Film: The annual Singapore International Film Festival in April (website: www.filmfest.org.sg) features documentaries and films from around the globe, in addition to other foreign film festivals throughout the year. The Starlight Cinema festival (website: www.starlightcinema.com) is a one-month season of outdoor screenings in Fort Canning Green, from mid-June. Mainstream films, predominantly Hollywood blockbusters, are highly popular and often sold out.
Singapore's main cinemas for English language films include Cathay Orchard, 8 Grange Road, and Cathay Causeway Point, 1 Woodlands Square (tel: 6235 1155; website: www.cathay.com.sg); Lido Cineplex, Shaw House, 350 Orchard Road; Bugis, Parco Bugis Junction; Balastier, Shaw Plaza, 360 Balastier Road, Prince/Jade, Shaw Tower, 100 Beach Road (all at tel: 6738 0555; website: www.shaw.com.sg); and Golden Village, 68 Orchard oad (booking hotline tel: 1 900 912 1234; info 6334 3766; website: www.gv.com.sg). There are no art cinemas, but the Alliance Française, 1 Sarkies Road (tel: 6737 8422; website: www.alliancefrancaise.org.sg) screens mainstream and alternative French films every Tuesday at the Ciné Club.