Internationally Acclaimed Director Yeo Siew Hua Talks Surveillance & Singapore on the SOUNDS OF FILM
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The latest episode of The Sounds of Film spotlights director Yeo Siew Hua, whose new film Stranger Eyes is a gripping meditation on voyeurism, surveillance, and the fragility of family. Known internationally for his Locarno Golden Leopard–winning A Land Imagined, Yeo returns with a story that begins as a mystery about a missing child but evolves into a profound reflection on intimacy and identity in a world where someone is always watching.
Set in modern Singapore, Stranger Eyes follows a young couple who, after the disappearance of their baby daughter, discover unsettling video recordings of their most private moments. As the police place them under surveillance to catch the voyeur, the family begins to fracture under the weight of exposure. The film raises urgent questions about what it means to exist as an image, how constant observation reshapes our sense of self, and whether true privacy still exists in the age of digital connectedness.
On The Sounds of Film, host Tom Needham delves into Yeo’s creative process, the philosophical roots of his work, and the emotional layers that ground the story in lived human experience. The conversation explores Yeo’s cinematic blending of realism and surrealism, his collaboration with acclaimed actor Lee Kang-Sheng, and the ways in which Stranger Eyes resonates in today’s surveillance-saturated culture.
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