Ellery Ngiam

In a hotel overlooking the Sea of Japan, six disparate stories inter-connect giving time a shape, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on top of another. Murder, sacrifice, betrayal, longing and regret weave into a tapestry of souls remembering and forgetting.

An overworked primary school boy struggles to live up to his workaholic mother’s expectations, resulting in a fatal decision. Made with Ellery’s 24th birthday lottery winnings, Crammed won the Asian New Force IFVA Critics Award at the 2003 Hong Kong Independent Short Film & Video Festival.