Known for his visuals, Singaporean film-maker Royston Tan’s collection of short films is filled with beautifully composed shots featuring the lesser-known sides to Singapore. Favouring abstract and quirky portrayals of life’s moments, Tan conjures up a magical lalaland in DIY, Monkey Love, Hock Hiap Leong and Careless Whisperer. Use of a strong narrative voice is also vital in lending weight to Tan’s flamboyant style as seen in Mother, Sons, 24 Hours and the controversial Cut.

Life abounds in DIY music. Random people produce random sounds. A quirky play on the universal rhythm and inherent musicality of our moods.

Cut is a humorous satire. At the supermarket, a movie-goer recognises the woman who sits on the Censorship Board, whereupon he launches into detailed tirade, a hilarious rant against authority.

One winter, a monkey in Japan lost his heart to a rabbit. Monkey Love is an exploration of the absurdities and emotional torture that come with falling in love.

Sons: who should be faulted when a son fails to love his father’father or son? A monologue told by an aging father who fails to kindle a connection with his son, Tan captures life’s melodramas in the regret of a father.

New York Girl is realist tract, summoning facets of the young yuppie Singaporean’hodgepodge of pretentious mimicry, ambition and cynicism; all reflected by one actress’s casting call.

Hock Hiap Leong: to pay homage to a local eatery soon to be demolished, a colourful musical of the ’60s is evoked.

A man in love must sing to profess his love, Patrick is told. But Patrick sings so modestly, he cannot be heard. Careless Whisperer is a humorous piece on a man whose love is so gentle- that if love were expressed through song, it won’t hurt to be loved.