Cathay-Keris Films is one of Singapore's leading film distributors for quality films, providing a wide variety of exciting theatrical entertainment for audiences in Singapore and Malaysia since the 1960s.

Today, in addition to distributing films from independent producers and major studios, Cathay-Keris Films sources for and acquires hidden gems in the art house film markets all over the world. As an art film lover, Cathay-Keris collaborates with various foreign embassies and trade partners in cultivating and promoting film appreciation through developing thematic film festivals.

Check our latest offerings, which we have sourced for your viewing pleasure this month.


 

One Foot Off The Ground

Director: Chen Daming
Starring: Xu Fan, Liyixiang, Xiao Xiangyu, Jin Hong, Yao Lu
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Language: Chinese with English Subtitles

Exclusively at The Picturehouse 22 May 2008

A Chinese opera group is forced to disband when they run out of funds. The members go separate ways and take up odd jobs to make ends meet. One day, the troupe director returns with good news and plan for a finale.

EVANGELION: 1.0 YOU ARE (NOT) ALONE

Director: Natsuki Imai
Voiced By: Megumi Ogata, Megumi Hayashibara, Kotono Mitsuishi & Yuriko Yamaguchi,
Genre: Animation
Language: Japanese with English and Chinese Subtitles

Exclusively at The Picturehouse 3 July 2008

14-year-old boy Shinji arrives in Tokyo-3, a heavily fortified outpost that's survived "Second Impact," a calamity leaving humankind vulnerable to alien machines referred to as Angels. Last hope for survival rests with government agency NERV (whose motto reads, "God is in his heaven, all is right with the world") and its gigantic Evangelion fighting artillery, a human-mechanical hybrid designed by Shinji's distant father, Gendou.

 

Midnight Meat Train

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Starring: Bradley Cooper, Roger Bart, Brooke Shields & Vinnie Jones
Genre: Horror / Thriller

In Cathay Cineplexes 2008

Midnight Meat Train is a horror thriller movie based on a short story by Clive Barker. The story is about a photographer (Bradley Cooper) who accidentally witnessed a murder by a butcher named Mahogany (Vinnie Jones) in a subway system. Mahoney appears to be a serial killer. But who is he killing for and where is he delivering the meat of his victims?

Sleuth

Director: Kenneth Branagh
Starring: Michael Caine, Jude Law & Harold Pinter
Genre: Mystery/ Thriller

In Cathay Cineplexes 2008

Award: Venice Film Festival – Queer Lion – Special Mention (Kenneth Branagh)

A millionaire detective novelist matches wits with the unemployed actor who ran off with his wife in a deadly serious twisted game with dangerous consequences.