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Elsa Wong

A Secret Portrait of Wan Hoi-Ling

  • Animation
RELEASE

2025-10-31

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LENGTH

13 min

Description

A sensuous, semi-fictional film installation that reconstructs the obscured life of Wan Hoi-Ling, who many have regarded as Singapore’s first female filmmaker. She co-directed Mutiara (1940), the first Singapore-Made Malay Talkie and made films focussed on nationhood. Working across Hong Kong and Singapore, she was imprisoned during the Japanese Occupation. Yet, her legacy has largely been buried—until now.

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