AMOEBA

Singapore, Netherlands, France, Spain, South Korea • 2025


Official Selection, Toronto International Film Festival 2025

In Singapore, school dropout Choo returns to her elite all-girls Chinese school to join the graduating class. Her little acts of rebellion towards her tyrannical teachers attract the admiration of three other misfits — Vanessa, Gina, and Sofia. Drawn to them, she confides about the ghost in her room. Her new friends have an idea: using Sofia’s camcorder to film evidence of the ghost.

The four form an inseparable group, and meet an unlikely kindred spirit — Sofia’s family driver, Uncle Phoon. Inspired by his stories about the triad gangs that ruled the streets of colonial Singapore and defied the authorities openly, they decide to form a gang.

But how do you form a gang in modern Singapore, where even chewing gum is illegal?

Siyou Tan
Siyou Tan
Ranice Tay, Nicole Lee, Shi-An Lim, Genevieve Tan, Jack Kao

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99 minutes
English, Mandarin Chinese
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1.66:1
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