house from singapore founded by cult director tzang merwyn tong in 1999 . the studio has to this date produced two films a wicked tale and e tzaintes both of which premi red to critical acclaim in the international film festival circuit . the studio s mission is to create a platform for writers storytellers musicians and film makers to come together to present alternative art forms to mainstream audiences . their mantra to provoke the senses and open the mind . contents 1 history 2 etymology 3 official filmography 4 references 5 external links history edit inri studio was a concept that came about in 1999 when tzang merwyn tong and long time friend armen rizal rahman an aspiring musician decide that it was time they band together to create a production company they can call their own . they roped in lee amizadai and together the unit christened themselves as inri studio . the trio went on to make their very first film together . using their scrap earnings and savings that they have accumulated over the years the team of film makers started work on their first film e tzaintes . the film s a teenage black comedy about a bunch of social outcasts . it was a project that took them 3 years to complete . the film was a hit when it premi red at gv grand at great world city in singapore on january 2003 . tickets to this independent premi re were completely sold out with people even paying to sit on the aisles . e tzaintes went to travel to a couple of film festivals . it premi red in europe in 2004 as the opening night film of the berlin asia pacific film festival and was screened as part of the asian new force at the hong kong ifva festival . the studio then embarked on their second film a wicked tale starring evelyn maria ng as the little red riding hood character in tzang merwyn tong s dark re imagination of the brothers grimm fable . the film made its world premiere to a full house crowd at the rotterdam international film festival and was later invited to fantasia film festival to be screened as one of the closing night films . the movie won the gold remi award at worldfest in houston . on december 2005 inri studio made history by being the first short film in singapore to be released commercially on dvd . the inri studio collective now consists of artists writers musicians and filmmakers coming together to explore new ways of how they can take things to the next level . an underground music project is currently in the pipeline . etymology edit the word inri is inspired by the inscription on the cross from which christ was crucified . inri is a latin acronym for iesus nazarenus rex iudaeorum literally translated as jesus of nazareth king of jews . the letters can be found inscribed on a stylized plaque or parchment hanging just above the corpse of christ on many depictions of the crucifixion . contrary to belief the use of the name inri is neither religious nor sacrilegious . tzang merwyn is known to be a big fan of mythology and he considers the crucifixion one of the most romantic and inspiring parables in history . it s a story about a man assumed by many as a heretic who refuses to deny accusations that he was the saviour even though he was about to be nailed to the cross . the story is symbolical of the kind sacrifice one has to make to stage a revolution and the letters inri a reminder to tzang and his team mates that mockery and ridicule awaits those who choose to do things differently . official filmography edit a wicked tale 2005 e tzaintes giving self deceit a better name 2003 references edit this article does not cite any sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . april 2010 learn how and when to remove this template message external links edit official website official myspace page a wicked tale at the internet movie database fantasia write up lund fantastisk film festival write up interview with tzang merwyn tong taken from the montreal mirror retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title inri studio & oldid 522246748 categories cinema of singaporehidden categories articles lacking sources from april 2010all articles lacking sources navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 9 november 2012 at 22 38 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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