With a new team at the helm, the 24th edition of the Singapore International Film Festival (begins September 15) will bring together an eclectic mix of big-name films from the traditional heavyweights as well as pictures from lands as diverse as Azerbaijan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Vietnam and Tibet. The spotlight will also be cast on Singaporean films both features and shorts.

The festival will have 16 segments, each representing a different genre, style or subject matter. They are: Singapore Panorama (Singaporean feature films made this year), International Shorts, C’est la Vie (dramas), The Best Medicine (comedies), Wham! Bam! Pow! (action), Reality Bites (documentaries), Indie Goes 3D (3D documentaries), Midnight Madness (horror/thriller), Down the Rabbit Hole
(experimental), Animation, Seeing Music, Hearing Film (music documentaries), Beyond Twilight: From Nosferatu to Pontianak (vampire), Australian Film Focus, Bertrand Tavernier Retrospective, Everyone’s Gotta Start Somewhere (early works of well-known directors) and Muppets, Music & Magic: Jim Henson’s Legacy.

Tickets start at $10 and will be available from SISTIC soon. Screenings will take place at Shaw Lido, Sinema Old School and The Arts House. For more information, visit www.siff.sg.

Films to look out for:

The Tree of Life (USA)

Sep 16, 9:30pm, Shaw Lido

Buddha Mountain (China)

Sep 16, 9:30pm, Shaw Lido

Floating Lives (Vietnam)

Sep 18, 1:30pm, The Arts House

Animal Town (South Korea)

Sep 18, 3:30pm, Shaw Lido

I Have Loved (Singapore)

Sep 18, 7pm, Shaw Lido

Tilt (Bulgaria)

Sep 19, 9:30pm, Shaw Lido

beside(s,) happiness (HK)

Sep 20, 7pm, Sinema Old School

Curry Munchers (New Zealand)

Sep 20, 7pm, The Arts House

Senna (UK)

Sep 25, 9:30pm, Shaw Lido