with Animation Nation's 20th anniversary, catch a curated selection of animation short films from renowned animation school, GOBELINS Paris.

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Free Screenings: Animation Masters

1 Nov – 31 Dec

Peek behind the magical curtain of one of the biggest film studios in the world. Featuring free screenings of two acclaimed documentaries exploring the inspirations and artists who make the wonderful animations of Studio Ghibli come alive!

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Past Programmes

Free Screenings: Ocean Deep
30 Sep – 20 Oct 2024

Waves of Change 2024 continues with screenings of two short films exploring the impact of climate change on the ocean and the wonders of deep-sea exploration.

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Ticketed: The Thinking Game
6 – 14 Sep 2024

The Thinking Game chronicles the extraordinary life of visionary scientist Demis Hassabis and his relentless quest to solve the enigma of artificial general intelligence.

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Free screening: Artist Moving Image in AI
1 – 13 Sep 2024

From early creative possibilities in animation to artist moving image, come discover if artificial intelligence is truly all that is promised and more.

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Free Screenings: AI and Animation
1 – 13 Sep 2024

Between traditionally made shorts films and AI-assisted works, come discover if artificial intelligence is truly all that is promised and more.

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Free Screenings
9, 16 & 23 Aug 2024

Catch free screenings of Disney Pixar’s Coco, in celebration of the ongoing exhibition Frida Kahlo: The Life of an Icon at ArtScience Museum.

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Free Screenings: Dreams and Rituals
5 – 31 Aug 2024

This August, ArtScience Museum and Objectifs present Dreams and Rituals: Selected Shorts from Objectifs’ Women in Film and Photography, a trio of short films that explore familiar myths and rituals that are often entangled with the interior, intimate lives of women.

Co-curated with Objectifs.

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Exhibition Focus: They Call Her... Cleopatra Wong
9 Aug 2024

The inspiration behind Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill series, They Call Her... Cleopatra Wong stars Singaporean actress Marrie Lee as "Singapore's first and only top Interpol agent". Expect explosive bike chases and machine-gun carrying nuns in this 70's cult hit that became a global sensation.

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Screen Icons: Madhabi Mukherjee
13 Jul – 3 Aug

The diadem of Bengali cinema and undisputed arthouse screen icon - don't miss Madhabi Mukherjee's quietly dazzling performance in Berlinale-winning films such as Charulata, Mahanagar, and Kapurush.

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Exhibition Focus: Sakuran
8 – 30 Jun 2024

Anna Tsuchiya plays a rebellious courtesan seeking for freedom in Sakuran, screening in ArtScience Cinema this June as part of Goddess.

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Screen Icons: Shu Qi
13 Apr – 26 May 2024

Screen Icons celebrates the transcendent, leading lady performances in Asian cinema. The first in the series: Taiwanese arthouse and box-office star Shu Qi.

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Exhibition Focus: Everything Everywhere All at Once
12 – 25 May 2024

Michelle Yeoh makes Oscar history with her award-winning performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once, screening in ArtScience Cinema this May as part of Goddess.

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Exhibition Focus: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
13 – 28 Apr 2024

April’s Exhibition Focus on Screen presents Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, the wuxia masterpiece starring Michelle Yeoh as a formidable female warrior, and Chow Yun Fat as her sword-crossed lover.

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March Screenings: Notes on Tenderness
2 – 31 Mar 2024

Hot off the heels of our extended Valentine’s season, we take a closer look at the complexities of human connection – the unique, the unconventional, and even the uncomfortable.

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In Search of Tomorrow
16 Oct 2023 – 31 Mar 2024
Free Admission

Spaceships, androids, floating cities and red dusty planets – In Search of Tomorrow celebrates visions of the future with science fiction films that depict fantasies of what life could be like, on Earth or elsewhere.

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February Screenings: Notes on Tenderness
14 – 25 Feb 2024

Kicking off Valentine’s season is a trio of films on longing and connection, featuring modern romance drama Her, the underrated and offbeat The Unbelievable Truth, and generation-defining ‘romcom’ The Worst Person in the World.

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Technotopias: A Cao Fei Multiverse
19 – 28 Jan 2024

Oscillating between virtuality and reality, Cao Fei's practice often seeks to uncover humanity in the face of rapid technological developments and urban change.

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ART SG FILM: EMBODIED PRESENCES
18 – 21 Jan 2024

ART SG FILM: EMBODIED PRESENCES features a selection of artists’ video and film works from Southeast Asia and beyond selected by curator Sam I-shan.

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1 – 30 Sep 2023
Film Screenings (Part of MeshMinds 3.0)

Be inspired by a curated showcase of short films that confront the triple planetary threat of climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. This programme sheds light on the urgent need to protect our planet's precious resources.

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28 May – 3 Aug 2023
Wandering Wild

Discover natural wonders through grand adventures in films this mid-year school holidays! Have you wondered about the lives of creatures who make their home in the great outdoors? Come and discover their worlds by embarking on our family-friendly cinematic expedition through natural environments.

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13 May – 1 Jul 2023
Vividly Maggie

Gliding effortlessly between genres as she does between languages, Maggie Cheung is a true modern global screen icon – from wuxia epics to experimental arthouse; from Cantonese to English to French; Maggie is the first Asian woman to win cinema’s highest honor: the Cannes Best Actress Award.

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6 Mar – 26 May 2023
From Street to Screen

Explore the roots of sneaker and street culture through the lens of cinema – from iconic blockbusters to indie titles, come take a closer peek at how films play such a pivotal role in fashion, style and sweet kicks.

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11 Feb – 9 Apr 2023
Sofia Coppola: Things Left Unsaid

Things Left Unsaid celebrates the dreamy, intimate worlds of Sofia Coppola, whose exploration of loneliness through an unapologetic female gaze remains especially relevant today.

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24 Feb – 31 Mar 2023
Quantum Shorts 2022/23

Quantum Shorts returns with an exciting mix of short films inspired by or related to the theme of quantum physics!

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26 Jan – 3 Mar 2023
Lunar Toons

From anxiety-ridden red pandas to crime-fighting pets, kick-start the year with some acclaimed animated films exploring the notion of family.

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6 – 24 Jan 2023
Pulp III:

A Short Biography of the Banished Book

This exhibition by artist Shubigi Rao and curated by Ute Meta Bauer, is a glorious tribute and haunting elegy to shared humanity and communities of print.

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12 – 15 Jan 2023
ART SG FILM: FABRICATED REALITIES

ART SG FILM: FABRICATED REALITIES features a selection of artists’ video and film works from Southeast Asia and beyond selected by renowned Thai curator Gridthiya Gaweewong.

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5 Nov 2022 – 5 Jan 2023
Doesn’t It Feel Like Christmas

We’re decking the cinema halls this holiday season with 12 genres of Christmas films! From musicals to horror to animation to comedy, take a deep dive into the movies that make Christmas the most wonderful time of the year.

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5 Nov 2022 – 1 Jan 2023
Sight Through Sound: Ryuichi Sakamoto

Charting his profound sonic evolution in films from heart-tugging orchestrations to minimalist abstractions, witness the growth of Ryuichi Sakamoto - and celebrate brilliance borne of unquenchable curiosity.

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10 Sep – 9 Oct 2022
Waves of Change Festival 2022: Film Screenings

Waves of Change Festival 2022 showcases 12 feature-length films focused on the amazing creatures living in the ocean.

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1 Aug – 8 Sep 2022
Imaging Paradise

Come ponder the past, present and future of what a modern utopia means to local filmmakers, and how one can better understand, appreciate and preserve our collective memory through film this August in celebration of National Day.

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28 May – 31 Jul 2022
We Tread in a Garden of Spells

From Chloé Zhao to Wes Anderson, this specially curated film programme celebrates humanity’s fundamental connection with the hallowed land beneath our feet.

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4 Mar – 17 Apr 2022
ArtScience on Screen: The Modern Fables of Masaaki Yuasa

Yakitori, yakuza, and mermaids collide in the wonderfully kaleidoscopic genius mind of acclaimed Japanese animator and director Masaaki Yuasa.

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4 Mar – 17 Apr 2022
ArtScience Museum x NOWNESS: Meditative Screens

Come witness how community, song, language and spirituality transcend chaos through an inextricable bond of hope across 4 very specially curated short films in conjunction with NOWNESS.

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25 Nov 2021 – 2 Mar 2022
ArtScience on Screen: Beyond Earth

Catch films about stories inspired by the vastness and unexplored corners of space, featuring a mix of animated classics, festival picks and artist works from this November to next February.

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11 – 31 Dec 2021
Waves of Change Film Screenings

Waves of Change Festival 2021 features six exclusive documentaries focused on some of the key challenges facing the ocean, including the impact of overfishing and plastic pollution.

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1 Oct – 19 Nov 2021
ArtScience on Screen: Textures Of The City

In partnership with the Singapore Pavillion At The Venice Biennale Singapore Pavilion at the 17 International Architecture Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia, and Archifest Singapore, ArtScience Museum is proud to present a curated programme of films as a love letter to cities – celebrating its urban spirit, textures, its people, and how we can all build a more inclusive world.

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3 Sep – 19 Nov 2021
Extended Play: Videogames Meet Cinema

Extended Play: Videogames Meet Cinema contemplates the evolving, enduring relationship between games, digital culture and contemporary cinema.

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31 May – 1 Aug 2021
Film Screenings: Wondrous Worlds

Catch a series of film screenings that illuminate the rich inner worlds and imaginations of the young and young-at-heart!

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1 – 30 Apr 2021
ArtScience on Screen: One Year On

An ode to the journey of self-healing, ArtScience on Screen presents snippets of stories on feeling one’s way around crises as we observe one year since the first circuit breaker in April.

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1 – 31 Mar 2021
ArtScience on Screen: Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs (2019)

Singapore Premiere – Can an imaginative boy, his know-it-all cousin and a pack of talking dogs save their happy neighborhood from a greedy developer? Don't miss the summer adventure movie Jacob, Mimmi and the Talking Dogs this March holidays at ArtScience Museum!

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30 Jan – 30 May 2021
ArtScience on Screen: Season of the Force

Accompanying the STAR WARS™ Identities exhibition is Season of the Force, a film programme that showcases the timeless appeal of the iconic space opera series, as well as providing insight into the films, directors and aesthetics which shaped George Lucas' art and laid the blueprint for the canon’s universe.

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2, 9. 16, 23, 30 Apr 2021
Late Screenings: Three Times (2005)

Late nights are for romance and romance on films. Catch screenings of acclaimed director Hou Hsiao-Hsien’s Three Times (2005), starring Shu Qi and Chang Chen who bring an electrifying chemistry on screen playing lovers across three eras.

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1 – 28 Feb 2021
ArtScience on Screen: Quantum Shorts

Quantum Shorts returns with an exciting mix of short films inspired by or related to the theme of quantum physics! Organised by the Centre for Quantum Technologies at the National University of Singapore, the film festival features narrative or abstract films by amateur and professional filmmakers motivated to tell their own stories about quantum physics since 2012.

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11 – 31 Jan 2021
ArtScience on Screen: Micro-Commissions

During the unprecedented Circuit Breaker of 2020 when cinemas and museums were shut, the ArtScience Museum commissioned four established local filmmakers to create for the smallest of screens, and for the strangest of times. Covering a varied response of hope, resilience and a challenge to ponder a greater existence outside our immediate bubbles, these films are now symbolic of how the moving image has endured the unimaginable to make it to the big screen at the museum – you cannot miss it.

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28 Nov 2020 – 10 Jan 2021
Christmas Screenings: Adventures from Moominvalley

Celebrate a warm and whimsy Christmas this year at ArtScience Museum! ArtScience on Screen is bringing some festive cheer to the museum with a season-long screening of wintery themed episodes from Adventures from Moominvalley, the 1990-91 series that follows the magical quests of a young Moomin and his friends in the idyllic Moominvalley.

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7 – 27 Nov 2020
ArtScience on Screen: New Ways of Seeing

ArtScience on Screen: New Ways of Seeing spotlights three artists – Ruth Asawa, Anna Campbell Bliss and Hilma af Klint – who defied categories of gender and genre in their artistic practice. Exploring the fields of art, science, mathematics and technology, their ground-breaking work encourage us to consider new perspectives in the creative possibilities across art and science, and re-examine a canon that often fails to articulate spaces for alternative voices.

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10 Oct – 6 Nov 2020
ArtScience on Scream: Horror, Expressionism & The Moving Image

Don’t miss limited screenings of the iconic original 1920 film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari in its full restored glory and a specially curated series of David Lynch short films at the museum!

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12 Sep – 9 Oct 2020

ArtScience on Screen: Earth Watch presents a series of diverse films contemplating humanity's troubling relationship with planet Earth. Join us as we behold our role in the future of the world – will it be a hopeful one, or terrifying?

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17 Aug – 11 Sep 2020

ArtScience on Screen returns to the museum this August with Ode to Invention! Catch four short films that celebrate the spirit of invention as we spotlight young inventors and their quirky creations.

Film still: Litterbugs (2016)

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Film still: Hoverboard (2012)

Screening together with Litterbugs from 24 – 30 Aug and 7 – 11 Sep
Film still: Icare (2017)

Screening from 31 Aug – 6 Sep
Film still: The MisInventions of Milo Weatherby (2009)

Screening from 17 – 23 Aug

Micro-Commissions

Nov 2023

ArtScience on Screen: Prophecy

A collaboration between filmmaker Gladys Ng, writer Zoea Tania, and musician thistlemorse, the latest micro-commissioned film Prophecy invites audiences to contemplate our existence through vast and microscopic imageries. Don’t miss the livestream Q&A with the three creators on Wed, 11 Nov at 9pm!

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Sep 2023

Sonorous Sketches: Visualising a Field Recording Dubplate

A new animated short ﬁlm by local artist Zai Tang comprising of experimental visualisations of soundscapes recorded in the Singaporean wild. Join us for a livestream discussion and Q&A on 30 Sept with Zai Tang.

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Jul 2023

ArtScience on Screen: How Can I Tell I Miss You

The world has mysteriously fallen asleep. Traversing the borders between past, present, memory and consciousness, someone attempts to rouse it from its deep slumber – will she ever succeed? Don’t miss Eva Tang’s latest film commissioned for ArtScience On Screen.

Catch the livestream Q&A with Eva and her collaborators on the film, Renee Chua and Joe Ng on 26 August, 9pm!

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Jun 2023

ArtScience on Screen: Late Spring

The very first in our newly-launched Micro-Commissions series, LATE SPRING is Singaporean filmmaker Lei Yuan Bin’s homage to the great film legend Yasujiro Ozu’s film of the same name.

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Screen Zine

Oct 2020

Scream Zine: The Cabinet Of Dr. Caligari

Screen Zine goes full scream with a graphic guide to the visual and academic legacy of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.

This horror edition features 5 local illustrators who re-imagine Caligari as local folklore, a quick-fire with a local architect firm on the horror(s) in architecture, and an experimental essay as poetic response to the iconic film.

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Jul 2020

Issue 1: Film as Art/Art as Film

The inaugural Screen Zine takes a quick peek at the role of the moving image in museums, some of the most creative and exciting works to cross between the film and art world, and of course – the importance of being Agnès (Varda).

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