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Unveiling the poster for AMOEBA, featuring our four favourite misfits as they form a secret gang, and their fumbling rebellion unearths buried desires and the quiet violence of growing up in contemporary Singapore.

🖼️: @joaorosa1986 by @seeuoo

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“Does the Merlion really exist?” In Amoeba, the latest coming-of-age film from Singapore, four girls at an elite school ask exactly this question.

Director Siyou Tan’s debut feature portrays a fluid and rebellious girlhood. The girls defend their right to nap, explore caves, form a girl gang, and try to catch a ghost on a DV camera. Together, these moments stir something restless within a neat and orderly Singaporean school.

Bun Bites Screening will screen Amoeba on 10.24, exploring the many different forms of girlhood.

Director Siyou Tan will join an online Q&A after the film, moderated by Dr Shzr Ee Tan (Royal Holloway, University of London).

⏰ Saturday 24 October, 18:20
📍 Genesis Cinema, 93–95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ
🎫 link in bio / Genesis Cinema

This screening is supported by @revo_lutionarygirl

Following the screening, we are partnering with artist Youjia @yukayukaq to host “Between the Bells”, a creative writing workshop at The Feminist Library on 25 October. The workshop will continue exploring friendship between high school girls and East Asian coming-of-age stories.

⏰ Sunday 25 October, 14:00  📍 The Feminist Library, 161 Sumner Road, London SE15 6JL 🎫 The Feminist Library website or bio link (free for 24 October screening ticket holders with proof of purchase)

More details coming soon in our next post. taken in Genesis Cinema by @seeuoo

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Very happy to see AMOEBA filmmaker Siyou Tan (@seeuoo) on @filmmakermag’s 25 New Faces of Film list!

“Tan has an assured, intuitive sense of how to calibrate teenage mischief, angst, and sincerity.”

AMOEBA opens in 2027 from Dekanalog.

#arthousefilm #independentfilm #dekanalog by @seeuoo

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19 days ago

AMOEBA by SIYOU TAN
NEW YORK PREMIERE
Q&A with SIYOU TAN moderated by CRISTINE BRACHE

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16 at 7PM
ROXY CINEMA

TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE AT WWW.THEDOWNTOWNFESTIVAL.COM by @seeuoo

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Director Siyou Tan (@seeuoo) joins us on Friday, July 24th for a Q+A following a screening of AMOEBA (2025), a shot-in-the-arm of emancipatory energy that thumbs its nose at the Singaporean culture of state-enforced decorum, featuring one of the most charming central ensembles in recent memory.⁠
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👯 Part of our series, Among Friends, a program of films that united by their heightened, sensitive attention to the intricate, subtle, and oft-unspoken dynamics of female friendships. by @seeuoo

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Geïnspireerd door haar eigen jeugd maakte de in Los Angeles wonende regisseur Siyou Tan coming-of-age-film Amoeba (nu te zien in Cineville!), over een groep meiden die opboksen tegen het schoolsysteem van Singapore en hun eigen gang beginnen. Op filmfestival @cinemasianl spreken we Tan over de liefde die ze voelde voor haar eerste vriendengroep, het neerhalen van standbeelden en de geest die ze tegenkwam in haar kamer.

'Vriendschappen zijn voor mij altijd belangrijker geweest dan romantische relaties. Ze zijn puur, omdat je samen door het leven navigeert en dingen uitpuzzelt zonder dat iemand je vertelt hoe het moet.'

'Mijn familie verhuisde en ik kreeg eindelijk een eigen kamer, nadat ik jarenlang eentje met mijn zussen had gedeeld. Ik was dolblij, maar er bleek dus een geest in te zitten. De eerste keer was ik doodsbang. Toen ik het mijn moeder vertelde, zei ze ijskoud dat geesten niet bestaan. Dat zorgde ervoor dat ik mijn eigen realiteit compleet ging bevragen.’

'Uiteindelijk nam ik mijn vrienden in vertrouwen, en zij besloten me direct te helpen. De een gaf me een katholiek gebedskaartje, de ander zei dat ik boeddhistische verzen moest opzeggen. Iedereen probeerde wat. Dat was een keerpunt in mijn leven: ik realiseerde me dat mijn vrienden essentieel waren om te overleven, terwijl mijn ouders me nooit écht zouden zien voor wie ik was.'

Amoeba is nu te zien in Cineville. Ons interview met Siyou Tan lees je op cineville.nl en in de Cineville App. by @seeuoo

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在成长的某个阶段,你是否也曾觉得自己“格格不入”?对Siyou来说,这样的感觉并不陌生。她在较为严谨的环境中长大,也曾试图在既定轨道中寻找自己的位置。这些经历后来慢慢沉淀,成为她首部长片《Amoeba》的起点。作品不仅描绘青春里的叛逆与不安,也记录了那些在不被理解的日子里,支撑彼此走下去的亲密关系。 ( @seeuoo / @amoeba.mov )

点击Link in Bio阅读全文。

Photographer @thisabelle_
Art Director @soishou
Stylist @ckinfolk
Hairstylist & Makeup Artist @decorumstyles , @decorumsalon , Using @theouai and @fentybeauty
Writer @jolinxhere

#themillennialtalk #nuyousingapore #singapore #filmmaker #amoeba taken in Singapore by @seeuoo

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𝗖𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗺𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮 𝗢𝗡 𝗧𝗢𝗨𝗥 returns tomorrow! We’ll be kicking off with 𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙖 by Tan Siyou at our first stop: @filmhuisdenhaag at 20:30!

This screening will be introduced by our Artistic Director @daruneeeeeeee and all visitors to the opening will receive a free drink before the screening🥂

🎥Take a sneak peek into the world of 𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙖 through this conversation with director @seeuoo during our main festival last month!

𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙖 will be travelling to Den Haag (15 & 20 May) and Rotterdam (30 May) for our ON TOUR edition! You definitely don’t want to miss this beautiful coming-of-age drama!

✨Choo, a school dropout, has recently been transferred to an elite, authoritarian all-girls high school in Singapore. Her rebellious attitude instantly bonds her with 3 other misfits in her class—Vanessa, Sofia, and Gina. Together, they secretly form a gang, inspired by stories about the triad gangs that ruled the streets of colonial Singapore and defied the authorities openly. The girls become inseparable to each other, but as graduation approaches and the question of life after school looms, cracks begin to form.

🎬Tan Siyou makes her feature debut with 𝘼𝙢𝙤𝙚𝙗𝙖—an organism that stands in for a self disconnected from the world around them, surviving by retreating into isolation. At the same time, the film is a striking, humorous coming-of-age film that speaks to those unforgettable friendships formed out of rebelling from the norm; especially in an environment where every action is scrutinised, every gesture of friendship could be an act of defiance.

🎟️Head to www.cinemasia.nl to secure your tickets now! by @seeuoo

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had the absolute pleasure of speaking w GEM @seeuoo about her special film @amoeba.mov now available for rent via the @letterboxd video store 🤍

go watch this film as soon as u can!!! only available till May 28th!

#amoeba #siyoutan #letterboxd #movietok #fyp by @seeuoo

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Gold Ear of Wheat MaialFF 2026
Amoeba (SG/NL/FR/ES/KR)
Director: Tan Siyou
Espiga de Trigo de Ouro MaialFF 2026
Amoeba (SG/NL/FR/ES/KR)
Realizador: Tan Siyou

Partnerships and sponsored by:
@prestigio_da_maia @orgalimpressores
@sociedade_comercial_c_santos @buondioficial
@taberna_do_visconti @maisumcasting by @seeuoo

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Studio lights, a director’s chair, and for once, someone else calling the shots.

Tan Siyou sat for @thepeaksg’s April issue, a four-page feature on the making of Amoeba, girlhood and the small rebellions that shape a life.

Text by Lu Yawen, photography by Lawrence Teo, art direction by Ashruddin Sani, hair & makeup by Benedict Choo for @thepeaksg.
#baübPR #amoebamovie #seeuoo taken in Singapore by @seeuoo

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Catch Amoeba — QCinema 2025 New Horizons Best Film, and stay for an exclusive talkback with director Siyou Tan right after the screening.

March 25, 2025
Wednesday, 7:00 PM
Harong, 56 Mother Ignacia, Quezon City

Free admission!
Harong Queens' Drag Aftershow, will take place after the talkback.

Pre-register at:
bit.ly/miyerkulet

Presented by:
Human Rights and People Empowerment Center
Teatro Tao sa Tao
Harong Queens

#MiyerKULET
#HRPEC
#HarongQueens by @seeuoo

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