Kelvin Tong

Known for his range and ability to traverse both mainstream movies and arthouse cinema Kelvin Tong embarked on his filmmaking journey in 1995 with Moveable Feast The quirky short codirected with Jasmine Ng and Sandi Tan about one mans obsession with the rituals of eating garnered a Special Mention at the 1996 ClermontFerrand Film Festival as well as the Best Short Film Award at the 1995 Singapore International Film Festival Silver Screen Awards Moveable Feast was the first piece of Singapore cinema to be showcased at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York Kelvin Tong made his feature debut alongside codirector Jasmine Ng in 1999 with Eating Air which represented Singapore extensively in numerous international film festivals Kelvin Tongs second feature The Maid was an atmospheric horror film based on the rituals and superstitions of the Chinese in Singapore It broke box office records in Singapore and won the Asian Award at the 2006 European Fantastic Film Festivals Federation In 2006 Kelvin Tong received Singapores highest national artistic award for youth the Young Artist Award Following The Maid Kelvin Tongs career took on a regional dimension His third feature Love Story 2006 was produced by Hong Kong screen legend Andy Lau It took the Best Director Award at the 2006 Singapore International Film Festival and was chosen as the closing film at the 2006 Locarno International Film Festival Kelvin Tongs fourth feature Rule 1 2007 was a supernatural noir thriller shot in Hongkong Returning to Singapore Kelvin Tong made the thriller Kidnapper in 2009 and Its A Great Great World in 2010