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Perspectives Film Festival 2025

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Perspectives Film Festival: Breakthroughs in Cinema returns for its 18th edition at Oldham Theatre, Singapore, held in conjunction with the Asian Film Archive’s 20th anniversary. PFF 2025 presents a compelling lineup of 7 films — including 5 Singapore Premieres — that reflect this year’s theme of "Tradition & Modernity", exploring the interplay between the past and the present.

The festival opens with the vibrant 1978 musical "The Wiz" (1978), a bold reimagining of "The Wizard of Oz" that radiates the spirit and energy of the '70s. It closes with the landmark film "Farewell My Concubine" (1993), the first and only Chinese-language film to win the Cannes Palme d’Or.

Tickets for PFF 2025 are priced at $14 (Standard) and $12 (Concession) per ticket, except for opening and closing films. Festival Passes are available at $65, granting full access to all screenings and 15% off all official merchandise.

Find out more or book your tickets at perspectivesfilmfestival.com.

Perspectives Film Festival: Breakthroughs in Cinema is Singapore’s first and longest-running student-led film festival. Showcasing eclectic mixes of cinematic breakthroughs from around the world, this film festival is organised by undergraduates from Nanyang Technological University (NTU).


PFF 2025 Movies
  • The Wiz (1978)
    The Beasts (2022, Dir. Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Spain, France, NC16)
    Winner of nine Goya Awards, this taut slow-burn thriller, inspired by real events in rural Galicia, probes land rights, belonging, and vengeance as a French couple’s dream of a peaceful rural life curdles into hostility and conflict with their neighbours.
  • The Wiz (1978)
    Cocote (2017, Dir. Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias, Dominican Republic, NC16)
    Winner of the Special Jury Prize at the Locarno Film Festival, this is an experimental Dominican Republic feature blending fiction and documentary, follows a devout gardener as he is caught between his Christian faith and the local posthumous rituals of vengeance after his father’s murder.
  • The Wiz (1978)
    Dahomey (2024, Dir. Mati Diop, Senegal, Benin, France, PG)
    One of the most talked-about films of 2024 for winning the Berlinale Golden Bear, this documentary reflects on colonial looting and the complex journey of repatriating Benin’s royal treasures, blending realism with a haunting spiritual voice.
  • The Wiz (1978)
    Farewell My Concubine (1993, Dir. Chen Kaige, China, Hong Kong, NC16, 4K restoration)
    As the closing film, Chen Kaige’s piece returns in a stunning 4K restoration, immersing audiences in the grandeur of traditional Chinese opera while charting fifty years of China’s turbulent history. Starring Leslie Cheung and Gong Li, it follows two Peking opera performers, whose lives and art are deeply intertwined, as they are tragically swept up in the tumultuous politics of 20th-century China.
  • The Wiz (1978)
    Pulse (2001, Dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Japan, PG13, 4K restoration)
    Newly revived in a striking 4K restoration, this iconic and defining title in the J-horror wave showcases the Japanese director’s renowned dark, visceral style in examining alienation and technology at the turn of the millennium. The film was awarded the prestigious FIPRESCI Prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival, cementing its place as a landmark of contemporary horror.
  • The Wiz (1978)
    Walker (1987, Dir. Alex Cox, United States, Nicaragua, M18)
    Set in Nicaragua, Walker fuses 19th-century history with 20th-century political critique, boldly exposing the absurdities of power and imperialism. It follows William Walker, a 19th-century American filibuster who invades Nicaragua, stages a bloody coup d’état, and rules as its tyrannical dictator, all in the name of manifest destiny.
  • The Wiz (1978)
    The Wiz (1978, Dir. Sidney Lumet, USA, PG)
    Opening the festival is the local premiere of its 2K restoration. A dazzling reimagining of the 1974 Tony award-winning musical, where Dorothy Gale, a shy teacher from Harlem, New York, embarks on a bizarre journey home from the magical urban land of Oz. As a multi-layered adaptation, The Wiz demonstrates the elasticity of Baum’s Oz stories across generations, with its bold cultural reinterpretation paving way for later works like Wicked.

PFF 2025 Schedule
24 Oct 2025 7.30 PM The Wiz (PG)
25 Oct 2025 1.30 PM Cocote (NC16)
4.00 PM The Beasts (NC16)
7.30 PM Pulse (PG13)
26 Oct 2025 1.30 PM Dahomey (PG)
3.30 PM Walker (M18)
6.30 PM Farewell My Concubine (NC16)
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