Singapore filmmaker wins awards at Locarno Film Festival
Singaporean film-maker Nelson Yeo’s debut feature Dreaming & Dying has won two awards at the Locarno Film Festival, The Straits Times reported.
Singapore filmmaker wins awards at Locarno Film Festival
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Singapore filmmaker wins awards at Locarno Film Festival

Photo: Locarno Film Festival
Eurasia 15/08/2023 19:05

Singaporean film-maker Nelson Yeo’s debut feature Dreaming & Dying has won two awards at the Locarno Film Festival, The Straits Times reported.

The film, which had its world premiere at the prestigious Swiss festival, held from Aug 2 to last Saturday, won the coveted Filmmakers of the Present – Golden Leopard (Pardo d’oro Cineasti del presente) award and Swatch First Feature Award (Prize for Best First Feature), according to the newspaper.

It was the first time a South-east Asian film and Singaporean director had won the two top prizes in the Cineasti del presente category of the film festival, according to a press statement, The Straits Times pointed out.
Source: Locarno Film Festival Facebook
Dreaming is a fantasy drama about three middle-aged friends on holiday who are meeting for the first time in years. Things take a turn when something from their past comes to the surface. It stars Straits Times Life Theatre Awards winner Doreen Toh, veteran television and film actor Peter Yu, and actor Kelvin Ho, and is shot by rising Singaporean cinematographer Lincoln Yeo, the newspaper added.

“It is a really amazing experience to return to Locarno Film Festival with my first feature film, Dreaming & Dying, to win this distinguished award and screen to sold-out audiences who appreciate and love our film,” said Nelson Yeo, who is also the film’s screenwriter, in the press statement.

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