The Kallang Wave: The Shortfall of Our Passion and the Future of Our Pride

This film about the state of national football in Singapore develops via interviews with a diverse range of stakeholders – coaches, national football players, sports administrators, professors, football club managers, fans and newspaper editors – who offer their views on the challenges and issues that bear upon the sport locally.

Director: Hanafi Ramdam, Yanfeng Lee
Genre: Documentary
Rating: PG
Availability: library@esplanade
Accession No: 2008-D-1187
Subtitles: -
Release Year: 2006
Producer: Zayed bin Abdul Aziz Talib, Muhd Fairil bin Sugang
Language: English
Production Country: Singapore

Cast List:

Crew:

Directors of Photography - Jaron Chan, Yanfeng Lee
Sound Recording - Hanafi Ramdan
Research - Mark Ng Kian Boon, Lissa Binte Johari
Writer/Narrator - Daniel Yap
Editor - Mark Ng Kian Boon
Voice-over Artists - Sabrina Yazid, Daniel Yap
Original Soundtrack - Hanafi Ramdan
Oud Solos - Ismahairic Putra Ishak
Marketing & Publicity - Catherine Tan Bee Ling

Keywords:

Subject Matter - Sports, Football, Soccer, Kallang Wave, Money, Indifference, Apathy, Materialism, Discipline
People - Sporting Heroes, Lions
Places - National Stadium, Kallang Stadium, Football Club Stadium
Competitions - Malaysian Cup, Tiger Cup, Malaya Cup
Organisations - Association of Singapore, S-League, Sports School
Themes - Independence, Nation-Building, Criticism, Spectatorship, Competition, Passion
Personalities - Fandi Ahmad