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Eric Khoo Brews Up Anthology Film ‘Kopitiam Days’ With Six Singapore Filmmakers


Anthology from six local directors pays tribute to Singapore as the country celebrates the 60th year of its founding.

From top left clockwise: Yeo Siew Hua, M. Raihan Halim, Shoki Lin, Ong Kuo Sin, Don Aravind, Tan Siyou.Zhao Wei Films EXCLUSIVE: Singapore producer, director and showrunner Eric Khoo is putting together an anthology film, Kopitiam Days, with six local directors including Locarno Golden Leopard winner Yeo Siew Hua ( A Land Imagined). “I was sitting in my favourite kopitiam last fall, sipping on my kopi o kosong (black coffee) and eating soft boiled eggs when the idea struck me – an anthology to celebrate Singapore’s 60th anniversary,” Khoo told Deadline. Yeo Siew Hua also recently directed Stranger Eyes, which premiered at Venice film festival, while M. Raihan Halim’s credits include La Luna, Singapore’s entry for Best International Feature at this year’s Oscars.

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