PODCAST with YEE-WEI CHAN - Yee-Wei talks about his short film MY BLUE HEAVEN, living in Singapore and how his own movie is banned in the countrywith Matthew Toffolo!
Yee-wei Chai has written and directed several award winning short films over the past 4 years. Lausai (Diarrhea) won a Merit!Award in the MDA Panasonic Digital Film Fiesta in 2005 Open Category. Loser won “Judges’ Pick” for Fly-By-Night 2005.!Blood Ties won 3rd prize in the Panasonic MDA Digital Film Fiesta 2006, 2nd prize (Horror Category) in the Rebel Planet of!Hollywood Short Film Fest 2007, and has went on to screen in various cities around the world including Beijing, New York,!Vancouver, London and more.
His latest work My Blue Heaven premiered!at the 5th Singapore Short Cuts!2008, is an official selection forAustin Asian American Film Festival, Filmstock International Film Festival UK, and is scheduled to screen at the Asian Film Symposium 2008 and has also been pre-selected for consideration at the Berlin Asian Hotshots Films Festival in Jan 2009.!
He is currently in pre-production for his first feature "Blood Ties" currently, and currently scheduled for production in February 2008.