Yeo Yann Yann
Birthday: Born in 1977-02-20 in Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Deathday: Alive
Yann Yann Yeo is a Malaysian born, Singapore-based actress. She is a pioneer graduate of the Intercultural Theatre Institute. In 2007 she won the LIFE! Theatre Award, Best Actress for the play 'Thunderstorm'. In 2013 she received the Golden Horse Festival Award, Best Supporting Actress for Ilo Ilo.
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另类佳人
Character: Lu Hui Yan
The divine one is immortalised - literally - as a wandering apparition in this 30-part mystery-romance that spans over three decades of contemporary Singapore history....
American Born Chinese
Character: Christine Wang
Average teenager Jin Wang juggles his high school social life with his immigrant home life. When he meets a new foreign student on the first day of the school year, even more worlds collide as Jin is unwittingly entangled in a battle of Chinese mythological gods....
The Iron Lady
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After business troubles destroy her father, a headstrong young woman does battle with her deeply patriarchal culture to secure her family's legacy....
Modern Love Mumbai
Character: Sui
Explore 6 unique yet universal stories of human connection and love in its varied forms – romantic, platonic, parental, sexual, familial, marital, self-love....
金馬獎
Character: Self
The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards (Chinese: 台北金馬影展; pinyin: Táiběi Jīnmǎ Yǐngzhǎn; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tâi-pak Kim-má iáⁿ-tián) is a film festival and awards ceremony held annually in Taiwan. It was founded in 1962 by the Government Information Office of the Republic of China (ROC) in Taiwan. The awards ceremony is usually held in November or December in Taipei, although the event has also been held in other locations in Taiwan in recent times...
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Cemetery of Courtesy
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In Malaysia on May 13, 1969, ethnic tensions between Chinese and Malays were behind a riot that led to the deaths of hundreds of people, many of them Chinese. Forty-eight years later, two women who met at a cemetery share a bond over their struggle to cope with the loss of their loved ones....
881
Character: Big Papaya
Two Singaporean girls join together to form the Papaya Sisters, a getai group that sings at performances during the seventh lunar month. Big Papaya is estranged from her mother, who disapproves of her performances, whilst Little Papaya is an orphan who suffers from terminal cancer. The two are assisted by Auntie Ling and her son, Guan Yin. The two soon rise to the top of the Singaporean getai scene singing traditional Hokkien songs, but their fame brings along with it the enmity of the Durian Si...
The Convert
Character: Cindy
Two Malaysian sisters, Rohani and Rohana, run away from home to escape their wealthy father’s mistreatment. They find refuge in a small town where they get to know Brian Goh, a young Catholic schoolteacher. Brian is irresistibly attracted to the two girls. Impressed by their extraordinary courage in the face of adversity, their relationship forces him to confront the ghosts of his own childhood. Director Yasmin Ahmad explores the possibilities of emotional survival after being traumatised by lov...
Singapore Dreaming
Character: Mei
Disappointed by his failed dreams, Loh Poh Huat visits his frustrations on his family. So when he wins the lottery, everyone believes the money will deliver them from their struggles. However, Loh dies abruptly and his elaborate and surreal Taoist funeral pitches the family into a battle where the stakes are the very meaning of life itself. Singapore Dreaming is a poignant yet darkly humorous story which follows the lives of six individuals as they navigate the rapidly changing conditions exper...
Petaling Street Warriors
Character: Zhung Lichun
Set in Petaling Street in 1908, it tells of a hokkien mee seller (Mark Lee) who finds himself entangled in deadly battles with skilled fighters. Little did he know that he is in possession of a lost treasure map linked to the Qing Dynasty and must refrain himself from consummating his marriage to master the "Virgin Kung Fu" skills to overcome his opponents...
The Casuarina Cove
Character: Janice
A former military officer makes a film about a man he encountered in Tanjong Rhu, a secluded cruising ground....
Permanent Resident
Character: Madam Teo
A middle-aged woman, her son and mother reside in a flat near a quarry bearing the name of Little Guilin, modelled after a famous landmark in China. She pretends that she is a prospective buyer who arranges to view several condominiums, claiming a token or borrowing a moment from each family that resides in them. Glimpsing the man-made quarry through different windows, her obsession culminates when she finally decides to take an excursion of sorts to visit it....
Ah Ma
Character: Youngest Daughter
Ah Ma is lying in the hospital, her life hanging by a thread. Her family gathers by her deathbed to send her off. Overwhelmed by sadness, they struggle to find their own way of coming to terms with the impending end....
Day and Night
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"Day and Night" is an omnibus release by William Kwok-Wai of 3 short films consisting of 3 Malaysian filmmakers Ho Yuhang, Charlotte Lim and Yeo Joon Han, reflecting their personal feelings about the health of Malaysian society. "TRESPASSED" by Ho Yuhang is about a girl who misses her father slowly becomes entirely possessed by grief. It seems as if an outside force has taken control of her emotions. "BITE" by Charlotte Lim is about a school girl, meticulously observed by a patient camera in a s...
Ilo Ilo
Character: Lim Hwee Leng
During the late 1990s, a busy working-class Singaporean couple hires a Filipino woman as a maid and nanny to their young son....
Who's Your Daddy?
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A hopeless uncle & nephew pair, Mark Gao and Xiao Hui, live their everyday lives scamming people and selling pirated DVDs. When their illegal business starts plummeting, they decide to sell their sperms for money, but their lives turn upside down when a tall, beautiful and sexy woman named Shuna walks into the sperm bank and becomes pregnant several months later. When the duo finds out about her pregnancy, they are determined to know who the real father of the child is. A series of comedic event...
Being Human
Character: Zu Er/Zoe
Singapore, the present day. Mai Wei (Mark Lee), a successful branch manager for slimming company Natural Beauty, is sacked for cutting corners in the name of profit and attracting the ire of customers. Enraged, he sets up a rival company, My Way Slimming Centre, with several Natural Beauty employees, including Jie (Jeremy Chan), younger brother of his wife Zu Er (Yeo Yann Yann). As Natural Beauty continues to expand, Mai Wei goes on the offensive, licensing a herbal slimming pill, Dadavianxiaovo...
The King Of Musang King
Character: Mei Lian
Mao Shan (Jack Neo) is an ambitious durian farmer who wishes to expand his sales overseas, against pressures from the “Three Heavenly Kings” of the business. He helps Mei Lian (Yeo Yann Yann), his neighbour and sole supporter, to improve her durian farm harvests, and develops feelings for her in the process. However, Mei Lian’s long-separated husband, Jin Shui (Mark Lee), returns, complicating things. Jin Shui tries to influence Mei Lian’s children against Mao Shan, as Mao Shan fights to save bo...
The Laundryman
Character: Captain Yang
A-Gu enlists a group of contract killers in the disguise of laundry service. One of them, code-named "No.1 Qingtian Street", is haunted by the ghosts of his victims. He seeks help from Lin Hsiang, a psychic....
Distance
Character: Prison Liaison Officer
Three stories which each focus on one of three types of relationships: family, friendship, and love. The first story is about conflicted manager on a business trip who is intrigued by an elderly worker and investigates his life. The second story is about a young father who receives a letter that brings him to a foreign land, where old emotions come unburied. The last story is about a visiting professor from overseas who sets a student's heart fluttering, while having to deal with his own....
One Last Dance
Character: Wife
T is a legendary killer operating in Singapore. His victims enter his life via a small red envelope in his mailbox. T is a professional killer: calm and cold-blooded, he is capable of all the violence necessary for his job. T's life is turned upside down when an important businessman hires him to kill all the criminals involved in his son's kidnapping....
You Mean The World To Me
Character: Hoon
Sunny has returned to Penang to shoot his new film about his family, without their knowledge. However he has run out of money and is struggling to shoot an essential scene. His sister, Hoon, comes by the film studio and discovers that he is shooting a warts and all film about their family. In the confrontation that follows, Sunny has an epiphany that illuminates and changes his perspective of his past....
Lee Chong Wei: Rise of the Legend
Character: Khor Kim Chooi
Lee Chong Wei is a 2018 Malaysian biopic film directed by Teng Bee, about the inspirational story of national icon Lee Chong Wei, who rose from sheer poverty to become the top badminton player in the world. The film is based on Lee's 2012 autobiography Dare to Be a Champion...
The Cage
Character: Ma Yan Ling
Six actors are about to present their one of its kind thriller theater, where they will perform in a gigantic locked cage on stage. On its premiere, the first character to be killed in the story unexpectedly died for real on stage. Desperate to escape from the cage, the remaining actors cried for help from the crew and audience, only to be responded by a thunderous applause. They now realize that they have fallen into a secretly well planned trap by organizational psychopath murderers. In order ...
Wet Season
Character: Ling
Wet Season revolves around the life of Ling, a schoolteacher who deals with infertility while having to take care of her infirm father-in-law at home. One of Ling's students, Kok Wei Lun, develops a crush on her during remedial Chinese classes. The two become closer as Wei Lun embraces Ling's extra tutoring....
Republic of Food
Character: Virginia Goh
In a world where food has been outlawed, a small band of food lovers risks their skins to defy the authorities and feast on contraband food....
18 Grams of Love
Character: Michelle
Two men write anonymous love letters to test if their wives are faithful. When their wives actually respond, the two men are left in a fix of what to do....
When Hainan Meets Teochew
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A romantic comedy usually involves a handsome man and a pretty lady. But what happens when it's a 'manly' woman, and a 'womanly' man? One day, a brassiere drops on Teochew. He immediately wins the lottery and decides to keep it. Hainan begins an arduous search for her precious underwear, distributing hundreds of missing posters around her neighbourhood. Teochew sees one of the posters, and his curiosity is piqued. Bumping into Hainan one day, he asks about the brassiere, although he has no inten...
Rubbers
Character: Baoling
The stories of three people looking for love and physical connection are interwoven in playfully raunchy tales revolving around condoms....
The 9th Precinct
Character: Sun Yu-Shu
An idealistic cop joins an underground police unit and battles ghoulish forces threatening the balance between the human and the supernatural realms....
Wonderful! Liang Xi Mei
Character: Mrs Fu
Liang Xi Mei (Jack Neo) is finally back! Having retired, Liang Xi Mei spends her time looking after her two obedient grandsons. However, Liang Xi Mei still leads a colorful life thanks to her absent-minded BFF Guang Dong Po (Wang Lei), who frequently muddles things up, leaving Liang Xi Mei to resolve the mess; and Lion King (Henry Thia) who is now diagnosed with mild Alzheimer’s, causing confusion and frustrations for everyone. Robert (Mark Lee), Liang Xi Mei’s eldest son also adds to her woes. ...
Love Matters
Character: Jia Li
"Love Matters" is a movie revolving around three main protagonists - 52-year-old Tan Bo Seng, his 17-year-old teenage son Benny and 36-year-old Jeremy, Bo Seng's 'adopted' brother - and their accidental journey in seeking and keeping love and happiness. Bo Seng (Henry Thia) who leads a routine life attempts to revive the passion with his wife Jia Li (Yeo Yann Yann). Jeremy (Jack Lim) lives a colourful life; with "Never to commit" as his motto for love. Benny (Alex Leong) has just started school ...
Boys On Film 6: Pacific Rim
Character: Janice (segment "The Casuarina Cove")
Boys On Film goes down under to bring a fresh batch of funny and touching tales courtesy of our Aussie and Kiwi cousins, while stories of men falling in love from the USA and Hawai'i to Singapore via Korea round out the collection. Volume 6: Pacific Rim contains eight complete films: Craig Boreham's "Drowning" starring Miles Szanto, Xavier Samuel, and Bren Foster; Hannah Hilliard's "Franswa Sharl" starring Callan McAuliffe, John Batchelor, and Diana Glenn; Boo Junfeng's "The Casuarina Cove" star...
Havoc
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After a drug deal gone wrong, a bruised detective must fight his way through a criminal underworld to rescue a politician’s estranged son, while unraveling a deep web of corruption and conspiracy that ensnares his entire city....
My Wonderful Life
Character: Grace Lee
Grace Lee, an overworked mom in Singapore, collapses at work. She gets admitted into the hospital, where she finds newfound freedom as a patient....