(New High Quality version, 2009)

Zo Gang (Go Work)

Film-maker wannabe, Ah-Tan is sick of his day job. Join Ah-Tan on his way to work one day, as he discusses and pokes fun at local film and music, while plotting his path to become Singapore’s next great director.

This comedy on the difficulties of making film and music will leave you wondering about the state of the Arts in Singapore!

(9mins/Singlish w English Subtitles)
Starring: Wesley Wong
Special appearances by: Patrick Chng (Oddfellows), Linda Ong (Lunarin)

Zo Gang has a sequel, called Zo Hee (Make Movie).

ZO GANG WORLD TOUR SCREENINGS:

January 07 – Stasis 9 at Arts House
March 07 – Official premiere at Timbre, by Sinema.sg
April 07 – First Take at Substation
May 07 – Urban Nomad Film Festival at Taipei Artist Village, Taiwan
June 07 – Scope art fair in Switzerland
July 07 – Talking Sinema at Temasek Polytechnic
August 07 – Busho Filmfest Hungary. Singapore Short Cuts @ National Museum
September 07 – 3rd International Detmold Film Festival, Germany. ROJAK09 by Farm.sg
November 07 – 10 by 10 Short Film Screenings, Orchard Library. PROJECT: slingSHORT, London
December 07 – Moving Images 10th Anniversary celebrations & Best of First Take, Substation.
January 08 – Asian Hot Shots Berlin
April 08 – Toronto Singapore Film Festival
12 July 08 – 5th Singapore Short Cuts, National Museum
14 July 08 – Hwa Chong Humanities Literature Seminar
18 July 08 – nuSTUDIOS Film Camp
19 July 08 – RSC Block Party @ Sinema Old School
25 & 26 July 08 – Unconference @ Substation, Singapore Night Festival

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Zo Hee premiered at The Substation in 7 Dec 2007. Zo Hee (Make Movie), the sequel to Zo Gang, is currently screening in film festivals and events. Watch out for upcoming screenings in the news section.

Zo Hee (Make Movie) will premiere at Substation Theatre, 7 Dec 2007 at 8pm! It will be screened back-to-back with its prequel, Zo Gang.

Follow Ah-Tan as he continues his journey to make his first film. This 14min comedy also features special cameo appearances by local film personalities (surprise surprise).
The screening is part of Substation Moving Images’ 10 Anniversary celebrations, 7-10 Dec. We’ll also have a flea market stall selling Hosaywood T-shirts, so see you there.

Read more about the event here.

Ah-Tan: Filmmaking is a headache!

Hosaywood youtube channel: You can watch our films here too! www.youtube.com/hosaywood Meanwhile, I will be away to Germany for the International Short Film Festival Detmold, where Zo Gang is screening.

Zo Gang will be screening at ROJAK 09, a indie party organised by Farm.sg
See behind-the-scenes photos from Zo Gang too!

http://www.farm.sg/index.php/rojak/

Over 250 members attended the 4th Singapore Short Cuts last weekend. Tickets ran out 3 hours after they were released. Thanks for supporting local film!

A review and transcript of the Q&A session can be found at:
http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2007/08/4th-singapore-short-cuts-1st-week.html
“…You can count on Jacen’s brand on local humour to bring that smile to your face, and its breezy pace, coupled with nuggets of funny jabs, make this a definite crowd pleaser.”

Kudos to Sun Koh, Eva Tang/Tay Bee Pin, Ryan Tan, and National Museum (Wenjie, Li Koon). Keep supporting the next 3 screenings!

All tickets for this Saturday’s opening week of the 4th Singapore Short Cuts have been snapped up. For those who couldn’t get the tix, maybe try showing up on Saturday and they might let you in if there’re empty seats =)

Meanwhile, here’s what some websites have been saying about Zo Gang:

Sinema.sg
“… Jacen Tan’s “Zo Gang” adds to his collection of 2-hokkien-syllabus short films. Without any big flourishing camera antics, the simple narrative allows the essence of the filmmaker to come through. And isn’t that what short films are about anyway? The message, the essence, the moment.”

Moviexclusive.com
“…Accurately portraying the local filmmakers and musicians’ woes in the most amusing manner. For anyone who dabbles in filmmaking before, Go Work will stick close to heart.”

Incinemas.com.sg
“…Jacen Tan’s Zo Gang (Go work), starring an Ah-Beng looking protagonist who turns out to be more than he appears to be (putting an unexpected twist to the end), is just as entertaining. His constant whining, weird interpretation and frustration of local film and music, together with a slurring voice and droopy eyes, completes the short film in conveying the director’s statement of “speaking out on issues that were running through [his] mind”.

A Nutshell Review has a review of the 4th Singapore Short Cuts Preview held last week. Here’s a bit on Zo Gang:

“…Jacen Tan, who has garnered a cult following on the Internet with his earlier two movies Tak Giu and Zo Peng, has his latest short Zo Gang (Go Work) showcased here, so online fans, it’s time to journey outdoors to the Museum to catch this on the big screen – Zo Gang shows plenty of signs of a short filmmaker becoming comfortable with his craft, and is an entertaining one at that, dedicated to local filmmakers and musicians.”

http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com/2007/07/4th-singapore-short-cuts-preview.html

Oh, and those who are coming down on 11 Aug, be reminded that you have to be over 21. That day is rated R21 cos there’s a film by Sun Koh which has some sexy scenes.