Boo Junfeng

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Singaporean filmmaker

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Boo Junfeng (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a Singaporean filmmaker. Boo's films, Sandcastle (2010) and Apprentice (2016) have been screened at the Cannes Film Festival, beginning with his debut film, Sandcastle, which was an Critics' Week nominee.

Early life and education

Boo is a Singaporean of Chinese ethnicity, belonging to the Hokkien language supgroup. He graduated from the School of Film & Media Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic in 2003, and from the Puttnam School of Film, LASALLE College of the Arts, in 2009, where he was accorded the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts – the valedictorian honour of the college.

Career

Boo's films, many of which show a preoccupation with places and historical and personal memory, had won prizes and acclaim and had been shown in film festivals around the world. Boo's debut feature film Sandcastle (2010) was the first Singaporean film to be invited to the Critics' Week section at the Cannes Film Festival. Notable short films include Un Retrato De Familia (2004), Katong Fugue (2007), Keluar Baris (2008) and Tanjong Rhu (2009).

In 2013, Boo won the President’s Young Talents Credit Suisse Artist Commissioning Award for a video art piece, Mirror. Later that year, he participated at the Singapore Biennale with Happy and Free, a video installation that depicted a Singapore that remained a part of Malaysia in 2013 and was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the territories' merger. Boo's short film, "Parting" was released as part of the omnibus titled 7 Letters (2015) to commemorate Singapore's 50th year of independence.

Boo's second feature film Apprentice (2016) was selected at the Un Certain Regard section of the 2016 Cannes Film Festival. Executively produced by filmmaker Eric Khoo, the film is a psychological drama about a young Malay correctional officer who is transferred to Singapore's top prison where he befriends its soon-to-retire chief executioner. He also revealed in an interview that he is personally against the death penalty in Singapore.

In 2016, Boo received the Rising Director award at the 21st Busan International Film Festival's Asia Star Awards 2016.

Boo was selected as the creative director of the Singapore National Day Parade in 2018, 2021 and Singapore's diamond jubilee in 2025.

Filmography

  • Plague (part of 15 Shorts; 2018)
  • Apprentice (2016)
  • 7 Letters (omnibus - segment "Parting"; 2015)
  • Sandcastle (2010)
  • Tanjong Rhu (aka The Casuarina Cove) (short; 2009)
  • Keluar Baris / Homecoming (short; 2008)
  • Bedok Jetty (short; 2008)
  • Lucky 7 (omnibus - segment 3; 2007)
  • Katong Fugue (short; 2007)
  • The Changi Murals (short; 2006)
  • Guo Ke / Stranger (short; 2004)
  • Un Retrato De Familia / A Family Portrait (short; 2004)

Awards

References

References

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  2. (2 May 2017). "Royston Tan to produce Singapore's first dialect film anthology".
  3. "Kinema: A journal for Film and Audiovisual Media".
  4. "Yesterday.sg".
  5. "CNN Go: Boo Junfeng - Singapore's Next Filmmaking Star".
  6. Napolitano, Dean. (19 November 2010). "The Wall Street Journal: Singaporean Director Is Coming of Age".
  7. "SingaporeBiennale".
  8. (20 August 2014). "One film for Singapore's 50th year from seven top local directors, including Eric Khoo and Jack Neo". Singapore Press Holdings.
  9. (14 April 2016). "2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup". IndieWire.
  10. (14 April 2016). "Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup". Variety.
  11. (25 February 2014). "European partners board Boo Junfeng's Apprentice".
  12. (29 June 2016). "The world could use more empathy, says Apprentice director Boo Junfeng".
  13. (7 October 2016). "Singaporean director Boo Junfeng awarded Rising Director at Busan International Film Festival".
  14. (5 July 2018). "NDP 2018 creative director Boo Junfeng: 'Unity' is not just about 'propaganda'".
  15. Lim, Min Zhang. (21 August 2021). "WATCH: National Day Parade 2021". The Straits Times.
  16. Hadi, Eddino Abdul. (26 June 2025). "NDP 2025: Show at Padang to feature largest mobile stage in parade history". [[The Straits Times]].
  17. (19 November 2010). "Singaporean Director Is Coming of Age". Wall Street Journal.

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