Screening and Q&A with Filmmaker(s), Audience Choice Award
December 1, 2024 at 7:30 PM
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 2

Screening
December 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Filmgarde Kallang, Hall 3

 

Enjoy the world premiere of ONG Keng Sen's (ACC 1993, 1994, 2014) latest project, The House of Janus, screening at the 35th Singapore International Film Festival.

A moving reflection on life, love and mortality, as one grapples with the inevitability of time’s passage.

Perched on the hills of Bettona, the House of Janus plays host to an annual summer vacation. It soaks in the amber glow of the Roman countryside and teeters on the edge of wakefulness—the romantic, timeless setting for this retelling of Henry Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas. Adriaan, the nonagenarian owner, confronts the inevitable march of time; like Aeneas, he must soon heed the call of destiny, leaving the rest behind.

Conversations illuminate the intertwined histories of suffering and redemption, honouring the multiple traces of existence that persist through time and space. Like Janus, the two-faced Etruscan god, the house speaks to life’s fragile impermanence and eternity’s enduring stillness.

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