Shirkers

Directed by Sandi Tan

Singapore, summer of 1992: Sandi Tan; two close friends; and her middle-aged mentor, Georges, scramble to shoot their first feature, Shirkers, an off-kilter, color-soaked slasher flick. The production is an intense, heady experience, and all signs point to indie greatness: This will be a film before its time, especially for the nascent Singapore film scene. But then Georges disappears... with the cans of film.