Films A to Z
Tanjong Rhu
- Runtime:
- 19 min.
- Year of Production:
- 2008
- Country:
- Singapur
- Director:
- Cast:
- Nick Shen
Scott Lei
Yann Yann Yeo - Production Company:
- LASALLE College of Arts
- Berlinale Section:
- Panorama
- Berlinale Category:
- Short Film
TANJONG RHU is a fictional account of a true story. Night falls in Singapore. Men walk cautiously through the forest, they are horny and out prowling for sex. Two young men meet at the beach and converse, and just a few frames later one of them confesses his lifestyle under police interrogation. He had fallen into a police schemed trap in the cruising area along the beautiful bay.
In September 1993 twelve men were in fact convicted in similar undercover operations where policemen pretended to be gay men. Some of the accused were incarcerated for several months, and their names, age, and profession were published in the leading national newspapers as a police scare tactic.
BIOGRAFIE Junfeng Boo
Trained in film schools in Singapore and Spain, Boo Junfeng's award-winning short films include UN RETRATO DE FAMILIA (2005), STRANGER (2005), THE CHANGI MURALS (2006), KATONG FUGUE (2007), KELUAR BARIS (2008) and TANJONG RHU (2009). In 2009, he became the first recipient of the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts – the valedictorian honour of Lasalle College of the Arts. He was also conferred the Young Artist Award in 2009, and the Singapore Youth Award in 2011 by the government of Singapore.
FILMOGRAFIE Junfeng Boo (selection)
2016 Aprendiz
2010 Sandcastle
2008 Lucky7
2008 Tanjong Rhu
2004 Un Retrato de Familia