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Daily Cuts - JISR Film Festival

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Melanie Oliveiro finds out where in Singapore we can go to watch films made by moviemakers from the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, and in the process learning more about modern Arabian culture - should we consider traveling to the GCC. The JISR Film Festival is an inaugural cultural festival that’s debuting in Singapore, featuring the works of established and emerging filmmakers. Cinemagoers will access a curated selection of 17 films representing the diverse cinematic landscape of the GCC, along the themes of sustainability, animation, sports and female empowerment.

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Daily Cuts - Mpox on the rise in Singapore

Singapore Today's Lance Alexander and Daniel Martin speak with Dr Loh Jiashen, Infectious Diseases Specialist, Farrer Park Hospital, about being better protected against mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, amid a rise in cases here over the last four months of 2023.

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Daily Cuts - The DanceXR Showcase

Melanie Oliveiro finds out where audience members can go – in Singapore – to watch a series of performances with a difference. The DanceXR Showcase merges computer-generated XR environments with physical theatre in a series of performance events themed, “New Worlds. New Experiences”.  Several dance works will be presented on 27 and 28 January 2024. The shows’ co-producer & tech firm Avventura explains how positioning XR performances could serve as a forward-looking approach to future-proof the local performing arts industry.

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Daily Cuts - Aliwal Urban Art Festival 2024

Melanie Oliveiro speaks with the creatives participating at the Aliwal Urban Art Festival 2024. Happening at Kampong Glam, AUAF features an electric array of urban art activities led by tenants from Aliwal Arts Centre (AAC), various renowned local urban art groups and communities of different artistic practices. The interviewees will describe how visitors can experience street art showcases including a live graffiti painting and competition session, as well as unique music and dance performances.

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Daily Cuts - ARTBOX

Melanie Oliveiro finds out more about this year’s ARTBOX – a Made in SG 2-weekend event – billed as Singapore’s largest indoor all-day night festival, which promises to be 50 percent bigger. The ARTBOX organiser Invade will discuss why they’re partnering up for the second time with Singapore’s popular content producer, SGAG. They’ll also highlight the over 100 F&B stores and 140 retail outlets taking part, and how ARTBOX is set to be a cultural hub too.

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Daily Cuts - Protecting our funds from scammers with "money lock"

Since the three local banks launched "money lock" in November 2023, over 47,000 accounts have activated the feature. We get a refresher on how this can protect our funds from scammers, and what else we can do to keep our money safe from them. Our guest is Mrs Ong-Ang Ai Boon, Director, Association of Banks.

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