Kris Ong
Directing
Biography
Kris Ong is the Singaporean writer/ director of several short films and music videos that have collectively screened at international film festivals and platforms such as MTV Asia. Her latest short film ‘Sunday', had its world premiere at the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019. She is the co-writer of the feature film Ajoomma, to be directed by He Shuming (SEAFIC Award Winner 2018.) Kris was the youngest participant at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Southeast Asian Film Lab in 2014, and has written script coverage for an international variety of scripts, short stories and novels since 2016. In 2019 she joined HBO Asia as a script consultant.
Known For
A widow obsessed with Korean soap operas travels abroad for the first time in her life and finds more than she bargained for in Seoul.
Ajoomma
Uncovers the remarkable story of how this small nation has made an indelible mark on Asian cinema in the past five years. Through exclusive interviews and captivating scenes across seven countries, we learn the rich diversity of Singaporean stories, and cast a forward-looking gaze towards an exciting cinematic future. A documentary commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Singapore Film Commission.
Singapore Films: To The World & Back
A young woman with a full body rash is driven to violence during a forbidden encounter with her sister’s boyfriend.
Sunday
A film about a fictional island shaped like a human body that cannot be conquered or fully understood. It uses a mix of archived and newly filmed footage to tell a story of adventure and discovery, exploring our relationship with our body, earth, and climate.
Mountain Land: A Celebration
Roaming the streets one night, Darren and Matt write a song about what’s to come in their happy-go-lucky world.