5 TO 9 (2015)
Directors: Tay Bee Pin (Singapore), Vincent Du (China), Daisuke Miyazaki (Japan), Rasiguet Sookkarn (Thailand)
Cast: Masatoshi Nagase, Mariko Takahashi, Shima Onishi, Pramote Sangsorn, Sajee Apiwong, Oliver Chong, She Jiaquan, Ma Tonglin
Four short stories happening on the same day in Singapore, China, Japan and Thailand, from 5pm to 9am during the 2014 World Cup.
5 to 9 is an omnibus project by four Asian filmmakers addressing the changing social political situations shaping their home country today. As a collective, they aim to portray the other side of the ‘emerging Asia’. The filmmakers were all members of the 2014 class of the Berlinale Talents.
Supported by
Festivals
Tokyo Ikebukuro Cinema Rosa
(Theatrical release: 9th June 2018)
MBS x SGIFF, Singapore ArtScience Museum
(Screening: 5th Nov – 5th Dec 2017)
Fuzhong 15 – New Taipei City Documentary Cinema
(Theatrical release: 7th, 18th June 2017)
Casa Asia Film Festival, Barcelona, 2016
Bangkok World Film Festival, 2016
Hong Kong Independent Film Festival, 2016
Osaka Asian Film Festival, 2016
Singapore International Film Festival, 2016
World Premiere: Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival, 2015
– Nominated for NETPAC Award

“A multi-layered dream with cities in conflict, 5 to 9 witnesses a birth of new talents.”
Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Cannes Film Festival, Palme d’Or prize recipient
For screening, please contact beepin@wormwood.sg
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