Sinema Old School

Posted by tsubaki | Filed under Film

Filming started yesterday and it’s crazy due to the mad down pour. Fricking unfriendly weather, but fortunately for us it worked for the scenes we were shooting. I’ve got some pictures, but I don’t have time to upload them.

Before I make a run for my shoot now, I thought I should share with everyone about Sinema Old School. If you’re a film buff, I suggest signing up for this. I’m really excited about the prospect of a indie cinema that showcases local films and I’ve been to the the theater as well and it’s blood awesome. Free seating theater ftw.

Sinema Old School is the first sofa-styled, free-seating independent cinema for Singapore films located within the ultra hip Old School at 11 Mount Sophia. It will open its doors officially on the 12th December in conjunction with Eric Khoo’s 12 Storeys 10th anniversary celebration.

Housing a 130-seater High Definition cinema made possible by Panasonic, a film and creative merchandise retail outlet as well as studio and post facilities made possible by Apple, Sinema Old School hopes to be the homebase for Singapore filmmakers and film lovers!

Besides regular short+feature film screenings, future activities will also include technology workshops, film forums and dialogue sessions as well as gigs for local bands and musicians.

The retail store wants to be the first in Singapore to distribute and sell DVDs by Singapore Filmmakers, CDs by Singapore bands and musicians, magazines by local indie publishers, books by Singapore writers

Works can be published or unpublished (we can help publish it). It can even be self-published (a.k.a DIY!)

It will also have indie filmmaking gear and products for sale too.

Contact us if you want your works to be available for sale at our store!

Sinema Old School is also available for rental for creative and performing arts groups seeking to collaborate with filmmakers on special projects.

Venue bookings can be made via www.oldschool.sg

Also, Sinema Old School will be opening officially on the 12th of December with a 10th anniversary screening of Eric Khoo’s 12 Storeys, and they are now currently running a fundraising membership drive to keep Singapore’s first ever fully-indie HD cinema going. Eric together with the whole crew will be there for the screening and free beer before we leave for our night shoot (yes it’s damn shiong ~.~)

And you can be part of this milestone in Singapore Cinema by signing up as a Sinemaniac! Be one of the first 1000 Sinemaniac and you will get:

- 12 tickets valid for any regular film screening (transferable and valid for 12mths)
- 1 Limited Edition ilove.SG T-Shirt
- 1 Sinema cotton tote bag
- Individually numbered certificate.
- 10% discount on selected Singapore film merchandise which includes:
* DVDs
* CD soundtracks
* Limited Edition Production Crew T-shirts
* Limited Edition Posters
* Film-making gear and supplies

Membership is valid for 18 months for the first 1,000 members, and is priced at $50 (regular) and $40 (students).

To sign up, all you need to do is either:

Email them at oldschool@sinema.sg with the subject: “I want to be a Sinemaniac!” with these information in the body text:

* Name:
* Gender:
* Email:
* Address:
* Contact number:
* School: (For Student Memberships only)

They will reply you with a confirmation email and a membership number. You can come by to pay cash or alternatively, make a cheque payable to “Sinema LLP”. Or if you want, you can simply come down in person to sign up. They are located at 11B Mount Sophia, Old School, #B1-12, Singapore 228466. Just behind the middle of Plaza Singapura and The Cathy.

Okay, I gotta run. See you guys on the 12th if you’re coming.