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Cannes Caméra d’Or Winner Anthony Chen Begins Production on ‘We Are All Strangers,’ Completing His ‘Growing Up’ Trilogy (EXCLUSIVE)
Singaporean filmmaker Anthony Chen has begun production on 'We Are All Strangers,' the third and final film in his acclaimed 'Growing Up' trilogy.
The project reunites Chen with actors Yeo Yann Yann and Koh Jia Ler, who starred in both previous installments of the trilogy, 2013’s “Ilo Ilo” and 2019’s “Wet Season.” Set in contemporary Singapore and spanning two and a half years, the film is Chen’s most ambitious work yet – an epic story capturing intimate moments of love, life, and coming of age in the city-state. “I filmed Jia Ler at 11 and then again at 17, so it felt like a natural step to capture him approaching adulthood,” Chen said of his continuing collaboration with the young actor. As a producer through his Giraffe Pictures banner, Chen has nurtured other Asian filmmakers’ work, including Kirsten Tan’s Sundance winner “Pop Aye” (2017), He Shuming’s “Ajoomma” (2022), Sorayos Prapapan’s “Arnold Is a Model Student” (2022), Neo Sora’s “Happyend” (2024), and Tumpal Tampubolon’s “Crocodile Tears” (2024).
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