Hosting a ‘watch party’ to give film lovers, local distributors a boost during Covid-19 circuit breaker

One developed a website to give hawker stalls a greater online presence. Another held a film screening and post-session discussions online to recapture the communal experience of cinema. The Sunday Times speaks to five groups who have responded to circuit breaker measures in creative ways that have made Singaporean lives a tad better.

Around 11pm on April 4, about 600 people tuned in to an Instagram live video, co-hosted by writer Amanda Lee Koe and film-maker Kirsten Tan, of a discussion of Portrait Of A Lady On Fire, written and directed by Celine Sciamma.

Prior to the discussion, the pair hosted a “watch party” of that same film with people streaming it in their homes together in a bid to capture the “no-pressure camaraderie” of a cinematic experience.

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