Mind Our Language! (Writing for Television in our Mother Tongues)
Meet Boris, Rafaat and Naresh who will share their experience writing for Channel 8, Suria and Vasantham.
How are different language writers' rooms run? Is a vernacular language script first written in English and then translated?
What are the similarities, differences and challenges working within different language-mediums of the same film and television industry?
Come and hear from our speakers on how writers can stay true to their stories, and cultural identity.
This is the first of an exclusive members' sharing session where we hope to share how writers can break into any field and find work. This event has limited seating (first 30 members) so RSVP EARLY!
Please RSVP to josephtan@screenwriters.org.sg by 1st October if you wish to attend. Please indicate if you’ve renewed your membership.
Date: Thursday, 6th October
Capacity: Limited to first 30 SAS members
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Venue: 37 Jalan Pemimpin, #07-01 MAPEX, S(577177)
This event is FREE! There will be light refreshments while we watch clips of some of our speakers' works.
A gentle reminder, please renew your membership via:
Online to SAS OCBC Account No. 501-583975-001
Or by PayNow to UEN: T00SS0104E
(Note: It’s $30 for September to December 2022)
Speaker Biographies
Rafaat Haji Hamzah
Rafaat is a poet, painter, actor, playwright, scriptwriter, director and producer trained in Fine Arts (BA Paintings). A 3-time award-winning actor (Pesta Perdana Suria, Best Actor in Leading Role, 2000, 2007, 2011) that has appeared in more than 50 stage plays, numerous television programmes and films. Among his other accolades include winning Best Director for 48hrs Film Competition, Top 5 Professional Category Canon DV Fest and two Literary Awards for poetry (Anugerah Persuratan 2015 & 2017).
Naresh
Smitten with the silver screen since the age of 21, Naresh prides himself for binge watching shows before they became a trend. Fortuitously he has penned short films which have won consecutive awards at the 7th and 8th NYFA with a third in production with support from IMDA. Having served as a Tamil screenwriter for nearly a decade, he debuted a pilot for Vasantham which has been the official selection for international film festivals and the winner of the Special Jury Award and Best Web Series at the Indo-Global International Film Festival.
Boris Ah Boo
Ah Boo is a wandering swordsman who occasionally dabbles in the Art of Chinese Screenwriting. His other roles include liberating panic-stricken film students from lack of inspiration and getting caught in cahoots with money-spinning film producers.