Yang Xiuhua

Yang Xiuhua

Yeo Siew Hua, born in Singapore on April 1, 1985, is a Singapore director and screenwriter. He graduated from Yi'an Polytechnic and National University of Singapore.

In 2009, he wrote and directed his first feature film "Scarecrow" to start his career. Since then, the film has been shortlisted in Bangkok International Film Festival. In 2012, he directed the short film "earthworm", which was shortlisted for the kinoflow K í s é rleti Film Festival. In 2014, he directed the documentary《 TheObs:ASingaporeStory 》。 In 2015, he directed the short film mountain of knives, which was shortlisted for the 12th Singapore shortcuts.

In 2016, he directed the short film the Minotaur. In 2018, he directed the feature film magic land, which won many awards such as the Golden Leopard award at the 71st Locarno International Film Festival, and Yang Xiuhua was nominated for the best new director award at the 13th Asian Film Awards. In the same year, the screenwriter's play "stride eyes" was shortlisted by the Asian Film Foundation of Busan Film Festival. In 2019, the director's short film "invitation" was shortlisted for the Singapore International Film Festival.

Acting experience

In 2009, he wrote and directed his first feature film scarecrow, which officially opened his career. Since then, the film has been shortlisted in the Southeast Asia competition unit of Bangkok International Film Festival. In 2012, he directed the short film "earthworm", which was shortlisted for the kinoflow K í s é rleti Film Festival. 2014, director of documentary《 TheObs:ASingaporeStory 》The film tells the story of the observation, a Singapore electronic orchestra. In 2015, he directed the short film mountain of knives, which was shortlisted for the 12th Singapore shortcuts. In 2016, he directed the short film the Minotaur. in 2018, he directed the feature film "magic earth", which tells the story of two policemen who lost contact with a foreign laborer working on a local reclamation site. After its release, the film won many awards such as the Golden Leopard award at the 71st logano International Film Festival, and Yang Xiuhua was nominated for the best new director award at the 13th Asian Film Awards. In the same year, the screenwriter's play "stride eyes" was shortlisted by the Asian Film Foundation of Busan Film Festival. in 2019, he directed the short film "invitation", which premiered in Singapore International Film Festival.

Main works

Directing works

Screenwriter's works

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Yang Xiuhua's film nutrition comes from Ingmar Bergman, Yang Dechang, Hou Xiaoxian, Koizumi an Erlang, Kenji Mizoguchi, Yoshino narase and other directors. However, the atmosphere presented in his feature film "magic land" is quite different from those of the above directors. The film has the flavor of black film, dark background, low light source lighting, detective and even a fatally attractive female role It is difficult to connect the topics mentioned above with the actual presentation style. (by Weng huangde, a film critic in Taiwan) Yang Xiuhua has a strong interest in the topic of globalization. What he creates in the unreal land is a sense of infinite possibility, which actually extends to the horizon. (review of cinema scope)