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Stranger Eyes

Directed by Yeo Siew Hua
Singapore
2024
126 mins

Synopsis

Anonymous CCTV recordings show up on a grieving couple’s doorstep after their baby goes missing in this twisty thriller, the first-ever Singaporean film in competition at Venice.

In bustling Singapore, young couple Junyang (Wu Chien-ho) and Peiying (Anicca Panna) are despondent after the abduction of their child. Soon, they begin receiving DVDs with footage of their final moments with her, setting off a tense police investigation. Suspicion falls on their enigmatic neighbour, Wu (Tsai Ming-liang collaborator Lee Kang-sheng, superb), and surveillance on everyone intensifies, causing cracks in the couple’s own façade. Soon, buried secrets and hidden desires surface in their cramped high-rise apartment. This evocative and surprising thriller from Locarno winner Yeo Siew Hua (A Land Imagined) brings Rear Window and Caché (Hidden) into the age of screens, surveillance culture and urban sprawl.

Limited seats are available for patrons requiring access for wheelchairs, low vision and hearing loop. Please contact our ticketing team directly on 1300 733 733 or tickets@sff.org.au to complete your booking.

“Stranger Eyes comments thoughtfully on a collective eradication of private life via sundry screens and lenses, and a fraying of the social fabric as a result”
Guy Lodge, Variety

Tickets

Fri 6 June 2025, 8:20pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
Mon 9 June 2025, 6:30pm
Event Cinemas George Street - Cinema 3
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
Sun 15 June 2025, 6:30pm
Dendy Newtown - Cinema 1
WheelchairSubtitledAssisted Listening
  • Program Strand
    Features
  • Original Title
    默視錄
  • Year
    2024
  • Classification
    Unclassified 18+
  • Country
    Singapore, Taiwan, France, USA
  • Language
    In Mandarin with English subtitles
  • Director
    Yeo Siew Hua
  • Producer
    Fran Borgia, Stefano Centini, Jean-Laurent Csinidis, Alex C. Lo
  • Cast
    Anicca Panna, Lee Kang-sheng, Wu Chien-ho
  • Screenwriter
    Yeo Siew Hua
  • Cinematographer
    Hideho Urata
  • Editor
    Jean-Christophe Bouzy
  • Genre
    Asia, Thriller & Crime
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Australian Distributor: Palace Films
  • Official Website
    Visit

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