Royston Tan Movies

Fast, frenetic, and furious best describe the story of five teenage boys all but abandoned by the system, estranged from any parents, and discarded...

Three tales of love wrap around the true story of a blind and deaf woman named Theresa Chan. In the first an elderly shopkeeper is devoted to his...

Two Singaporean girls join together to form the Papaya Sisters, a getai group that sings at performances during the seventh lunar month. Big Papaya...

Parking attendant Fei Fei has always dreamed of becoming a singer, like her famous namesake – the legendary Taiwanese singer Fong Fei Fei. Fei...

Longing for human contact Xiao Wu tries all he can to make a connection through physical and metaphorical walls in that hour between night and day.

The Teenage Textbook Movie is a film adaptation of Adrian Tan's bestselling 1988 novel The Teenage Textbook. It is a lighthearted look at the lives...

As a child, Lian Hua dreamed of becoming a performer in Singapore's Getai shows, concerts staged the same month each year and featuring emotionally...

An emotive anthology by seven of Singapore's most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating SG50 through the lives and stories of Singaporeans. Directed by...

From Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to 12 Storeys (1997) to Sumpah Pontianak (The Curse of Pontianak) (1957), Singapore’s film industry is a diverse...

An award winning short with a hyper-kinetic, mind-bending foray into the world of adolescent Singaporean boys. '15': The Short; mixes documentary...

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the...

Choose your story in HIGH, the new interactive short film by Royston Tan.

24 follows the journey of a deceased sound recordist through twenty-four diverse environments after his death. These include a forest, a theatre, a...

A Chinese boy strikes an unlikely friendship with his elderly Malay neighbour who lives above him when his house ran out of water for a shower.

A musical, all-singing, all-dancing, attack on censorship in Singaporean movies

2002 short film by Royston Tan

Living with little wants in the countryside, Zhiren and his mother expressed their love and support for each other in a simple way — by...

In D.I.Y, the squeak of dirty plates, the tap of a finger against a seafood restaurant aquarium, the thump of feet inside a cargo lift, and many...

Two brothers go in search of their dead hamster in their childhood playground. This film is a tribute to one of the oldest playgrounds in singapore....

A 2004 short film by Royston Tan made of three parts: Blind / Old Parliament House / Capitol Cinema