YEO SIEW HUA Strange eyes was submitted as a Singapore entry for the best category of international feature films during the 98th Annual Academy Awards.
Strange eyes made his debut during the Venice Film Festival last year.
The co-production of Singapore-Taiwan-France-Us features a Taiwanese overall distribution featuring the legendary actor-director Lee Kang-Sheng, Wu Chien-Ho, Annica Panna and Vera Chen. Malaysian actor Pete Teo and the Singaporean actress Xenia Tan also appear in the film. Fran Borgia is the producer.
Strange eyes Follows a young couple who receive strange videos while investigating the mysterious disappearance of their little girl. They realize that someone has filmed their daily life, including their most intimate moments. The police have set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur, but the tensions within the family stand up while the secrets collapsed under the examination of the eyes looking at them on all sides.
In an interview with Deadline outside Venice, Yeo said he had designed the idea for Strange eyes More than 10 years ago, but he and Borgia struck several “dead ends” by funding.
“We decided that we are going to try something else and present different projects, that’s how An imagined land came, ”Yeo told Deadline.
An imagined landYeo’s second feature film also continued to win the best original script and the best score of original film at Taipei Golden Horse Film Awards in 2019.
“After An imagined land Successful success, we decided to straighten Strange eyes“Said Yeo. Strange eyes In several laboratories from 2016 to 2022, including the Southeast Asia Fiction Film Lab, produced in the South and Nipkow Programm.
Last year, Singapore submitted Mr. Raihan Halim The moon to the best race of international feature films. He was not preselected.
