Whether uttered in hushed tones or shouted at the top of our lungs, cinema at its most daring and audacious resists categorisation, dancing along the fine line of the comprehensible and the eccentric, revealing and reveling in the grimy underbelly of existence. And if the films so much as elicit a bewildered scratch on your head, or spawn a spirited conversation, you are—at the very least—forced to fill in the blanks. Celebrating its 14th edition in 2021, Perspectives Film Festival is Singapore’s first and longest-running student-led film festival. Showcasing an eclectic mix of cinematic breakthroughs from around the world, this year’s edition presented 8 films that took bold risks, challenging and expanding the limits of cinema.