Faeryville

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.{{cite web|title=Singapore film 'Faeryville' premieres in Hollywood to rousing reception – FmovieMag|url=http://www.fmoviemag.com/singapore-film-faeryville-premieres-in-hollywood-to-rousing-reception/|accessdate=14 September 2015|author=Fmagazine|date=22 January 2015}}

• 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

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.{{cite web|title=Zooming in on Reel Deals – Business Times, The |url=http://www.businesstimes.com.sg/archive/monday/lifestyle/cinema/zooming-reel-deals|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|accessdate=10 October 2012|author=Dylan Tan|date=3 August 2012}}

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.{{cite web|title=Production Talk with Tzang Merwyn Tong – SINdie |url=http://www.sindie.sg/2014/11/production-talk-with-tzang-merwyn-tong.html|publisher=SINdie|accessdate=7 November 2014|author=Johnathan Julius|date=7 November 2014}}

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.{{cite web|title=Singapore film 'Faeryville' premieres in Hollywood to rousing reception – FmovieMag|url=http://www.fmoviemag.com/singapore-film-faeryville-premieres-in-hollywood-to-rousing-reception/|accessdate=14 September 2015|author=Fmagazine|date=22 January 2015}} Faeryville then opened on May 26, 2015 at Filmgarde Bugis+ with a limited theatrical run in Singapore.{{cite web|title=Singapore film about Teen Misfits – The Straits Times|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/singapore-film-about-teen-misfits/|accessdate=7 May 2015|author=Sarah Giam|date=7 May 2015}}

Power of Pop hailed the film as "brave and remarkable" calling it "a fairytale of nightmarish consequences."{{cite web|title=FAERYVILLE – A FAIRY TALE OF NIGHTMARISH REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES - Power of Pop |url=https://www.powerofpop.com/faeryville-a-fairy-tale-of-nightmarish-real-world-consequences/|publisher=Power of Pop |accessdate=17 October 2015|author=Kevin Mathews|date=5 May 2015}} Screen Anarchy, a website featuring news and reviews of mainly international, independent and cult films called Faeryville "A new cinematic universe... bleak, exciting, surprising.” {{cite web|title=Faeryville: Doors Opening Soon - TWITCH |url=http://screenanarchy.com/2014/02/faeryville---doors-opening-soon.html/|publisher=Twitch |accessdate=17 October 2015|author=Stefan|date=19 February 2014}}

Faeryville became the first Singapore film to compete at FLIXX Festival in Scott Valley. The film won the Best Original Story Award.{{cite web|title=2015 FLIXX Festival Concluded|url=http://www.scottvalleyfilm.org/flixx-festival|publisher=Flixx Festival|accessdate=17 October 2015|author=Flixx Festival|date=27 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412231455/http://www.scottvalleyfilm.org/flixx-festival/|archive-date=12 April 2016|url-status=dead}} Faeryville was also screened as part of the Singapore: Unbound - A Singapore Cinema Showcase at the Griffith Film School.{{cite web|title=SINGAPORE UNBOUND - A SINGAPORE CINEMA SHOWCASE|url=http://www.brisbanefestival.com.au/whats-on/2015/singapore-unbound-a-singapore-cinema-showcase|publisher=Brisbane Festival |accessdate=17 October 2015|author=Griffith Film School Cinema|date=25 September 2015}}

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.{{cite web|title=Faeryville: Local Soundtrack – Offbeat Perspectives |url=https://offbeatperspectives.wordpress.com/2015/05/31/faeryville-soundtrack/|publisher=Offbeat Perspectives |accessdate=10 October 2012|author=Cassandra Cass|date=31 May 2015}}

• List of Singaporean films of 2015

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• {{Official website|http://www.faeryville.com/}}
• {{IMDb title|2709656|Faeryville}}

Category:2015 films

Category:Singaporean fantasy films

Category:2010s English-language films