Documentary Documentary Short Films

This film centers its theme around the impact of trawling on the lives of a local fishing community in Cambodia and its marine ecosystem. When much larger Vietnamese trawling boats illegally enter Cambodian waters, territorial disputes endanger the livelihood of the local trawlers. Yet in this complex marine ecosystem, the act of trawling destroys seagrass, which prevents the reproduction of marine life, threatening the survival of sustainable fishing.

Lily, a Perankam chef shares with us her ups and downs during covid, in the business of home cooking.

A student tells story on how she makes money by being a sugar baby. A shocking moment happened during the shooting.

After encountering a number of political incidents in China since 1950s, Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu reveals his life experience that inspired his art. This film intends to explore the relationship between art and politics, the role of Western academics and market in shaping the definition of contemporary Chinese art since the 90s, and the way Zhang rediscovers his initial pulse of being an artist after a long journey.

For Lee Xin Li, illustration has always been a way to connect with his home ground, Singapore. We sit down with him as he shares his approaches in respecting our ever-changing landscape and cultures, as well as the importance of sharing these cultural narratives to nurture inter-generational bonding.This content is brought to you by the Culture Academy Singapore, MCCY

Can traditions be a source of innovation? Low Mei Yoke, Artistic Director of Frontier Danceland, shares her journey and growth as an artist as she comes to terms with contradictions within her own sense of cultural identity.This content is brought to you by the Culture Academy Singapore, MCCY

Co-Founder and Joint Artistic Director of Checkpoint Theatre, Huzir Sulaiman discusses the importance of championing the narrative of the man in the street and teaches us to embrace our own contradictions when it comes to understanding our own cultural identity.This content is brought to you by the Culture Academy Singapore, MCCY

To poet KTM Iqbal, exploring one’s cultural identity is all about understanding the language and literature. We find out how our next generation of Tamil writers can look into their own histories to reconnect with traditions that brought us to the creative landscape of today.This content is brought to you by the Culture Academy Singapore, MCCY

Eric Watson, notable music composer currently based in Singapore, talks about his artistic growth and personal negotiations that come with understanding another’s culture.This content is brought to you by the Culture Academy Singapore, MCCY

In the second episode, Eileen visits 'Spic & Span', a cleaning company with a social enterprise objective of hiring marginalised Singaporeans. The company has transformed its business by investing in R&D and adopting technology to develop its patented anti-microbial disinfectant solution, SPECO. Eileen puts on her cleaning suit to better understand why they needed to diversity and pivot their business sector.In partnership with Ministry of Trade and Industry

In the first episode, Eileen goes to 'Istimewa Nasi Padang', a famous nasi padang stall in Bukit Merah. Succeeded by the second generation, the stall owners have not only expanded their business online but also adopted technology to be more productive. Eileen dives in to help in the kitchen to better understand and experience how technology has made a difference.In partnership with Ministry of Trade and Industry

Pandemic is nearly a year old and we are ever grateful to our frontliners. but we found behind these frontliners was a whole eco system of support and behind the scenes assistance. We put the spotlight on a first responder to the anxious beginning days of Covid 19. Sherry Soon of BeKind SG was the first to make 7000 care packs to our frontliners when there were only fear and anxiety in those dark early days. But who is Sherry Soon and what makes one man be kind to another? A Viddsee Original ProductionThis series was made for StoriesTogether, an initiative that aims to bring hope through films during challenging times and beyond.As part of this initiative, we’re driving donations to Community Chest, which supports more than 80 social service agencies that work towards empowering the lives of the disadvantaged. Support here.Director Statement: After nearly a decade of doing drama and narrative formats, I wanted to explore documentaries and I ventured first into doing three overseas episodes of Extraordinary Prisons (Mandarin) for ThreeSixZero in 2017, Those were shot in Atlanta USA & Palwan Philippines and I caught the bug to non fiction. Since then, I had been researching for a slate of socially responsible documentaries to do and “Invisible People” was one of the first of this slate of what I called “Sustainable Documentaries” - socially responsible, non exploitive shorts that hopefully trigger action. This project is very challenging because of the current Pandemic circumstances which limits the activity of our subject but we are hopeful of a story with a heart.