Ngee Ann Polytechnic, Singapore’s most established media school, is our lead partner in this national initiative. Get in touch and find out how you can come on board!
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Why we started
When Honour (Singapore) was first launched, there were concerns that such an old-fashioned and lofty word might not make sense in today’s world, particularly to the younger generation. So we put it to the test. We set out to discover what young people think of Honour.
How we began
We invited student filmmakers from Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Film & Media Studies, as well as young adult filmmakers, to share with us their perspective of Honour, through the medium of film. We were pleasantly surprised by the breadth of perspective we found, confirming our hypothesis that Honour is a value resident in each one of us, whether we are conscious of it or not.
Where we’re going
Today, the Honour Film Initiative works with 4 institutions of higher learning – Ngee Ann Polytechnic (its national lead partner), LaSalle College of the Arts, Republic Polytechnic and Temasek Polytechnic – as well as young adult filmmakers.
Film has indeed proven to be an ideal medium for conveying the nuances, multi-layered complexities and meanings of Honour, in all its various hues and facets.
PARTNERS’ REFLECTIONS
The key partners of this initiative share their thoughts on this meaningful collaboration.
“Singapore’s future will depend very much on Singaporeans being a people who honour our word by keeping our promises, and who honour each other by regarding one another as worthy of respect.
Honour (Singapore) is very happy to support the work of young filmmakers, and I am both impressed and encouraged by how they have been able to imagine the practice of honour in so many different situations in life. It shows their understanding and commitment to build a worthy future for themselves and for Singapore.”
Lim Siong Guan
Founding Chairman, Honour (Singapore)
“Working with Honour (Singapore) on this initiative has been most gratifying. It has reinvigorated my mission as an educator. This initiative provides an educational strategy and framework that allows students to create films that honour the people of Singapore. The students not only put their skills and knowledge of filmmaking into practice, but more importantly they have to understand, research on and apply the principle of honour into their film projects.
This is a fantastic avenue to inculcate positive values and virtues in our students through the academic curriculum and in particular, filmmaking. It was also done from the ground up, where students would come up with the ideas, pitch their concepts and make their films. I would like to term this “Honour 360”:
- Through making of the films, the students honoured the subjects and their stories.
- Upon completion of the film projects, we screened the student films to an audience who were engaged and honoured what they saw on screen.
- As an educator, I was also invigorated by the process of honour. I was honouring one of the main purposes why I became an educator –that is, to enable my students to create films that went beyond entertainment, and which could possibly change lives through values and honouring our human verve. We have come full circle.
What underscores everything about our collaboration is how my counterparts at Honour (Singapore) embody the virtue of Honour. They honour their word and relationships. They have been a thorough pleasure to collaborate and work with. They have strengthened my belief in honour and honouring.”
Leonard Yip
Senior Lecturer, School of Film & Media Studies (FMS), Ngee Ann Polytechnic