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Gilbert Chan is a multiple award-winning writer/director/trainer residing in Singapore. His writing accolades include the top prize in the Singapore Screenplay Awards in 2001 and the merit award at the prestigious Mda Scriptwriting Competition in 2002. He also won the Utv International Award for the short film “A Cantonese Crime Story”. In addition, he won the Script Development Grant from the Singapore Film Commission for his movie treatment “Little Genius” and “The Girl Next Door”. “2359”, which he wrote and directed, was a box office and critical success, earning more than Sgd$1.5million in Singapore. The movie has been touted as “creepy and unnerving” (The New Paper) and “one of the scarier local film productions” (F*** magazine). 2359 is sold to Magnolia Pictures, who distributed the movie in the United States. Gilbert is also an accomplished media/arts trainer, having worked with many schools and institutions on various arts development programs.

About the Film

During the last few weeks, reports about thousands of immigrant workers in Singapore contracting the Corona virus (accounting from close to 80% of the overall infections), particularly because they have been living in extremely crowded dormitories without any kind of healthcare measures during the quarantine, have been the headlines of news all over the world. As a well-hidden truth (to the outsiders at least ) has come to the fore, “Him”, an awarded short film Gilbert Chan shot a few years ago, seems more timely than ever.

Synopsis

The film revolves around a migrant worker who is riding a bus and calls his family on the phone. First, he speaks with his wife, but when his son, Vadu, comes to the phone, the real drama starts

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During the last few weeks, reports about thousands of immigrant workers in Singapore contracting the Coronavirus (accounting from close to 80% of the overall infections), particularly because they have been living in extremely crowded dormitories without any kind of healthcare measures during the quarantine, have been the headlines of news all over the world.

As a well-hidden truth (to the outsiders at least ) has come to the fore, “Him”, an awarded short film Gilbert Chan shot a few years ago, seems more timely than ever.

The film revolves around a migrant worker who is riding a bus and calls his family on the phone. First, he speaks with his wife, but when his son, Vadu, comes to the phone, the real drama starts. Vadu asks his father some questions that would demand very hard truths, so the man is forced to lie, in order to avoid saddening the kid. While his words speak lies,...