NEWS: Singaporean Director-Producer Anthony Chen Builds Strong Slate1 min read
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Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen, who won Cannes’ Camera d’Or with his feature debut Ilo Ilo in 2013, and was chosen by Variety as one of its 10 Directors to Watch in the same year, is putting the finishing touches to his sophomore feature, Wet Season, which he is looking to premiere at an A-list festival. In the intervening six years, he has also been hard at work producing other filmmakers’ work.
Chen describes Wet Season as the story of a 40-year-old woman “who is having a bit of crisis in life and is on a journey to rediscover herself, redefine herself and restart [her life].” The woman’s friendship with a young man “helps her reaffirm her identity as a woman,” according to Memento Films Intl., which is handling international sales.
After directing several award-winning shorts, including Grandma, which won a special mention at Cannes in 2007, Chen was thrust into the global spotlight with the Camera d’Or win for Ilo Ilo. Set in 1997 during the Asian recession, the story of the relationship between a Filipino maid and her young ward struck a chord with audiences worldwide and won some 40 awards.
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