Amoeba

TITLE

Amoeba
by Tan Siyou
Singapore, the Netherlands, France, Spain, South Korea
2025

SYNOPSIS

At an authoritarian all-girls school, four misfit teens form a secret gang. Their fumbling rebellion unearths buried desires and the quiet violence of growing up in contemporary Singapore.

ACCOLADES

Toronto International Film Festival 2025 (Canada)

Discovery Section

Busan International Film Festival 2025 (South Korea)

A Window on Asian Cinema

Pingyao International Film Festival 2025 (China)

Fei Mu Awards (Best Actress)
Youth Jury Award
Cinephilia Critics Award

Filmfest Hamburg 2025 (Germany)

Official Selection

Bangkok International Film Festival 2025 (Thailand)

Official Selection

AFI Fest 2025 (USA)

Official Selection

QCinema 2025 (Philippines)

New Horizons Best Film

Tokyo FILMeX 2025 (Japan)

In Competition

Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2025 (Taiwan)

FIPRESCI Prize
Best New Director nominee
Taiwan Film Critics Society Award

Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2025 (Australia)

Best Youth Film

Singapore International Film Festival 2025 (Singapore)

Asian Feature Film Competition

Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2025 (Indonesia)

In Competition

Marrakech International Film Festival 2025 (Morocco)

International Competition

QUOTES

“Amoeba‘s setting and exploration provide the primary interest in Tan’s debut feature, which deals explicitly with the cosmopolitan identity of Singapore, and what it means to the young people in the city-state...”
— The Film Stage

“Shows us that teenage world of strength and sensitivity, the rites of passage these girls make for themselves in a society than denies them...”
— Screen Anarchy

“[A] perceptive feature debut about the quest for girlhood in Singapore... articulates the thorny phenomenon, so central to Amoeba, of a generation of youth grappling with who they are. struggle to process death...”
— In Review Online

CREDITS

Writer & Director: TAN SIYOU
Producer: FRAN BORGIA
Co-Producers: DENIS VASLIN, ANTOINE SIMKINE, LUISA ROMEO, HAN SUNHEE
Executive Producer: FRAN BORGIA
Line Producers: SHIRMAINE ONG, TAN BAO YING
Director of Photography: NEUS OLLÉ, BSC, AEC
Colourist: LIONEL KOPP
Production Designer: SAM MANACSA
Editor: FÉLIX REHM
Supervising Sound Editor: JAIM SAHULEKA
Cast: RANICE TAY, NICOLE LEE, LIM SHI-AN, GENEVIEVE TAN, JACK KAO, NG MUN POH, JANICE KOH, JO TAN, ZELDA TATIANA NG, DOREEN TOH

An AKANGA FILM ASIA, VOLYA FILMS, LES FILMS D’ANTOINE, MARARÍA FILMS, THE WIDELOG OFFICE production

TECHNICAL SPECS

Aspect Ratio: 1:1.66
Colour
Countries: SINGAPORE, THE NETHERLANDS, FRANCE, SPAIN, SOUTH KOREA
Language: ENGLISH, MANDARIN
Runtime: 98’
Sales Agent: DIVERSION
Distributor (Singapore): ANTICIPATE FILMS

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