In contemporary Singapore, 21-year-old Junyang lives in the ease of youth while his father struggles to hold their modest life together. When Junyang’s relationship with his girlfriend takes an unexpected and life-altering turn, the young couple is forced to face the realities of adulthood far sooner than anticipated. At the same time, an exuberant woman enters his father’s life and heart, quietly reshaping the fragile balance between father and son.
Anthony Chen
Filmmaker and producer born in Singapore in 1984. In 2007, he became the first director from his country to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival for his short film ‘Ah Ma’, before making his feature film debut with ‘Ilo Ilo’ (2013), which won the Caméra d’Or at Cannes and four Golden Horse Awards. In 2014, he founded Giraffe Pictures, where he has produced films that have screened at festivals such as Sundance, Venice, Toronto and Berlin. His second feature film, ‘Wet Season’ (2019), premiered at Toronto, whilst his English-language debut, ‘Drift’ (2023), was selected for Sundance. That same year, he competed in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes with ‘The Breaking Ice’, which was his third film to be chosen to represent Singapore in the Oscar race. With ‘We Are All Strangers’ (2026), he completed his ‘Growing Up’ trilogy and became the first Singaporean filmmaker to compete for the Golden Bear at Berlin.
