Amoeba
Singapore Premiere
Tan Siyou Singapore, France, The Netherlands, Spain, South Korea 2025 98 min Rating To Be Advised
A crew of misfits chafe against an oppressive school environment in this empathetic portrait of youthful defiance.
At an elite all-girls school, new student Choo Xin Yu forges a close bond with three classmates who share her rebellious spirit. Their band of outsiders mimic the rituals of street gangsters, yearning for freedom from Singapore’s rigid social expectations. But authority figures attempt to suppress even these innocent shenanigans, while powerful modes of social conditioning permeate the most intimate friendships.
As the next stage of life beckons, differences in class privilege and personal ambition come into sharper focus, and loyalties are tested. Amoeba centres the anguish and ambivalence of adolescence amidst a culture that demands absolute discipline and conformity.
Synopsis Writer: Tracey Toh
Q&A with Filmmaker(s), Audience Choice Award
29 Nov, Sat 7:30PM / 98 min
Golden Village Cineleisure, Hall 5
Q&A with Filmmaker(s), Audience Choice Award
1 Dec, Mon 7:00PM / 98 min
Golden Village Bugis, Hall 3
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Amoeba
Tan Siyou
Singapore, France, The Netherlands, Spain, South Korea
2025
English, Mandarin
English, Mandarin
98 min
Rating To Be Advised
Singapore Premiere
Tan Siyou
Tan Siyou is a Los Angeles-based filmmaker originally from Singapore. Tan’s short films Strawberry Cheesecake (2021) and Hello Ahma (2019) have been screened at international film festivals, including Locarno and Berlinale. Amoeba is her debut feature and premiered at Toronto.
Ranice Tay,
Nicole Lee,
Lim Shi-An,
Genevieve Tan,
Jack Kao
Fran Borgia,
Denis Vaslin,
Antoine Simkine,
Luisa Romeo,
Han Sunhee
