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Singapore City [Singapore]September 19 (ANI): Singapore has chosen ‘Stranger Eyes’ as its official submission for the 98th Academy Awards’ greatest worldwide characteristic movie class, the Singapore Film Commission has revealed, reported Variety.

The surveillance thriller, written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua, made historical past as the primary Singaporean movie chosen for the primary competitors on the Venice Film Festival, the place it world premiered on the 81st version, based on the outlet.

The atmospheric psychological drama explores themes of surveillance, grief and id. This marks Yeo’s second Oscar submission following ‘A Land Imagined,’ which gained the Golden Leopard at Locarno and represented Singapore in 2018, reported Variety.

“It’s a real honour to represent Singapore again for a second time since my previous film,” mentioned Yeo.

“Thank you to all who have given me this opportunity to explore how we are looking at each other through this film. It is important to keep our stories alive and to continue to tell stories that matter,” added Yeo as quoted by Variety.

According to the outlet, ‘Stranger Eyes’ is a global co-manufacturing involving firms from Singapore, Taiwan, France and the U.S., together with Akanga Film Asia, Volos Films, Films de Force Majeure and Cinema Inutile.

Following Venice, the movie opened each the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Singapore International Film Festival in 2024. Playtime handles worldwide gross sales, whereas Film Movement is releasing within the U.S.

Producer Fran Borgia of Akanga Film Asia mentioned: “We started developing ‘Stranger Eyes’ 10 years ago and couldn’t have achieved this great privilege to be Singapore’s Oscars representative without the belief and support of the IMDA and SFC as well as our coproduction partners. We’re proud that a multinational film like ‘Stranger Eyes,’ reflecting Singapore’s precious diversity, can showcase our nation’s plurality on the world stage,” as quoted by Variety.

Yvonne Tang, assistant chief govt at IMDA, highlighted the movie’s worldwide attain, noting it has screened in over 10 territories and displays the rising power of Made-with-Singapore productions alongside 9 different movies that premiered at main festivals together with Cannes, Toronto and Busan this 12 months. (ANI)