A LAND IMAGINED
Valladolid IFF, 2018
Drama
95'
SYNOPSIS
A migrant worker from China goes missing at a Singapore land reclamation site after suffering from insomnia. The trail leads the police to discover more than just history buried under all that sand.
PEOPLE
Director
Yeo Siew Hua
Writer
Yeo Siew Hua
Main cast
Yu as Lok Luna
Kwok as Mindy
Liu Xiaoyi as Wang
Jack Tan as Jason
Ishtiaque Zico as Ajit
Crew
Director of Photography: Hideho Urata
(Co-) Producers
Financiers
Akanga Film Asia (SI), Films de Force Majeure (FR), Volya Films (NL)
Netherlands Film Fund, Hubert Bals Fund, Torino Film Lab Audience Design Fund 2018, CNC (Cinémas du monde), IMDA (New Talents Feature Grant), MM2 Entertainment, Vietnam Prize
FESTIVALS
2018 Valladolid International Film Festival, Nominated for Golden Spike Award for Best Film
2018 Singapore International Film Festival, winner of the Best Film Prize in the Asian Feature Film Competition
2019 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Winner of the Special Mention - Jury Award
2018 QCinema International Film Festival Winner of the Pylon Best Picture - Asian Next Wave Competition
2018 Pingyao International Film Festival Winner of the Jury Prize - Roberto Rossellini Awards
2019 Nepal International Film Festival Winner of the Best International Feature Film, Gautam Buddha Award
2018 London East Asia Film Festival Winner of the Special Jury Mention
2018 Locarno International Film Festival, Winner of the Golden Leopard, Junior Jury Award and Prize of the Ecumenical Jury
2019 Hong Kong International Film Festival, nomination for the Firebird Award
2018 Golden Horse Film Festival, nominated for the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film
2018 Five Flavours Asian Film Festival, nominated for Best Film - New Asian Cinema Competition
2018 El Gouna Film Festival nominated for El Gouna Gold Star - Feature Narrative Competition
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