Kirsten Tan

[3] Of this period she has said: “Reading was my first escape, an immediate access to a larger world.” As a teenager at Dunman High and Victoria Junior College, Tan wrote short stories and poems, sometimes on toilet paper squares she would flush away.She then studied film production at Ngee Ann Polytechnic[3] and New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.During this time, she formed a rock band called Century Ache[3] and had a shop at the Chatuchak Weekend Market where she sold T-shirts.She was awarded Best Southeast Asian Film for Dahdi, Best Director for Fonzi, and Special Jury Prize for 10 Minutes Later.[11] Pop Aye premiered in competition at Sundance as the opening film of the World Dramatic selection, and was awarded a Special Jury Prize for Screenwriting.
Tokyo International Film FestivalSingaporeNew York UniversityDirectorScreenwriterPop AyeTraditional ChineseSimplified ChineseHanyu Pinyinsimplified Chinesetraditional ChinesepinyinSundance Film FestivalAcademy Award for Best Foreign Language FilmCharles DickensJin YongDunman HighVictoria Junior CollegeNational University of SingaporeNgee Ann PolytechnicTisch School of the ArtsJeonjuChiang MaiBangkokChatuchak Weekend MarketNew YorkSingapore International Film FestivalZurich Film FestivalInternational Film Festival RotterdamLee Hsien LoongOng Ye KungMinister for EducationAsian Film ArchiveIngmar BergmanRoy AnderssonKurt VonnegutLos Angeles Times