From 16 Feb 2026
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Daily Screenings |  |
ArtScience Cinema, Level 4 |
Free & Ticketed Admission
Discover the secret lives of insects through a series of films that explore the hidden universes of these tiny creatures. From animated bug worlds that reveal courage and heart in unexpected places, to tingly insect documentaries that offer microscopic clarity, we invite you to tune into the micro-movements and quiet mysteries of the natural world.
This film programme is in conjunction with the exhibition Insects: Microsculptures Magnified and Forms of Life, a season that explores multispecies worlds and life beyond the human.
Line-up (16 Feb to 1 Mar 2026)
Daily Screenings – Complimentary
Weekend Screenings – Ticketed
Coming in March
95min | PG | English
Free admission
Showtimes (16 Feb – 1 Mar)
Mon - Fri: 11am, 1pm, 3pm, 5pm
Sat & Sun: 11am, 1pm, 3pm
Afterhours Fri & Sat: 7.15pm
Embark on an incredible journey with one little ant, as he searches for a band of warriors to help him battle the bullying grasshoppers who threaten his home!
Inspired by Aesop’s fable “The Ant and the Grasshopper”, this story of unlikely heroes featured up to 15 distinct types of insects and arthropods. Research on the insect world was conducted using a ‘bug cam’—a small camera attached to Lego wheels—to capture the world through an ant’s perspective.
Image copyright: © 1998 Disney Enterprises, Inc. / Pixar Animation Studios. All Rights Reserved.
75min| PG | English narration by Kristin Scott Thomas
Free admission
Showtimes
Coming in March
See the world through another pair (or pairs) of eyes in this groundbreaking documentary, filmed with specialised, microscopic‑like lenses developed by the filmmakers over the course of three years.
Unlike most nature documentaries of the time, Microcosmos included minimal narrations, instead shifting attention to close-ups of a parallel universe that unfolded slowly before the camera. The result is a strange, surreal documentation of the secret lives of insects—from snails to spiders, beetles to caterpillars— as they live, love and struggle to survive in unprecedented clarity.
83min | PG | English, Hindi with English subtitles
Ticketed admission (Singapore Premiere)
Showtimes
Sat 21 Feb: 4.30pm
Sun 22 Feb: 4.30pm
Sat 28 Feb: 4.30pm
Sun 1 Mar: 4.30pm
Sat 14 Mar: 4.30pm
Sun 15 Mar: 4.30pm
In a remote ecological “hot spot” on the border of India and Bhutan lies a hidden universe. Under the cover of night, two dedicated scientists adopt a nocturnal lifestyle alongside the moths of the Eastern Himalayas forests, shining a light on their mysterious lives.
Gently immersive and calmly paced, this hypnotic documentary invites viewers to slow down, listen, and observe the hidden interconnections in nature.
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