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A Year of No Significance
A film by Singaporean filmmaker Kelvin Tong, A Year Of No Significance follows an architect’s midlife struggles in 1970s Singapore.
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A Year of No Significance

Kelvin Tong (Singapore)
Red Dot August 2025Literary Arts & Film
16 Aug 2025
Esplanade Annexe Studio
Film Screening: 1h 30mins
Free
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Synopsis

Set in Singapore in 1979, A Year Of No Significance chronicles the gradual disintegration of a middle-aged architect as changes rock the 45th year of his life.

 

Sidelined in the office because of his inability to speak English, Lim Cheng Soon is cut further adrift when his wife leaves him inexplicably one day. His elderly father moves in, forcing him to confront the fact that the former has always preferred his younger brother.

 

Robbed of his identities as architect, husband and son, Cheng Soon struggles in the dusk of his life, raging against the dying light.

 

There is a post-show dialogue session with Director, Kelvin Tong.

 

Film Screening: 7.30pm - 9pm

Post-Show Dialogue with Director: 9pm - 9.30pm

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