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Film Critics Lab: A Writing Mentorship Programme
14 Sep 2024 - 18 Jan 2025
*SCAPE

Fancy getting free tickets to watch films in the cinemas, being guided one-on-one by experienced mentors from the industry, and then being paid for your articles when they are published by local film websites?

Take the next step by submitting your application for our 4-month mentorship programme. Get personalised one-on-one guidance from experienced writers and editors to refine your abilities in crafting film reviews, commentaries, and interviews.

Film Critics Lab: A Writing Mentorship Programme

14 September to 18 January 2025

Register by 25 August 2024

Programme Details:

6 September 2024  Selected mentees to be confirmed  
14 September 2024  Onboarding / Workshop #1  (Physical Session @ *SCAPE The TreeTop) 
5 October 2024  Workshop #2  (Physical Session @ *SCAPE Gallery) 
18 January 2025  Finale screening + debrief  (Physical Session @ *SCAPE Gallery) 
28 February 2025  All articles published 

Mentee Deliverables: Each mentee is required to submit 4 opinion pieces over the 4 months. 

Mentors

Photo Eternality Tan Eternality Tan 

ET is the Vice-Chair and Programming Director of the Singapore Film Society where he organises film festivals and regular year-round screenings. He is also an Adjunct Lecturer of Film Studies at the Wee Kim Wee School of Communication & Information (NTU), DigiPen Singapore Institute of Technology, Nanyang Polytechnic and Shelton College International. In addition, he is the Managing Director of The Filmic Eye, a film and education consultancy that has worked with *SCAPE, National Arts Council and numerous schools. ET is a prolific film critic with over 15 years of experience, having written more than 2,800 reviews on his award-winning site: eternalitytan.com. He was previously a Film Analyst as part of Netflix’s Contingent Talent. He holds a Master of Education from the National Institute of Education, furthering his passion for melding film and education together. 

Priyanka Nair Priyanka Nair

Priyanka has dabbled in various roles in the film space for almost 10 years, from marketing for film festivals, to building communities of cinephiles, and to editing film reviews and analyses. She works in Singapore Film Society as Head of Marketing, Community and Business Development, where she collaborates with festival programmers to find the best ways to pull audiences into screenings of exclusive films that the society brings in, and with volunteer writers and content creators who are experimenting with their voices. She has a personal mission of connecting more people together through the love of film.

Photo Matthaeus Choo Matthaeus Choo 

Matthaeus was the lead content writer for Sinema.SG — an independent online publication supporting local filmmakers and promoting film literacy and Asian cinema — where he managed the website’s editorial direction. In 2022, he served as a Mentor in the inaugural Film Critics Lab. Matthaeus brings with him three years of experience in content creation across print and new media, and is currently a public relations professional based in Singapore. Whenever he isn’t caught up in his obsession for lost media, he fights for everyone’s right to be weird — just as much as he knows there is someone out there who will fight for his. 

Register by 25 August 2024