Tiong Bahru Social Club

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︎SYNOPSIS
Ah Bee goes on a comedic odyssey through Tiong Bahru Social Club, a data-driven project to create the happiest neighbourhood in the world. Little by little Ah Bee’s encounters with the neighbourhood’s residents reveal the absurdity of life.

︎CAST

Bee 

Thomas Pang

Mui

Goh Guat Kian

Ms. Wee

Jayln Han

Haslinna

Noorlinah Mohamed

Geok

Jo Tan

Orked

Munah Bagharib

Tiong Bahru Cat

Mochi


︎CREW

Directed by

Tan Bee Thiam

Written by

Antti Toivonen,
Tan Bee Thiam

Produced by

Huang Junxiang

Director of Photography

Looi Wan Ping

Editor

Looi Wan Ping

Production Designer

James Page

Costumes

Melissa Chang

Executive Producers

Glen Goei,
Bert Tan,
Christer,
Warren Eriksson,
Oliver Robert Eriksson

Co-producers

Antti Toivonen,
Looi Wan Ping

Sound Recordist

Justin Loh

Sound Designer

Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr

Sound Mixer 

Akritchalerm Kalayanamitr

Music Composers

Ruben De Gheselle,
Michaël Penson


︎TECHNICAL INFORMATION

Original title

Tiong Bahru Social Club

International Title

Tiong Bahru Social Club

Duration

88 min

Aspect Ratio

1.90:1

Screening Format

2K DCP

Sound

5.1 Surround Sound

Year of Release

2020

Language

English, Mandarin, Hokkien, Cantonese, Teochew, Malay, Tamil

Subtitles

English, English and Simplified Chinese

Country of production

Singapore

Production Companies

Tiger Tiger Pictures, Bert Pictures, 13 Little Pictures

In Association with

Uncle Auntie & Friends, WBSB Films

With the support of

Singapore Film Commission


PRESS
"Tiong Bahru Social Club is a funny and light-hearted satire that both serves as a cautionary fable about the dangers of integrating artificial intelligence into our lives, as well as a tribute to the historic Singaporean districts which form the settings for the film." - Yahoo Singapore

"Tiong Bahru Social Club is a visually thrilling comedy with a delicate touch. Never a futuristic dystopia has been so heartwarming." - Asian Movie Pulse

"Tiong Bahru Social Club is a charming, witty and visually pleasing satirical comedy that succinctly captures the Singaporean obsession with measuring and assigning empirical value to abstract things. This is the most striking, memorable and enjoyable local film in a long time." - F*** Magazine

"Unlike any other, the film shatters any preconceived notions there is about what Singapore film can (or should) look like, giving us a potential glimpse of local cinema’s future...it would be hard not to be swept away by the visual treats offered here, and even more difficult not to be inspired by the care put into Tiong Bahru Social Club. Every frame is meticulously and lovingly crafted, making me wish I spent more time with the film than its brief 88 minutes allowed. Tiong Bahru Social Club’s dazzling style looks to be a crowd-winner." - Sinema.SG


DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
How does one quantify happiness to measure it? And once we can quantify it, do we need to be happier than others to be truly happy? Tiong Bahru Social Club is a satire that serves as a reflection of the absurdities of modern Singaporean society. To create this whimsical world, the locations, sets, props, costumes, hair and makeup are designed with precise colour coordination and uncanny symmetry, as if there’s an invisible hand shaping a bonsai. I am influenced by the profound wisdom of Lao Tzu’s Tao Te Ching. At the heart of the film, Tiong Bahru Social Club is a story that celebrates the courage of an Everyman to drop out of the rat race and see the world from the perspective of a cat, the ultimate Tao master.


FESTIVALS

OPENING FILM & IN COMPETITION

Singapore International Film Festival 2020

IN COMPETITION

Osaka Asian Film Festival 2021

Busan International Film Festival 2020

OPENING FILM

Darwin International Film Festival 2021

IN COMPETITION

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2020

IN COMPETITION

New York Asian Film Festival 2021

IN COMPETITION

Fantasia International Film Festival 2021





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