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On 16 May, join us for a post Happyend screening dance party with Strangweather. Dance the night away after class ends! 

Free entry for all Happyend ticket holders. Ruby Lounge 10.30pm till late.

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With bold visuals and a rebellious soundtrack, the film captures the shift from youthful apathy to political awakening. In Neo Sora’s first fictional coming-of-age film, best friends Yuta and Kou get swept up in student protests against an oppressive system.

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Unprecedented and audacious, HOLLYWOODGATE is the riveting result of the year director Ibrahim Nash'at spent with the Taliban in the wake of the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021. Risking his life in the war-torn nation, Nash'at is on the ground with the Taliban when they enter an American base loaded with a portion of the roughly $7 billion worth of U.S. armaments left behind.

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-Dates: 17, 24 May, 1 & 7 June-

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Sat 17 May: Reel Rock 19 Premiere Day & Pop Up Market

Venue: The Projector at Cineleisure

12:30pm - 6pm: Pop up market (Level 5, Cinema Foyer)

2:00pm: Reel Rock 19 film screening

In conjunction with the premiere of Reel Rock 19, we have a one-day pop up market event by local brands: Full Crimp Milk, Boulder Planet, Mag on crag, ded.within, Isaac Thread and Your Local Newsstand

Stand a chance to win prizes by Ground Up, Boulder Planet, Full Crimp Milk and many others when you purchase tickets to Reel Rock 19!

Reel Rock 19 showcases three world-premiere climbing films spanning disciplines, characters, and continents: a heartfelt story of second chances in love and climbing on Squamish’s legendary Cobra Crack; an outrageous 18-day big wall epic on Patagonia’s towering Torre Central; and the pursuit of a lifelong dream—a 5.15 first ascent—made possible by an unlikely partnership.

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Ticketing Conditions

Ticket conditions: Projector Vouchers & Projector Member Free Tickets are NOT valid for this screening.

-Date: 12 & 21 May-

TW: This film contains some distressing scenes which may be triggering for some viewers

In conjunction with Björk's Cornucopia, We also want to showcase her serious acting chops!

An Oscar Nominee for Best Song and Palme d'Or winner by Danish filmmaker Lars von Trier.

Selma is a factory worker in rural America. She is losing her eyesight and her son needs an operation if not to suffer the same fate. When a neighbor accuses Selma of stealing, the drama of her life escalates.

How would your Nightmares play out in real life?

RATED: R21

Plagued by a violent recurring nightmare, college student Stefanie heads home to track down the one person who might be able to break the cycle and save her family from the grisly demise that inevitably awaits them all.

-Opens: 17 May-

Ethan Hunt is back doing what he does best for the final time! Epic in all proportions!

Joined by new allies and armed with the means to shut the Entity down for good, Hunt is in a race against time to prevent the world as we know it from changing forever.

-Date: 25 May-

Feature will be presented in its original Cantonese Dialect.

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2001 Golden Horse Winner for Best Visual Effects and 2002 Hong Kong FIlm Awards Winner for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Screenplay

Sing is a skilled Shaolin kung fu devotee whose amazing 'leg of steel' catches the eye of a soccer coach. Together they assemble a squad of Sing's former Shaolin brothers inspired by the big-money prize in a national soccer competition.

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MATCHDAY FOOTBALL MARKET

(25 May, 12pm to 8pm, The Projector at Cineleisure)

Matchday Football Market is Singapore’s first-ever football-themed marketplace—a one-day event that celebrates the culture, nostalgia, and collectibles of the beautiful game. Brought to you by Cult Fave Football Shirts, it’s a vibrant space where football lovers, collectors, and creatives come together to relive iconic moments, discover rare finds, and connect with a like-minded community. From vintage kits and boots to trading cards, memorabilia, and art, Matchday Football Market is a celebration of football as lifestyle, identity, and shared passion.

-Dates: 12, 25 and 31 May-

Special $6 ticket price

A day in the life of Niko Fischer, a college dropout drifting through Berlin.

Shot in stylish black-and-white, the film captures the aimlessness of post-reunification Berlin youth with wit and poignancy, and subtle social commentary.

Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Singapore

YOU'RE OUR HUCKLEBERRY: Remembering Val Kilmer

-Dates: 12, 16, 24, 31 May-

Obsessive master thief Neil McCauley leads a top-notch crew on various daring heists throughout Los Angeles while determined detective Vincent Hanna pursues him without rest. Each man recognizes and respects the ability and the dedication of the other even though they are aware their cat-and-mouse game may end in violence.

Join us on the 24th May screening for an Introduction by Ben Slater.

-Encore Dates: 10 & 18 May-

Who is the murderer?

In this classic German thriller, Hans Beckert, a serial killer who preys on children, becomes the focus of a massive Berlin police manhunt. A harrowing masterwork M, director Fritz Lang (Metropolis, 1927) merges trenchant social commentary with chilling suspense, creating a panorama of private madness and public hysteria that to this day remains the blueprint for the psychological thriller.

Special $6 ticket price

Co-presented by Goethe-Institut Singapore

-Date: 17 May-

Directed by Oscar Winning Director Adam Elliot

From Academy Award-winning animation writer and director Adam Elliot, Memoir of a Snail is a poignant, heartfelt, hilarious chronicle of the life of an outsider finding her confidence and silver linings amongst the clutter of everyday life.

In Collaboration with Singapore Film Society as part of their Showcase #44.

YOU'RE OUR HUCKLEBERRY: Remembering Val Kilmer

-Dates: 14 May & 1 June-

Popular and dashing American singer Nick Rivers travels to East Germany to perform in a music festival. When he loses his heart to the gorgeous Hillary Flammond, he finds himself caught up in an underground resistance movement. Rivers joins forces with Agent Cedric and Flammond to attempt the rescue of her father, Dr. Paul, from the Germans, who have captured the scientist in hopes of coercing him into building a new naval mine.

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Wed 14 May Show - Projector Members enjoy discounted $7.50 ticket price

For Sun 1 June show - Projector Gift Vouchers & Projector members free tickets are not applicable

-Pink Screen 2025-

-Dates: 6, 15, 29 June-

RATING: R21 TBC

Winner for Best Film (Golden Berlin Bear), Fipreci Prize & Guild Film Prize at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival.

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A seventeen-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published. Without taking into account that the girl has only written it to keep the crush alive for herself.

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Ticket Notes:
Projector Gift Vouchers not valid for all screenings.

-Pink Screen 2025-

-Dates: 1 & 21 June-

On a Japanese island, life revolves around the changing seasons. Winter is time for ice hockey at school, but Takuya isn't too thrilled about it. His real interest lies in Sakura, a figure skating rising star from Tokyo, for whom he starts to develop a genuine fascination. Coach and former champion Arakawa, spots potential in Takuya, and decides to mentor him to form a duo with Sakura for an upcoming competition.

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Ticketing Notes:

Projector Gift Vouchers not valid for all screenings.

-Pink Screen 2025-

-Dates: 31 May, 13 & 22 June-

RATING: R21 TBC

TW: Flashing Lights

In 2005, Mimi Madamour, the young pop idol, lives through a cursed and fiery romance with queer punk icon Billie Kohler. Amongst love, hatred, and torn desires for the spotlight, their pursuit of glory and their passion for each other lead them down a path of self-destruction. They are the symbol of an entire generation, a duo that unleashes crowds, they are the Queens of Drama.

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Ticket Notes:
Projector Gift Vouchers not valid for all screenings.

-Pink Screen 2025-

-Dates: 8, 20 & 28 June-

RATING: R21 TBC

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This revolutionary DIY parody film and hilarious reimagining of the classic autobiographical coming-of-age story follows an unconfident, closeted trans girl as she moves to Gotham City to make it big as a comedian by joining the cast of UCB Live - a government-sanctioned late night sketch show in a world where comedy has been outlawed.

Helmed by writer/director/editor/star Vera Drew and using her own life experiences as a basis for the film, THE PEOPLE'S JOKER is a deeply personal journey that's as much documentary as it is parody.

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Ticket Notes:
Projector Gift Vouchers not valid for all screenings

-Pink Screen 2025-

-Dates: 30 May, 7 & 14 June-

RATING: R21 TBC

30 May show: Ticket price $30. This is a Fundraising Screening with 60% of ticket proceeds going towards Proud Spaces.

7 & 14 June shows: Regular ticket prices apply

Frustrated with his commitment-phobic boyfriend Chris and running out of time, Min makes a proposal: a green-card marriage with their friend Angela in exchange for her partner Lee's expensive IVF. Elopement plans are upended, however, when Min's grandmother surprises them with an extravagant Korean wedding banquet.

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Ticket Notes:

• Projector Gift Vouchers not valid for all screenings
  
• Projector Members Discounted & Free tickets only valid for 7 & 14 June shows.

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2024 Cannes Film Festival winner for Director's Fortnight Audience Award.

Wes Anderson meets Matthew Rankin in this Canadian absurdist comedy-drama - blending 1980s Iranian cinema with a surreal triptych of intersecting stories set in a mysterious interzone somewhere between Winnipeg and Tehran

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2024 Golden Horse Winner & Berlinale Crystal Bear Nominee

Considered a rebel veteran of Chinese independent filmmaking - three time Silver Bear (Berlinale) winner - Director, Wang Xiaoshuai’s latest inventive and poignant family drama, delves into the complexities of rural life and intergenerational bonds. A meditation on loss, displacement, and the cost of progress.

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A father (Paul Rudd) and daughter (Jenna Ortega) accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss (Richard E. Grant) seeks to exploit the creature's miraculous curative properties.

-Opens: 29 May-

Pansy is a woman so full of rage that every interaction she has devolves into lashing out, whether at her utterly cowed husband and son, or random strangers who have the temerity to address her. In contrast, her younger sister Chantelle lives with her two vivacious daughters and plies a successful trade as a hairdresser, putting clients at their ease all day long. Yet beneath Pansy’s abrasive exterior are hints of a more fragile psyche, one motivated by fear and damaged by repressed pain.

100% Tomatometer

Ryan Coogler (Director of Black Panther, Creed, Judas and the Black Messiah) finally free from the Marvel machine, delivers a soulful, bloody tale that links the past and present - masterfully marrying the blues, vampires, and the vibrant spirit of New Orleans.

Trying to leave their troubled lives behind, twin brothers (Michael B. Jordan) return to their hometown to start again, only to discover that an even greater evil is waiting to welcome them back.

-Opens: 29 May-

A refreshing spin on the Cinderella with body horror set in Norway as a period film. Think David Cronenberg meets Cinderella...

In a fairy-tale kingdom where beauty is a brutal business, Elvira battles to compete with her incredibly beautiful stepsister, and she will go to any length to catch the prince’s eye.

New screening dates will be announced shortly.

In “A New Old Play,” Chinese director Qiu Jiongjiong daringly and imaginatively dramatizes twentieth-century Chinese political history through the epoch-spanning story of a small theatre company. Based loosely on the life of Qiu's grandfather - the film blends surreal fantasy with historical drama - painting a poignant, darkly comic portrait of art, memory, and survival, where tradition collides with the relentless march of time.

It takes a spy to hunt a spy...

Steven Soderbergh’s done it again! He's giving us Presence, AND a sleek, cool spy thriller starring Cate Blanchett and Michael Fassbender. The hardest part of this whole film? Deciding whether to keep your eyes on Fassbender or Blanchett. It’s one of the toughest choices we’ve faced in a while...

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One man, endless meals, zero small talk. The Solitary Gourmet is here to prove that eating alone isn’t lonely—it’s a delicious art form. From sizzling street food to perfect noodle slurps, every bite is a main character moment. Who else loves a good solo food adventure?

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Stand a chance to win a pair of round-trip Economy Class tickets from Singapore to Japan with Japan Airlines! Simply purchase a ticket to THE SOLITARY GOURMET by 23 April.

83 wins & 314 nominations including Winner of Best Adapted Screenplay at the 97th Academy Awards.

When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world's most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new Pope, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.

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54 wins & 70 Nominations including Winner for Best Animated Feature Film for the 97th Academy Awards.

*This film is exempted from classification and is suitable for all ages.

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The world seems to be coming to an end, teeming with the vestiges of a human presence. Cat is a solitary animal, but as its home is devastated by a great flood, he finds refuge on a boat populated by various species, and will have to team up with them despite their differences. In the lonesome boat sailing through mystical overflowed landscapes, they navigate the challenges and dangers of adapting to this new world.

What's it feel like to die? From the Oscar-winning writer/director of “Parasite,” Bong Joon Ho, comes his next groundbreaking cinematic experience, “Mickey 17.”

The unlikely hero, Mickey Barnes (Robert Pattinson) has found himself in the extraordinary circumstance of working for an employer who demands the ultimate commitment to the job… to die, for a living.

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11 wins & 11 nominations including 2024 Venice FIlm Festival Winner - Best Director (authors under 40 award)

Usually, when people say a film was the first to do something, they're just exaggerating. But with MISTRESS DISPELLER, Elizabeth Lo really has done something totally unprecedented. It's safe to say no other film has managed to capture this kind of intimacy, closely following a real-life couple (and the mistress) as they deal with their extramarital affair in a particularly unusual fashion.

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Desperate to save her marriage, a woman in China hires a professional to go undercover and break up her husband’s affair. With strikingly intimate access, Mistress Dispeller follows this unfolding family drama from all corners of a love triangle.

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BLACK BOX DIARIES follows director and journalist Shiori Ito's courageous investigation of her own sexual assault in an improbable attempt to prosecute her high-profile offender. Unfolding like a thriller and combining secret investigative recordings, vérité shooting and emotional first-person video, Shiori's quest becomes a landmark case in Japan, exposing the country's desperately outdated judicial and societal systems.

TW: This film has themes on sexual assault.

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29 wins & 54 nominations incl. 2024 Cannes Winner - Jury Special Prize & Fipresci Award.

1 Oscar nomination for Best International Feature Film.

An investigating judge in the Revolutionary Court in Tehran grapples with mistrust and paranoia as nationwide political protests intensify and his gun mysteriously disappears. Suspecting the involvement of his wife and their two daughters, he imposes drastic measures at home, causing tensions to rise. Step by step, social norms and the rules of family life are being suspended.

-Date: 17 May-

Under the hot Greek sun, the animateurs at an all-inclusive island resort prepare for the busy touristic season. Kalia is the leader of the pack. Paper decors, glossy costumes and dance shows fill the stage.

As summer intensifies and the work pressure builds up, their nights become violent and Kalia’s struggle is revealed in the darkness. But when the spotlights turn on again, the show must go on.

-Date: 18 May-

Barely 22, Franz Klammer finds himself in the eye of the storm at the men’s downhill competition at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. The charismatic newcomer who cemented his status at the 1972 Olympics in Innsbruck has won virtually every race but pressure from the media, the public and the hopes of an entire nation are mounting.

-Date: 24 May -

TW: Self Harm

Cannes 2022 Grand Prix Winner, Oscar 2023 Nominee: Best International Feature Film

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Thirteen year olds Leo and Remi have always been incredibly close but they drift apart after the intimacy of their relationship is questioned by schoolmates. When tragedy strikes, one is forced to confront why he distanced himself from his closest friend.

-Date: 20 May-

This hard-hitting drama is based on real life stories of political prisoners. Diagnosis: Dissent, the first feature film by Denys Tarasov, is also the first film in the world that addresses the theme of forced psychiatric treatment as punishment for those who disagree with the political order in the Soviet Union. Andrii, a young, creative, freedom-loving person uncovers a horrible truth that had been kept secret for years.

-Date: 16 May-

The 1h 38mins duration is inclusive of the Short Film: Hierarchy, which precedes the feature film

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Minghun is a poignant story about hope, love and the search for the meaning of life and what comes after it. It tells us about the most important emotions and the existential limits of the human experience. It is astory about the meeting of cultures and about love, which can show up in unexpected ways. Truly, the end can be a beginning.

-Date: 24 May-

Rosa is a successful designer living in a generic big city. After the unexpected death of her grandfather, she realizes she has not been in a place where she felt connected or loved since she left her homeland.

She abandons the city to go to her grandfather’s property. This is where she grew up and she is thinking of selling the land she has inherited. Things take a twist when letters and clues show up. Rosa discovers that her grandfather has left her an important task that will help her make peace with herself and others, while she fixes her grandfather’s past mistakes.

-Date: 24 May-

Closing Film of European Film Festival 2025

Karoline a young factory worker, finds herself abandoned and pregnant while striving to climb out of poverty in post-World War I Copenhagen. Amidst her struggles, she meets Dagmar a charismatic woman running a secret adoption agency within a candy store, helping poor mothers find foster homes for their unwanted children. A strong connection is formed between the two women, but Karoline’s world shatters as she stumbles upon the dreadful revelation of the nightmarish fate she unknowingly embraces.

-Date: 18 May-

2025 Winner Guldbagge for Best Visual Effects.

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This gripping period drama from director Frida Kempff tells the story of Sally Bauer (portrayed with immense sensitivity by Josefin Neldén), a Swedish mother who pursues her dream of swimming the English Channel before the Second World War envelops Europe.

The “torpedo moniker is fitting as during her the Swedish swimming sensation took on a number of long-distance challenges, usually succeeding with flying colours. There is a novel and a play written about her inspiring life and now this feature film.

-Date: 17 May-

The 1h 49mins duration is inclusive of the short film Unlearning, relearning which precedes the feature.

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In the midst of her artistic struggles and unconventional personal life, Tove Jansson found worldwide success from an unexpected side project: the creation of the beloved world of the Moomins. TOVE is a captivating drama about the creative energy of an iconic talent and her turbulent search for identity, desire and freedom.

-Date: 22 May-

This tells the story of a debt collector Karel, his 80-year old mother Mathilde - a former choir singer - and his teenage son Pavel. The withdrawn, emotionally torn Karel does not get along with his extroverted and bohemian mother. Pavel despises his father’s profession and cannot forget that he abandoned his family as a child.

-Date: 15 May-

Best First Feature at Warsaw International Film Festival (2023)

When a conservative father interrupts his son Victor (Soma Sándor) and hears of the assignment, he reports Ana to the school’s principal (Tünde Skovrán). Ana is accused of misconduct and spreading homosexual propaganda. When the local media reports the brewing scandal, she faces even more scrutiny. Ana must now decide: whether to fight or to flee. Without Air is a multiple award-winning film, including

-Dates: 25 & 29 June-

Hans Zimmer & Friends: Diamond in the Desert captures an extraordinary live performance of some of Zimmer's most revered compositions, including music from Dune, Gladiator, Interstellar, The Lion King, and much more.

Decades of cinematic masterpieces are brought to life by his band and a world-class orchestra at Dubai's iconic Coca-Cola Arena and beyond. From the dunes of the Arabian Desert, to the heights of the Burj Al Arab, these performances deliver an intimate and unique experience of Zimmer’s most loved and renowned movie soundtracks.

-Date: 22 June-

Rating: M18 TBA

Eighteen-year-old Arsa lives at the edge of the world. The island she loves and has always lived on is a natural reserve, and her job is to collect the trash that the sea has washed up. Inspired by her father’s sculptures, Arsa remodels the objects that she finds, giving them a new life.

-Date: 7 June-

Two boys from rival communities unite through cycling, inspired by Gino Bartali’s heroic legacy of courage, peace, and friendship.

-Date: 21 June-

Directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Ferzan Özpetek, starring 18 actresses with meta elements and homage to costumes and actresses...

A director observes actresses, blurring fiction and reality in a film about women, memory, sisterhood, and invisible stories.

-Date: 8 June-

Italy will be hosting the Winter Olympics in 2026 and we have the perfect documentary to get you excited about Winter Sports!

The unforgettable journey of Italy's alpine ski team in the 1970s, highlighting triumphs, rivalries and contrasting personalities, and sacrifices that made the team invincible.

-Date: 14 June-

Rating: M18 TBC

Paolo Sorrentino, the director of The Great Beauty, The Hand of God, Youth is back with his latest filmwhich is definitely bound to captivate you with a picturesque narrative set in Naples.

Parthenope’s life unfolds in Naples, through love, loss, and time, in a city both enchanting and heartbreaking.

-Date: 14 June-

2024 Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Nominee

A fallen politician manipulates a fugitive Mafia boss through risky correspondence, blurring truth and deception in a dangerous game.

- Date: 13 June -

Featuring sensuous cinematography, a lush score, and an award-winning central performance by the great Toni Servillo, this transporting experience by the brilliant Italian director Paolo Sorrentino is a breathtaking Felliniesque tale of decadence and lost love. - Criterion Collection.

Jep, a charming ageing journalist, drifts through Rome’s dazzling decadence, seeking hidden beauty beneath its seductive, timeless surface.

-Date: 8 June-

Rating: M18 TBA

Based on real life incidents of Italian major general and SISMI military intelligence officer Nicola Calipari and Italian journalist.

An account of the intense 28 days before March 4, 2005, when Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed in Iraq after heroically rescuing kidnapped journalist Giuliana Sgrena.

-Date: 15 June-

Italy's Submission to the Best International Feature at 2025 Oscars.

Pietro, a deserted soldier during WWII, arrives in an Alpine village, sparking an unexpected romance that changes a family’s fate.