Singapore filmmaker Anthony Chen’s newest work, The Breaking Ice, is a tender piece about three young adults and their blossoming relationships. Set in the snow-blanketed landscapes of China’s northeastern countryside, The Breaking Ice is a love letter of sorts to China’s dispirited youths, says the director, who grew inspired to make the film after reading many reports on the malaise unique to their generation.

And while the crew and cast are predominantly Chinese, there’s one connection closer to home: the film also marks the debut of Kin Leonn – it is the emerging Singapore electronic artist and composer’s first time scoring a feature-length film. If you’re a fan of his work, The Projector will be holding a special screening of The Breaking Ice tomorrow night – stay for the after-party; Kin Leonn will be helming an ambient techno set.

Get your tickets here.

Sept 8, 8:30pm (after-party starts at 10:30pm), at The Projector, #05-00 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road

You’ve read about how emerging fashion designer and artist Josh Tirados and his gender-neutral label, Tirados, is one to look out for with its tender Dickensian-meets-workwear vision in FEMALE‘s August issue. If you’re a fan of the designer but missed out on his debut runway show, Tirados is collaborating with fellow art and fashion Singapore label, An Asylum, to do a pop-up this weekend at their studio, where you’ll be able to try on pieces from both labels. There’ll be some unreleased designs available too, so don’t miss out.

Sept 9-10, 12pm-8pm, at #03-55 CT Hub 2, 114 Lavender Street

In most things, decay is a process people actively use any means necessary to delay or thwart, but an interesting new exhibition titled Sacrificial Protection, looks at it not as something to be battled against. Curated by Seet Yun Teng, the exhibition features the results of an artistic collaboration between artists Victoria Hertel and Chok Si Xuan, re-imagining a space where corrosion and rust – brought about by climatic factors such as heat, humidity and rain – are not resisted but incorporated as part of the artwork.

With both artists known for incorporating technology as part of their multi-sensorial installations and sculptures, Sacrificial Protection sees them responding to each other’s practices as well as the environmental conditions of the site, bringing new attention to the effects of time and space on material transformations.

On now till Oct 20, 4pm-8pm (Thursdays to Sundays only), at Open Space at Deck, 120A Prinsep Street

If you’re a fan of Scandinavian culture, this is the film festival for you. The Nordic Film Festival is returning to Singapore this year. Jointly presented by The Projector, the Embassy of Denmark, the Embassy of Finland, the Embassy of Iceland, the Royal Norwegian Embassy, and the Embassy of Sweden, the festival offers a slate of five works from the region that have not been released in Singapore before. Gems to look out for include Sick of Myself (pictured), a black comedy about terrible people doing stupid things as a means to one-up each other (they’re artists in an extremely competitive relationship). Ticket holders for Sick of Myself will receive goody bags stocked with Carlsberg Beers, Jordan toothbrushes, and vouchers for Bolia and Bang & Olufson.

Get your tickets here.

On now till Sept 16, at The Projector, #05-00 Golden Mile Tower, 6001 Beach Road

Last year, we singled out fashion design graduate Elden Zachery as a name to watch, for how their work (they identify with he/they pronouns) pushed the boundaries of the notion of masculinity. Now they’re back with their debut show seeking to understand and grasp the idea of being free – hence the title “Soltu” (it means free in Kristang, a creole language spoken by the Kristang, a community of people of mixed Portuguese and Malay ancestry).

Soltu will see Elden combining movement art, writing and sound, alongside the fashion work that they have been trained in. The show is designed to be a month-long gradual build-up of work, with the final results (a closing performance by Elden and an artist talk) being showcased on September 30th, but audiences are welcome to visit the show as it evolves over the month of September.

More details here.

Soltu opens Sept 9-30, 1pm-7pm (Fridays and Sundays), 5pm-9pm (Saturdays) at Starch, #02-11 Tag A Building, 81 Tagore Lane