VarietyAsiaOnline.com
28 Jul 2008
HONG KONG -- It is going to be a hot summer in Singapore. Especially for local films.
The releases of four Singapore-made movies are packed into the space of the next three weeks. That would be unremarkable in a big movie-producing country like France, Japan or the U.S., but even after a growth spurt, Singapore only made 14 features last year.
So why the crush in early August? After all, for all that the government is giving generous financial encouragement to the film industry through the Media Development Agency and Singapore Film Commission, locally made films last year earned a small 3% slice of the Lion City's B.O. with a combined S$10 million ($7.4 million).
Much of the crunch is due to ghosts -- in fact, three of the four local titles have ghostly themes.
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