Nelson Yeo

Nelson Yeo

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Nelson Yeo is a Singaporean filmmaker. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Filmmaking from Nanyang Technological University in 2011. He participated in Berlinale Talents Tokyo in 2014, BiFan Fantastic Film School in 2015 and Locarno Filmmakers Academy in 2018. He is currently working on his debut feature film which was selected to participate in SGIFF Southeast Asian Film Lab 2017.

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#LookAtMe 2022 (8.7)

A Youtuber posts an irreverent video trolling a megachurch pastor, in defence of his gay twin brother. He is vilified by society, tried in court, and pitted against a culture that threatens to destroy his family.
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Durian, Durian 2025 (8)

An absurdist film in which two lost souls find each other underneath a durian tree. Both fed up with life, and in search of some kind of salvation. Eventually, it arrives, but in a different form than expected. A short and vibrant work which captures the transience of life on sultry Super 8.
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Here is Not There 2020 (5)

Xun, a Chinese migrant worker, falls in love with Chong, a Malaysian colleague at her warehouse job. Their relationship is like an endless dance of two jellyfish in the ocean, making ends meet with no end in sight. Until one day, Xun announces she is pregnant, which is a deportable offense, and the fates of Xun and Chong are altered forever.