Muhammad Harminder Singh

2024 marks a century since the opening of the Causeway, the iconic bridge that seamlessly connects Singapore and Malaysia, shaping the lives and histories of both countries. These are the untold stories of characters from different periods – from the early 1920s with Hedwig Anuar as her family fled Johor during World War II, to the men who witnessed the British blowing up the Causeway and its eventual reconstruction. How the change in the passport was a turning point, and more recently, the COVID-19 border shutdown that saw an enterprising man deliver 64,000kg of breastmilk across the Causeway for more than 500 working mothers in Singapore.

# Translation The story follows Tengku Eidil, a creative director at a leading advertising company who is in a relationship with Marsha Gordon. However, his heart's calling to embrace a more spiritual path takes him far from his plans to marry Marsha. Nadia is a food delivery worker for a restaurant owned by her best friend, Rostam. At the same time, Nadia harbors a dream of becoming a professional photographer. Fate brings them together when one evening, while delivering food, Nadia stops by the roadside and Eidil steps into a puddle, causing the water to splash onto Nadia accidentally. Nadia, who appears stubborn and cheerful on the outside, actually carries a heavy burden and sadness that she can only suppress, weighed down by work to earn a living to support her family's expenses in the village, ever since her father was imprisoned because of Nadia herself. Eidil is no different, his home life is chaotic because of his step-sister Fetri who constantly gets into trouble.

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.