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Hideho Urata

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Originally from Japan, Hideho Urata began his career in the United States. A feature film he lensed, KAMATAKI (2005), won five awards at the Montréal World Film Festival 2005, and the Crystal Bear-Special Mention at the Berlin International Film Festival 2006. He won Best Cinematography at Montreal's Fantasia International Film Festival 2009 and Best Visual Achievement at the New York Asian Film Festival 2009 for his work on THE CLONE RETURNS HOME (2008). Hideho’s latest feature film in Singapore, A LAND IMAGINED (2018) won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival 2018, and he also won Valladolid International Film Festival - Seminci for Best Cinematography and Asian Pacific Screen Award for Achievement of Cinematography for his work in A LAND IMAGINED (2018).

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플랜 75

Director of Photography

초고령 사회로 접어들고 노인 인구가 너무 많아지자 일본 정부는 ‘플랜 75’라는 정책을 시행한다. 75세 이상 노인의 경우, 국가가 나서 안락사를 권장하는 것이다. 의료비와 사회보장 지출 등 노인을 부양하는 비용은 증가하지만 그들이 경제에 기여하는 바는 부족하다는 인식이 이런 정책을 가능하게 만든다. TV에선 안락사를 선택해서 행복하다는 증언이 나오고, 정부는 안락사를 선택한 노인에게 마지막 여행과 장례를 지원해준다.

환토: 상상의 땅

Director of Photography

싱가포르의 대규모 매립지 공사장. 경찰관 록은 이곳에서 일하던 한 이주노동자 왕의 행방을 조사한다. 작업 도중 사고를 당한 왕씨는 본국 송환이 두려워 잠들지 못한다. 낯선 땅에서 인간적인 연결고리를 바라던 왕은, 사이버 카페에 드나들며 미스터리한 게이머와 가상의 우정을 쌓는다.

Sanjay

Director of Photography

Sanjay and his wife, Divya, have recently moved to Singapore from India. In the face of an impending cutback by his company management, Sanjay struggles to juggle work and adjust to life in Singapore. How will they fare in such a trying scenario?

Lizard on the Wall

Director of Photography

Inspired by the first English-language novel "Inheritance" of acclaimed Singaporean novelist Balli Kaur Jaswal about Singapore's Punjabi-Sikh diaspora, the film surrounds the story of a Punjabi family and the characters' struggles against traditions and belonging. The project involves the local Punjabi community, who has often been left out of the larger Singaporean narrative even when they are such an important part of our cultural landscape.

The Day I Lost My Shadow

Director of Photography

A trilogy set in three iconic locations within Singapore's Little India district: Race Course Road, Campbell Lane and Syed Alwi Road. The notion of re-examining history by truth and myth through visual storytelling serves as the inter-connecting thread between the three short films, and the films offer glimpses of Little India through the 19th and 20th centuries.

Parting

Director of Photography

the meaning of style

Cinematography

Shot with Malaysian skinheads in Penang, it’s a meditative fantasy on signs, signals and butterflies, leading to pointed reflections on the relationship between British colonial history and popular culture in South-East Asia

The Clone Returns Home

Director of Photography

Kohei Takahara, an astronaut who dies in the line of duty, is legally resurrected as a clone: however, contrary to the scientists’ expectations, he reverts to his childhood memories when his twin brother drowned sacrificing his life for Kohei. Kohei’s clone discovers the body of his former self mistakenly believing that it is his deceased twin. Reliving his tragic past, he sets off carrying his corpse body to the beautiful hometown where he lived with his now dead mother.

Celebrate Cinema 101

Director

This film project was made in 1996 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of the cinema.