Eva Tang

Eva Tang / Flat Dreams

Eva Tang has a late start in her film career. She saw her first art house film at the age of 20 while studying overseas at the University of Hong Kong. Half a decade later, she left her journalism career at Lianhe Zaobao to study filmmaking in the UK. A M.A. graduate of the prestigious National Film & Television School specializing in fiction direction, Eva's student shorts are in the official selection of major film festivals such as Venice, Rotterdam, Hawaii, National Gallery of Art (USA).
Her student film "While You Sleep" was the first short from a Singapore filmmaker selected by Venice Film Festival. Her graduation short "Londres - London" won the Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition, Saga Prefecture Governor Award

Director's Statement:
Living in Singapore, its pettiness annoys me. It is a place where I see no space for dreams whenever I wake up & open my eyes. The film takes an ironic look at the confinement of spaces --- its flatness, homogeneity and the desperation to be useful in fear of emptiness.