Last September, the film “To Singapore, With Love” was classified by the Media Development Agency (MDA) as Not Allowed for All Ratings (NAR). Essentially, what that meant was the film was not allowed to be screened publicly and distributed in Singapore. The film, about political exiles in Singapore, sold out screenings in cities like London, New York, Melbourne and Malaysia and …
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Despite being a working day, some 400 Singaporeans travelled across the border to Malaysian on Friday to catch a screening of the award winning film, "To Singapore, With Love", at the Freedom Film Festival 2014 held in Johor Bahru. While some made their own way across the border, 4 buses were organized by university student, Lim Jialiang and civil activist, …
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The Media Development Authority (MDA) has elaborated on what it meant when it said on Thursday that “a purely private” screening of the film by Tan Pin Pin was allowed. The film, titled “To Singapore, With Love”, consists of interviews with Singapore exiles who now reside in several countries. The MDA had on Wednesday said that the film “undermine[s] …
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