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Yun Yun’s mother used to braid her hair and cook her favourite meals. Now when Yun Yun looks at her, a blank face stares back. “Mama, do you remember me?” she asks over and over. This is a real life confession of how dementia impacts one daughter’s life.A Viddsee Original Production

People always ask Serene “what’s it like to have someone else’s heart inside your chest?” What is it like to know your heart beat is someone else’s? This is a true story of how a heart transplant patient’s life was forever changed by a stranger.A Viddsee Original Production

Nichol excelled in school, ran a successful business and appeared on TV and magazines. But behind closed doors was a desperate struggle with bulimia. This is a real life confession of a girl who tried to be perfect.A Viddsee Original Production

One in 286,000 people are struck by lighting in Singapore. Carolyn was one of them. One day she was out on the boat sailing, the next she was bed-bound and facing a life in a wheelchair. But despite it all, comes a love story.A Viddsee Original Production

A Girl who stood up for women rights and education.

The New Paper throughout the 90s and early 2000s was known for its eye-catching headlines plastered on the covers of the paper. It's unique design and edgy writing was what made it grow threefold, from 50,000 papers to 150,000 being circulated each day.Who was the man behind its rise? P N Balji, an iconoclast of his time, shares his story doing journalism in Singapore for over 30 years, and how he came to be The Reluctant Editor

A daughter's fascination with her father's long lost dreams of sailing told through a love poem. Mr. Sim Thian Lye used to work on a cargo ship in his twenties and loves to share stories about his days at the sea. Despite his old age now, his curiosity and dreams of travel are still there, hidden somewhere inside his soul. Presented in a documentary poetry style, the film explores the idea of how one can seek solace in life by reconciling with the deepest part of themselves.

Countdown is a poetic documentary that tells the story of a family who has their loved one currently on death row in Singapore. Once the death sentence is given to an inmate, the same is given to the family and the countdown begins. This documentary gives perspective to a silent group of people who have suffered from Singapore's harsh capital punishment law.

The documentary short film "On Borrowed Space" explores the relationship between people and social spaces, and how the relationships between people in Singapore are constantly being challenged due to urban redevelopment and displacement. In order to pursue economic development and achieving a status of "thriving world-class city", our social and cultural identities are being threatened.

In the busy urban city of Singapore, lies a large plot of land - Haw Par Villa, unknown to even many Singaporeans. This destination both frightens and fascinates locals and tourists alike. However, in daunting landscape of modernisation, can this land really stand for its meaning and more importantly withstand the test of time...?

A childcare worker's obsession with parrots courts various burdens for herself.

One God is a about a Muslim boy who recently has been fostered to a Christian orphanage in Lembang, Indonesia. This documentary shows that beyond race and religious differences, love transcends all.