WET SEASON

ASIAN FEATURE
GOLDEN & SILVER HANOMAN AWARDS
DIRECTED BY ANTHONY CHEN
103 Minutes | Fiction | Colour |
o.v. Mandarin, English | sub. English | Singapore, 2019
SCHEDULE
20 NOV | WED | 19:00 | Studio 1
23 NOV | SAT | 10:10 | Studio 2
SYNOPSIS
It is Monsoon season in Singapore and the city is pouring with rain.
Wet Season follows the plight of Ling, a Chinese language teacher, whose marriage and school life are fraying apart because she is unable to bear a child. But an unlikely friendship with a student helps her reaffirm her identity as a woman.
Musim hujan telah tiba di Singapura dan seluruh kota dibasuh oleh hujan.
Wet Season menceritakan keterpurukan Ling, seorang guru bahasa Cina, yang pernikahan dan kehidupan sekolahnya porak-poranda karena ketidakmampuannya mengandung seorang anak. Namun, sebuah persahabatan aneh dengan seorang murid membantunya dalam menguatkan kembali identitasnya sebagai seorang wanita
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DIRECTOR’S FILMOGRAPHY

Anthony Chen
(Singapore, 1984)
2019 WET SEASON (feature) – Nominee, Platform Prize, 2019 Toronto International Film Festival 2013 ILO-ILO (feature) – Achievement in Directing, 2013 Asia Pasific Screen Awards – Sutherland Trophy, 2013 British Film Institute Awards, England – Emerging Filmmaker Award, 2014 CAAMFest – Golden Camera, 2013 Cannes Film Festival, France – Best Screenplay, 2014 China Film Media Awards – New Talent Award, 2013 Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2012 KARUNG GUNI (short) 2011 THE REUNION DINNER (short) 2008 HAZE(short) 2007 GRANDMA (AH MA) (short) – Special Mention, Short Film, 2007 Cannes Film Festival, France 2005 (short) G-23 – ‘Emile Cantillon’ Award, 2005 Brussels International Independent Film Festival, Belgium |
Production Company
Giraffe Pictures
Contact:
Memento Films International : gaelle@memento-films.com