This October, SGIFF partners with Gardens by the Bay to host two free outdoor screenings in the lead up to the film festival, as part of our commitment to celebrate storytelling through cinema.
Saturday – Sunday, 26 – 27 Oct 2018 | 9 pm – 11 pm | Gardens By The Bay, Supertree Grove Lawn | Free Admission
The inaugural Moonlight Cinema series begins with My Girl (USA, 1991) and My Girl (Thailand, 2003) – two coming-of-age films set in the time of childhood with the blossoming of first crushes. The films’ soundtracks have also gained popularity and become part of the cultural fabric of their times.
Before the film screenings, talented dancers from Luminous Dance Academy will perform to the iconic soundtracks of the two films at 8:15pm – 8:30pm on both 26 & 27 Oct.
MY GIRL
Friday, 26 October, 9 pm -11 pm
USA / 1991 / 102MIN / ENGLISH
A girl on the brink of young womanhood struggles with changes in her family and herself.
A coming-of-age comedy starring Dan Aykroyd, Jamie Lee Curtis, Macaulay Culkin (Home Alone) and newcomer Anna Chlumsky, My Girl is an irresistible story of first love and loss. Chlumsky makes an extraordinary acting debut as Vada Sultenfuss, a precocious 11-year- old tomboy obsessed with death. Dan Aykroyd is her widowed father, the town mortician, and Jamie Lee Curtis is the sexy cosmetician he employs.
Macaulay Culkin, in another endearing performance, is Thomas J., the boy next door who idolizes Vada. Their summer adventures from the first kiss to last farewell which introduces Vada to the world of adolescence. The perfect film for parents to share with their children, My Girl is a motion picture to cherish.
MY GIRL
Sunday, 27 October, 9pm -11pm
THAILAND / 2003 / 110MIN / THAI
A young man en route to the wedding of his first love reminisces about his childhood in 1980s Thailand.
As the children of rival barbers, Jeab (Charlie Trairat) and Noi-Naa (Focus Jirakul) grow up next to each other in small-town Thailand. After a traumatic accident keeps Jeab from venturing too far from home, he and Noi-Naa occupy themselves playing house with girls from the neighborhood. As Jeab grows older, he longs for more masculine companionship.
He makes friends with a ragtag group of boys who demand he sever his ties with Noi-Naa to join them. Fast forward many years, and now Noi-Naa is getting married…
The debut feature of a group of six Thai filmmakers who met in university, My Girl was the top domestic film at Thailand’s box office in 2003, grossing over 140 million baht. It is regarded as a cult hit, as is its soundtrack, which featured 1980s Thai pop music.
