Boomtown Beijing will be screening at the 21st Singapore International Film Festival on the Wed 9th April at 9:15 pm and Sat 12th April at 2pm at the Sinema Old School.More details soon.Watch the trailer for the 21st Singapore International Film Festival directed by Victric Thng
February 26, 2008
Categories: Boomtown Beijing, news, screenings . Tags: 21st Singapore International Film Festival, Beijing Olympics documentary, China documentary film, Sinema Old School, Singapore International Film Festival . Author: sioksiok . Comments: Leave a Comment
I recently presented my documentary about the Beijing Olympics at the Guangzhou International Documentary Festival.
Boomtown Beijing is my first independent film and making the festival posters was a big thrill. Mainly because I did it at the last minute — the day I arrived in Guangzhou. I got them printed at a little shop [...]
December 13, 2007
Categories: Beijing Olympics documentary, Boomtown Beijing, Uncategorized . Tags: Beijing 2008, Beijing Olympics, Beijing Olympics documentary, beijing olympics photos, Boomtown Beijing, film festivals, Guangzhou International Documentary Festival, publicity, Siok Siok Tan, Sun Yat-Sen University, Tan Siok Siok . Author: sioksiok . Comments: Leave a Comment
Whenever I tell people I am making a documentary about the Olympics, one of the first questions they ask me is: “Are you featuring athletes?”
When I say that I am making a film about ordinary people and their Olympics dreams, the response I often get is one of surprise, even of incredulity.
But I can point [...]
November 16, 2007
Categories: Boomtown Beijing, Olympics dreams . Tags: Beijing Olympics, Olympics grand gesture, Olympics Logo Bike . Author: sioksiok . Comments: 2 Comments
I have worked in TV my entire career. But secretly, I enjoy radio more. By that, I mean really well-produced radio features that use sound to trigger the listener’s imagination.
I am into the final stages of post production for my documentary about the Beijing Olympics and I have been hunting obsessively for sound [...]
November 16, 2007
Categories: Beijing Olympics documentary, Beijing growth, Boomtown Beijing . Tags: Beijing 2008, Beijing Olympics, Beijing Olympics documentary, Bejing, Boomtown Beijing, Dazhalan district, Dazhalan project, Siok Siok, Siok Siok Tan, sound recordings, sounds of Beijing, Tan Siok Siok . Author: sioksiok . Comments: Leave a Comment