Royston Tan Movies

A Chinese boy strikes an unlikely friendship with his elderly Malay neighbour who lives above him when his house ran out of water for a shower.

Ever since the 2004 Indonesian tsunami, Jon has been grappling with the loss of his wife. One night, a man appears at his doorstep, is he real or is...

Seeking to reach out to his son, a father expresses his wish to fix a relationship that has become cold and distant.

Two brothers go in search of their dead hamster in their childhood playground. This film is a tribute to one of the oldest playgrounds in singapore....

Hock Hiap Leong pays tribute to this a 55-year old coffee shop on Armenian Street that has been an incessant inspiration to many people. The urban...

In a hotel overlooking the Sea of Japan, six disparate stories inter-connect giving time a shape, like a series of liquid transparencies, one laid on...

A musical, all-singing, all-dancing, attack on censorship in Singaporean movies

I Want to Remember is about personal memory - the unforgettable moments in our lives, whether sweet, bitter or bizarre. Good or bad, these life...

Longing for human contact Xiao Wu tries all he can to make a connection through physical and metaphorical walls in that hour between night and day.

2005 short film by Royston Tan

From Crazy Rich Asians (2018) to 12 Storeys (1997) to Sumpah Pontianak (The Curse of Pontianak) (1957), Singapore’s film industry is a diverse...

Royston Tan's film first aired on the okto channel on 8 August 2010, 10pm. It was later produced as DVDs for sale at Books Kinokuniya, BooksActually...

1998 short video work by Royston Tan

Razak faces two problems after answering a call. He faces the sudden need to prepare for his mother’s departure rituals and musters the courage...