I am glad that we are starting to give recognition to our local movie-makers in small ways and to honour them in a way that we had never done so in the past. Cine65 celebrates short films by our very own people, telling us their very own stories. As I'm not a connoisseur of film-making techniques nor cinematography skills, I can only enjoy the simple storylines in these short films. Many of them contain life-lessons that we can bring into the classrooms to teach our students about life in itself.
The local cinemas are previewing some of these short films to movie-goers just before a blockbuster movie comes on. I caught one of them, titled 'Pawn'. Spoilers ahead, so skip the next part if you don't want to know what it is about.
As his grandson is a few days away from NS enlistment, Ah Kong imparts his advice and wisdom over a game of chess.
He asks his grandson a pertinent question, "Who do you think is worth protecting in a chess game?"
His grandson gives him an expectant answer.
Here's the clip from Youtube.
