In its eighth year running, the National Museum of Singapore and The Substation jointly present the 8^th Singapore Short Cuts, and submissions are now open till 20 May 2011. Kindly find appended below the details of the call for entries for your events listings.

Should you require more information or high-res images, kindly contact myself or my colleague Stephanie Aw Yong [stephanie.awyong@commsdna.com / 6327 7121]

Call for Entries for the 8^th Singapore Short Cuts – Presented by The National Museum of Singapore Cinémathèque and The Substation Moving Images

Submission Deadline: 20 May 2011

Submission Criteria: All entries must be made by a Singapore Citizen or Singapore Permanent Resident produced between 2010 and 2011

Venue: National Museum of Singapore, 93 Stamford Road, Singapore 178897

MRT Station: City Hall, Dhoby Ghaut or Bras Basah

Website: www.nationalmusuem.sg

Contact: 6332 3659 / 6332 5642

The National Museum Cinémathèque and The Substation Museum Moving Images invite budding filmmakers to participate in the 8^th Singapore Short Cuts. An annual event that showcases short films produced by local talent and celebrating its 8^th season, the Singapore Short Cuts continues to maintain its position as one of the most popular and highly anticipated presentation of local short films made by local talent. Entry forms are available for download at www.nationalmuseum.sg and for more information, please contact Warren Sin at warren_sin@nhb.gov.sg / 6332 3957.

It’s been called the always-fashionable classic and the indispensable wardrobe staple. This month until June, the National Museum pays tribute to the Little Black Dress by showcasing 16 black dresses collected from the 1950s to 2000s, with displays from superstars of the fashion world.

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Thanks to everyone for your feedback about our “It’s A Great Great World” Movie Screening specially put together for our I Love Museums Facebook Fans.

Here’s two of our fans’ takes on the event.

“Through the film, I learnt a great deal about Great World (I have never heard of it prior to watching the movie) and IMO, the all-star cast did an excellent job in this collaborated effort, portraying the ups and downs of the various characters so well, bringing tears to the eyes (from laughing too much and from sadness).”

“A big THANK YOU to the lovely people at Yesterday.sg for all the hard work! Do drop by their Facebook page to show your support. ”

Check out Jade’s review of our event at her blog.

“Watching this movie at the museum holds a different kind of meaning compared to watching it in the cinema. Museums is a place that exhibits collections of historical importance and to be able to watched this movie which brings us back to the 1950s to see how Great World City used to be when it was called 大世界/Tai Say Kai/Great World is like transporting us back to that era and attending a history class.”

Drop by Jas’ blog for her full post.

Do give us a shout if here or at our FB page if you’ve any thoughts about the event. Thanks to everyone for making this event a success and it was awesome meeting up with all of you.

Student Hazel Tan discovers that there are many similarities between ancient Romans and modern Singaporeans when it comes to property, water and roads.

What the courtyard or the entrance to an Atrium house would look like upon entering, with an impluvium in the middle of it to collect rainwater.

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Unless you’ve been buried under layers and layers of pumice, you may have heard of a brilliant exhibition currently on at the National Museum of Singapore – Pompeii, Life in a Roman Town 79CE which is about people being buried under layers and layers of pumice.

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Come 4 December 2010, Yesterday.sg will be organising an exhibition together with the Little Thoughts Group at the National Museum of Singapore.

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We attended the media preview of Pompeii: Life in a Roman Town 79CE and the session was an intriguing one for us, especially after looking  at all the collection of artefacts, which is currently on display at the National Museum of Singapore. For your information, all the artefacts are original, not replicas! Read the rest of this entry »

There has been a tremendous response to the Civic Life 90 second short film competition, organised by the British Council, the National Museum of Singapore and the Singapore International Foundation.

Over 100 films were submitted, with a wide range of subjects, approaches and themes. They are beautiful, thoughtful and often very quirky looks at Singapore, which in their totality have given a sweeping portrait of Singapore’s landscapes, both physical and emotional.

There will be a public vote for Best Film from THIS Friday (24th) through to Thursday 30th September, with the winning film scooping a CANON camera for its maker. There is also a Jury Prize, the winner of which will be heading to Encounters, the UK’s leading short film festival. The filmmakers have responded brilliantly to the brief so do check out the films here, do share them with all your friends and do vote!

A selection of the films will be screened alongside TIONG BAHRU, when it opens at the National Museum in October.

Thanks to all of the filmmakers for taking part.

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Remember last week’s post where we revealed the next journey of IMPRINTS? IMPRINTS will be heading to the National Museum of Singapore, 4 December 2010, together with the Little Thoughts Group.

Ever wonder who the Little Thoughts Group are? They are a collective of product designers who are looking for a perfect reason to break free from their day-to-day professions. Read the rest of this entry »

Congratulations to those who have won the 1st half of the online contest!

Here are the details for the 2nd half of the contest.

You are required to answer a few questions taken from the various blog posts in the series. So follow the series of posts to find the correct answers!

The first 10 submissions to answer all questions correctly stand a chance to win these great prizes below!

1^st Prize

Limited Edition D-Boy Battle of Mogadishu (1/6 Figure) + 2 x Pompeii Exhibition Passes Read the rest of this entry »