Faeryville

Faeryville is a 2015 Singapore coming-of-age dystopian film written and directed by cult director Tzang Merwyn Tong. This independent film stars Lyon Sim, Aaron Samuel Yong, Tanya Graham and Kris Moller. Faeryville tells the story of a group of college misfits who decide to fight their bullies, escalating from youthful idealism to all-out anarchy. Faeryville is Singapore's first dystopian youth film.[2]

Faeryville
Directed byTzang Merwyn Tong
Written byTzang Merwyn Tong
Produced by
  • Tzang Merwyn Tong
  • David Foo
Starring
  • Lyon Sim
  • Aaron Samuel Yong
  • Tanya Graham
  • Farid Assalam
  • Jae Leung
CinematographyDavid Foo
Music by
  • Alex Oh
  • In Each Hand A Cutlass
Production
companies
Distributed byINRI studio
Release date
  • 19 January 2015 (2015-01-19)
Running time
95 minutes[1]
CountrySingapore/ USA
LanguageEnglish

The film made its world premiere to rousing reception in Los Angeles, California, represented by US distributor Eleven Arts, followed by a limited theatrical release in Singapore.[3][4] It was the Closing Night Film of the Brisbane Festival 2015 [5] and won the Award for Best Original Story at the FLIXX Festival,[6] in Scott Valley, United States.

Plot

Set in an alternate universe, in a college called Faeryville, a group of teenage misfits struggle to find themselves and make sense of their ‘teenhood’. They decide that there is no reason to try to fit in, and fashion themselves as pranksters, calling themselves The Nobodies. Laer, a new transfer student who joins The Nobodies, inspires them to move from stink bombs to homemade bombs. Youthful idealism soon becomes an excuse for all-out anarchy.[7]

Cast
  • Lyon Sim as Poe
  • Aaron Samuel Yong as Laer
  • Tanya Graham as Belle
  • Jae Leung as CK
  • Farid Assalam as Taurus
  • Jade Griffin as Chloe
  • Kris Moller as The Principal
  • Jordan Prainito as Anthony
  • Roshan Gidwani as AJ

Production

Faeryville is a co-production between INRI studio and Film Mall. In August 2012, it was revealed that Tzang Merwyn Tong had finished principal photography for a secret film project that was in development since 2008. The film was code-named The FRVL Project, and was pitched as a controversial Fight Club meets Baz Luhrmann's Romeo & Juliet rebellion film. The film is written by Tzang in 2006 and is said to be inspired by youth of the post-9-11 generation.[8]

The film ran out of money to complete production twice, and was shot over 2 production timelines, due to bad weather that almost bankrupted the indie project. The film took 8 years, 14 script rewrites to complete.[9]

Release and reception

The film made its world premiere to stunning acclaim and reception in Los Angeles on January 14, 2015, represented by US-based distribution company Eleven Arts.[10] Faeryville then opened on May 26, 2015 at Filmgarde Bugis+ with a limited theatrical run in Singapore.[11]

Power of Pop hailed the film as "brave and remarkable" calling it "a fairytale of nightmarish consequences."[12] Screen Anarchy, a website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films called Faeryville "A new cinematic universe... bleak, exciting, surprising.” [13]

Faeryville became the first Singapore film to compete at FLIXX Festival in Scott Valley. The film won the Best Original Story Award.[14] Faeryville was also screened as part of the Singapore: Unbound - A Singapore Cinema Showcase at the Griffith Film School.[15]

Soundtrack

Faeryville: Original Motion Picture Score consists of original, mostly orchestral music, with some electronic and guitar elements, written for the film by Alex Oh. Faeryville also features music by Singapore indie rock groups, including The Great Spy Experiment, post-rock band In Each Hand a Cutlass, Bob Kamal and ANECHOIS.[16]

See also

References
  1. "Faeryville (PG13)". Motion Picture Association of America. 26 November 2014. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  2. IMDB (22 January 2015). "Faeryville (2015) – IMDB". IMDB. Retrieved 10 October 2014.
  3. Dylan Tan (3 August 2012). "Zooming in on Reel Deals – Business Times, The". Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  4. Fmagazine (22 January 2015). "Singapore film 'Faeryville' premieres in Hollywood to rousing reception – FmovieMag". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  5. Griffith Film School Cinema (25 September 2015). "SINGAPORE UNBOUND - A SINGAPORE CINEMA SHOWCASE". Brisbane Festival. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  6. Flixx Festival (27 September 2015). "2015 FLIXX Festival Concluded". Flixx Festival. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  7. Fmagazine (22 January 2015). "Singapore film 'Faeryville' premieres in Hollywood to rousing reception – FmovieMag". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  8. Dylan Tan (3 August 2012). "Zooming in on Reel Deals – Business Times, The". Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
  9. Johnathan Julius (7 November 2014). "Production Talk with Tzang Merwyn Tong – SINdie". SINdie. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
  10. Fmagazine (22 January 2015). "Singapore film 'Faeryville' premieres in Hollywood to rousing reception – FmovieMag". Retrieved 14 September 2015.
  11. Sarah Giam (7 May 2015). "Singapore film about Teen Misfits – The Straits Times". Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  12. Kevin Mathews (5 May 2015). "FAERYVILLE – A FAIRY TALE OF NIGHTMARISH REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES - Power of Pop". Power of Pop. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  13. Stefan (19 February 2014). "Faeryville: Doors Opening Soon - TWITCH". Twitch. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  14. Flixx Festival (27 September 2015). "2015 FLIXX Festival Concluded". Flixx Festival. Archived from the original on 12 April 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  15. Griffith Film School Cinema (25 September 2015). "SINGAPORE UNBOUND - A SINGAPORE CINEMA SHOWCASE". Brisbane Festival. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. Cassandra Cass (31 May 2015). "Faeryville: Local Soundtrack – Offbeat Perspectives". Offbeat Perspectives. Retrieved 10 October 2012.
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