Chicago Asian Pop-Up Cinema Festival

For the first time, our festival will feature a juried competition, with 16 films competing for the Grand Jury Feature Film Award, the Best Short Film Award, and the Francis Kwong Memorial Award recognizing an emerging director.

Schedule:

7:30 p.m - 8:30 p.m: Stranger Eyes
An award-nominated thriller that explores the terror of scopophilia in the digital age  

Singapore, Taiwan, France, U.S.A., Thriller, 2024, 125 minutes  
In Mandarin w/ English Subtitles  
Director/Screenwriter: Yeo Siew Hua  
Starring: Wu Chien-ho, Lee Kang-sheng, Anicca Panna, Vera Chen, Pete Teo  
Film Source: Film Movement
After the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter, a married couple begin to receive strange videos of their daily life. The police set up surveillance around their home to catch the voyeur, but the family start to crumble as secrets unravel under the scrutiny of eyes. In the age of TikTok and YouTube, we’ve become used to looking at others through our screens, but we seldom think about what it feels like to be constantly seen. Yeo Siew Hua explores modern scopophilia in an age of constant surveillance with this Golden Horse-nominated thriller about paranoia and fetishism.

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