A group of Singaporean high-profile filmmakers and artists has issued a statement protesting the local ban of Tan Pin Pin’s TO SINGAPORE, WITH LOVE which screened in this year's Forum programme.

The documentary examines the lives of Singaporean exiles, including trade unionists, student leaders and Communists, who left Singapore in the 1960s and 1970s due to their fear of being imprisoned under Singapore’s Internal Security Act.

Singapore’s Media Development Authority (MDA) classified the film last week as "Not allowed for all ratings", on the grounds that it undermines national security. The classification means that the film can’t be shown or distributed in Singapore.

We are delighted to present CROP by Johanna Domke and Marouan Omara (Germany/Egypt 2012) at our channel at VOD platform realeyz.tv.

The film reflects upon the impact of images in the Egyptian Revolution in 2011 and puts it in relation to the image politics of Egypt´s leaders. Instead of showing footage from the revolution, the film is shot entirely in the power domain of images – Egypt's oldest and most influential state newspaper Al Ahram.