I Believe (film)

I Believe
Directed by Leroy Lim
Produced by Nikko Koh May May
Written by Dhinesh Ravichandran
Starring
Edited by Zulhairi
Release date
 20 May 2016
Running time
 16 minutes
Country Singapore
Language English

I Believe is a 2016 Singaporean short film directed by then 24-year-old student director Leroy Lim. It tells the story of an unlikely friendship between an autistic youth and a popular role-model, and teaches a precious lesson on love and acceptance.

The short gave the director a chance at a full-length feature film, having been picked up by mm2 Entertainment, a leading producer of notable movies such as Ah Boys to Men (2012) and 1965 (2015). It will also have its first overseas screening under the Reasonably Different category at the AS Film Festival, an international film and visual art festival managed by people with Asperger Syndrome, in Italy in December 2016.

Produced as one of the entries by 20 groups of aspiring young filmmakers for the 2016 edition of the 20/20 – The Temasek Short Film Project series, organised by Temasek Holdings and facilitated by mm2 Entertainment, it was the most-watched film, garnering more than 130,000 views across Facebook and YouTube over a four-month period.[1][2][3][4][5]

Cast

  • Joshua Lim as Peter
  • Maxi Lim as Anthony
  • Yap Hui Xin as Janice
  • Smiley Goh as Paster Benjamin
  • Derric Cheong as Peter's friend 1
  • Sean Lee Kah Wai as Peter's friend 2
  • Faith Toh as Anthony's mother

Production

I Believe was produced in collaboration with Lim's schoolmates from LASALLE College of the Arts, Nikko Koh, 22, and Dhinesh Ravichandran, 25. Veteran female filmmaker Wee Li Lin acted as their mentor for this project.

References

  1. ↑ Tan, Marguerita (4 November 2016). "Film student's short film to be produced into full length feature by mm2 Entertainment". Today. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  2. ↑ "Why Leroy Lim is one to watch". Temasek Holdings. 10 October 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  3. ↑ "20/20: The Temasek Short Film Project Up close with BA(Hons) Film students – Leroy, Nikki and Dhinesh". LASALLE College of the Arts. 20 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  4. ↑ Goh, Constance (27 May 2016). "Actor Maxi Lim takes on autistic role for new short film". The New Paper. Retrieved 2016-11-04.
  5. ↑ "I Believe - Project 20/20". YouTube. 19 May 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-04.


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