Nelson Yeo

Chang Er, a fairy maiden, embarks on a journey to the dark side of the moon to search for her lover Ho Yi, a sun-shooting archer who vanished on his quest to save the dying sun.

In the middle of the night, a woman drags a huge heavy bag on the street. The content of her bag is a mystery.

The earthworm is a tunnel with openings on each end where the Earth is consumed and excreted. Shot in the tunnel of the now defunct KTM railway – the tracks that once connected Singapore and Malaysia, Wormhole is a penetrating meditation on Man and orifices.

Two young children traverse an empty urban landscape and eventually meet in an abandoned building to watch a film.

In a discotheque stuck in the 80s, four lives intertwine as each searches for connection and meaning amidst the pulsating beats and timeless allure of an era that refuses to fade.

Three middle aged friends reunite for the first time in years. Each of them sets out to confess unexpressed feelings but their vacation takes a surprising turn when the undercurrent of their past lives threaten to resurface.

Chang Er, a fairy maiden, embarks on a journey to the dark side of the moon to search for her lover Ho Yi, a sun-shooting archer who vanished on his quest to save the dying sun.

Chang Er, a fairy maiden, embarks on a journey to the dark side of the moon to search for her lover Ho Yi, a sun-shooting archer who vanished on his quest to save the dying sun.

In the middle of the night, a woman drags a huge heavy bag on the street. The content of her bag is a mystery.

The earthworm is a tunnel with openings on each end where the Earth is consumed and excreted. Shot in the tunnel of the now defunct KTM railway – the tracks that once connected Singapore and Malaysia, Wormhole is a penetrating meditation on Man and orifices.

Two young children traverse an empty urban landscape and eventually meet in an abandoned building to watch a film.

In a discotheque stuck in the 80s, four lives intertwine as each searches for connection and meaning amidst the pulsating beats and timeless allure of an era that refuses to fade.

In a discotheque stuck in the 80s, four lives intertwine as each searches for connection and meaning amidst the pulsating beats and timeless allure of an era that refuses to fade.

Three middle aged friends reunite for the first time in years. Each of them sets out to confess unexpressed feelings but their vacation takes a surprising turn when the undercurrent of their past lives threaten to resurface.

Three middle aged friends reunite for the first time in years. Each of them sets out to confess unexpressed feelings but their vacation takes a surprising turn when the undercurrent of their past lives threaten to resurface.

An absurdist film in which two lost souls find each other underneath a durian tree. Both fed up with life, and in search of some kind of salvation. Eventually, it arrives, but in a different form than expected. A short and vibrant work which captures the transience of life on sultry Super 8.

An absurdist film in which two lost souls find each other underneath a durian tree. Both fed up with life, and in search of some kind of salvation. Eventually, it arrives, but in a different form than expected. A short and vibrant work which captures the transience of life on sultry Super 8.

An absurdist film in which two lost souls find each other underneath a durian tree. Both fed up with life, and in search of some kind of salvation. Eventually, it arrives, but in a different form than expected. A short and vibrant work which captures the transience of life on sultry Super 8.

Repurposing and manipulating classic film footage and the filmmaker’s personal footage, the film weaves a phantasmagoric narrative of a Chinese lady named Ma Li who dreams she is a Caucasian named Mary.

Repurposing and manipulating classic film footage and the filmmaker’s personal footage, the film weaves a phantasmagoric narrative of a Chinese lady named Ma Li who dreams she is a Caucasian named Mary.

Three former schoolmates—a married couple and a carefree bachelor—now middle-aged, reunite at a chalet. Hazy memories of the past are stirred up, leading to the resurfacing of a long-buried love triangle. The trio are left to confront their repressed feelings.

Three former schoolmates—a married couple and a carefree bachelor—now middle-aged, reunite at a chalet. Hazy memories of the past are stirred up, leading to the resurfacing of a long-buried love triangle. The trio are left to confront their repressed feelings.

What if the world were to come to an end? In this speculative fiction, a post-apocalyptic landscape serves as a site where time and space converge, collide, and splinter. Characters populate these pasts, presents, and futures as they come to terms with love, loss, and death.

Where The Light Shines Through documents the genesis and evolution of Rirkrit Tiravanija’s untitled 2018 (the infinite dimensions of smallness) for National Gallery Singapore’s Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Commission. From the sourcing and transformation of bamboo in Chiang Mai, to its installation in Singapore, the documentary gives rare insights into the making of the artwork. By tracing Rirkrit's thoughts and portraying his cultural and spiritual environment, it offers broader understanding of his artistic practice. Structured around three meals, from day to night, the film meditates on the differences and similarities between two cities where the work was developed.

A building in Singapore. Inside it, three people seemingly disconnected not only from each other but from the world as a whole. Social distancing is not just a WHO health protocol, it is a state of being among people within a society that, instead of living, performs life. An audiovisual work that manages to think of the pandemic as an aesthetic experience, an atmosphere, and not as a “theme”.

Xun, a Chinese migrant worker, falls in love with Chong, a Malaysian colleague at her warehouse job. Their relationship is like an endless dance of two jellyfish in the ocean, making ends meet with no end in sight. Until one day, Xun announces she is pregnant, which is a deportable offense, and the fates of Xun and Chong are altered forever.

A young man in a cowboy hat delivers rolls of money received from his agent to other people with whom he has an unexplained and estranged relationship with: his friend, father, and “someone”, before having his last meal.

A son witnesses a confrontation between his father and an assassin sent by his longtime arch-rival. Filmed in sepia tones and seeping with sleepy suspense, this Singapore-style HDB Western in the vein of Sergio Leone was first screened at The Substation’s First Take in 2008.

Struggling with the memory of a past love, Andrew discovers that letting go is not as straightforward as it seems.

14-year-old Xiaowu is interrogated for his sin, after murdering a girl from school.

A chance encounter led a pair of old ex-lovers to unite again under the Five Trees.

In a quiet HDB void deck, one chinese man rants and raves. Believing himself to be the colonial administrator William Farquhar, the man preaches of the contributions he has made to Singapore, in comparison to his superior Stamford Raffles. Oblivious and bored, everyone ignores him. But the man continues his tirade towards the camera. Who is he even talking to?

In a quiet HDB void deck, one chinese man rants and raves. Believing himself to be the colonial administrator William Farquhar, the man preaches of the contributions he has made to Singapore, in comparison to his superior Stamford Raffles. Oblivious and bored, everyone ignores him. But the man continues his tirade towards the camera. Who is he even talking to?