Stolen Fish (PG13 - Some Mature Content), 30min

The smallest country in Africa, Gambia, is running out of fish. Ever since Chinese fishmeal factories appeared there - most of them are processed into animal feed, sent to China and Europe. Despite the protests, big neo-colonial business flourishes, and the promises of new roads and hundreds of jobs turn out to be an illusory mirage. The stories of the fishermen Paul and Abou and the selling fish Mariam create an intimate frame for the story of the stolen development of West Africa and the compulsion to look for a better life in Europe.

17-25 Aug (Mon-Fri), 12.30pm

Ubin, Sayang (PG), 30min

Ubin, Sayang traces the journey of Xiao Ting as she learns from the stories of mangrove restoration and kampong living. In the context of modern Singaporean nostalgia for the kampong, the film brings together different perspectives on what the kampong spirit truly entails, and discusses its implications for us today.

7-16 Aug (Mon-Fri), 12.30pm

The Black Mermaid

Throughout history, Black communities have had a treacherous relationship with water, depicted as a powerful yet destructive entity by African folklore. This is a story never told before, but necessary now more than ever: a modern day tale of the Black Mermaid, Zandile Ndhlovu, who is changing the perception of the ocean in her community since 2016, when she overcame her fears and fell in love with freediving.

Mother of the Sea

This short film tells the legend of The Mother of the Sea - a tale that virtually every Inuit from Greenland to the Canadian Arctic knows in some form or another.

Martha’s Delta

The Niger Delta is home to the third largest mangrove ecosystem in the world, but following the discovery of oil in 1956, the area has been plagued by oil extraction. Activist Martha Agbani has dedicated her life to restoring the local environment.