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'''Tan Si En''' ({{zh|c=陈思恩}}) is a Singapore-based film and TV producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asia |first=Tatler |title=Tan Si En |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/tan-si-en |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Tatler Asia |language=en}}</ref> Tan is best known for producing ''Dreaming & Dying'' (2023) by Nelson Yeo<ref name=":0" /> and ''[[Wet Season (film)|Wet Season]]'' (2019) by Anthony Chen. Her co productions include ''The Break Away'' (2021), as part of anthology ''[[The Year of the Everlasting Storm|The Year Of The Everlasting Storm]]'' which premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] 2021 and ''Arnold Is A Model Student'' by Sorayos Prapapan which premiered at [[Locarno Film Festival]] 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conversations with ContentAsia Awards' winners: "Telling stories about minorities has always been something I cared about," says filmmaker Tan Si En {{!}} ContentAsia |url=https://www.contentasia.tv/features/conversations-contentasia-awards-winners-telling-stories-about-minorities-has-always-been |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.contentasia.tv}}</ref>
'''Tan Si En''' ({{zh|c=陈思恩}}) is a Singapore-based film and TV producer.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Asia |first=Tatler |title=Tan Si En |url=https://www.tatlerasia.com/people/tan-si-en |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Tatler Asia |language=en}}</ref> Tan is best known for producing ''Dreaming & Dying'' (2023) by Nelson Yeo<ref name=":0" /> and ''[[Wet Season (film)|Wet Season]]'' (2019) by Anthony Chen. Her co productions include ''The Break Away'' (2021), as part of anthology ''[[The Year of the Everlasting Storm|The Year Of The Everlasting Storm]]'' which premiered at the [[Cannes Film Festival]] 2021 and ''Arnold Is A Model Student'' by Sorayos Prapapan which premiered at [[Locarno Film Festival]] 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Conversations with ContentAsia Awards' winners: "Telling stories about minorities has always been something I cared about," says filmmaker Tan Si En {{!}} ContentAsia |url=https://www.contentasia.tv/features/conversations-contentasia-awards-winners-telling-stories-about-minorities-has-always-been |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=www.contentasia.tv}}</ref>


Tan was the assistant producer of ''[[Pop Aye]]'', which won the Special Jury Prize at the [[Sundance Film Festival]],.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shackleton |first=Liz |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Italy's Lights On Takes World Sales Rights For Locarno Bound 'Dreaming & Dying' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/locarno-film-festival-dreaming-dying-nelson-yeo-momo-kawankawan-1235430126/ |website=[[Deadline]]}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=anoraini |date=2021-11-14 |title=Singaporean film producer Tan Si En talks hard work and struggles in the journey of championing Asian movies |url=https://www.robbreport.com.sg/singaporean-film-producer-tan-si-en-talks-hard-work-and-struggles-in-the-journey-of-championing-asian-movies/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Robb Report Singapore |language=en-GB}}</ref> and was Singapore's official submission to the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/singapore-pop-aye-foreign-language-oscar-contention-1202569547/|title=Singapore Picks 'Pop Aye' for Foreign-Language Oscar Contention|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2017-09-25|work=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> by Kirsten Tan.
Tan was the assistant producer of ''[[Pop Aye]]'', which won the Special Jury Prize at the [[Sundance Film Festival]],.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Shackleton |first=Liz |date=July 5, 2023 |title=Italy's Lights On Takes World Sales Rights For Locarno Bound 'Dreaming & Dying' |url=https://deadline.com/2023/07/locarno-film-festival-dreaming-dying-nelson-yeo-momo-kawankawan-1235430126/ |website=[[Deadline]]}}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web |last=anoraini |date=2021-11-14 |title=Singaporean film producer Tan Si En talks hard work and struggles in the journey of championing Asian movies |url=https://www.robbreport.com.sg/singaporean-film-producer-tan-si-en-talks-hard-work-and-struggles-in-the-journey-of-championing-asian-movies/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |website=Robb Report Singapore |language=en-GB}}</ref> and was Singapore's official submission to the [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/asia/singapore-pop-aye-foreign-language-oscar-contention-1202569547/|title=Singapore Picks 'Pop Aye' for Foreign-Language Oscar Contention|last=Frater|first=Patrick|date=2017-09-25|work=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> by Kirsten Tan.

Revision as of 13:52, 3 November 2023

  • Comment: Some of the sources make no mention of Si En so not useful, others are interviews so not independent and others are brief mentions. This seems be WP:TOOSOON. S0091 (talk) 13:52, 3 November 2023 (UTC)


Tan Si En
Born
Alma materNgee Ann Polytechnic, National University of Singapore
Occupation(s)
Notable workWet Season (2019), Arnold Is A Model Student(2022), The Break Away (2021), Plastic Sonata (2022), Dreaming & Dying (2023)
AwardsYouth Inspiration Award

Tan Si En (Chinese: 陈思恩) is a Singapore-based film and TV producer.[1] Tan is best known for producing Dreaming & Dying (2023) by Nelson Yeo[2] and Wet Season (2019) by Anthony Chen. Her co productions include The Break Away (2021), as part of anthology The Year Of The Everlasting Storm which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival 2021 and Arnold Is A Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan which premiered at Locarno Film Festival 2022.[3]

Tan was the assistant producer of Pop Aye, which won the Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival,.[2] [4] and was Singapore's official submission to the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[5] by Kirsten Tan.

Early life and education

Tan was born in Singapore and grew up watching her family’s CRT TV (short for cathode-ray tube TV). As a kid, she was obsessed and mesmerised by TV and films. From a young age, she knew that she wanted to be behind the cameras and to be a part of the team that creates these images.[6][7]

Tan graduated top of the cohort from Film, Sound, and Video - School of Film and Media Studies at Ngee Ann Polytechnic. Later on, she read Philosophy at the National University of Singapore.[6]

Career

Tan started her film career through an internship with Fran Borgia and found her footing in the industry through Lai Weijie when he offered a position to be the assistant producer of Pop Aye.[6]

An alumnus of the prestigious Berlinale Talents and Rotterdam Lab, Tan produced Wet Season (2019) by Anthony Chen.[8] [9] The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for 6 Golden Horse Awards, with Yeo Yann Yann winning Golden Horse, for Best Actress.[10]

Tan co produced The Break Away (2021), as part of anthology The Year Of The Everlasting Storm which premiered in Cannes Film Festival 2021 and Arnold Is A Model Student by Sorayos Prapapan premiered in Locarno Film Festival 2022. She is also developing and co producing prominent award-winning projects such as This City is a Battlefield by Mouly Surya, Some Nights I Feel Like Walking by Petersen Vargas, among others.

She is known for her passion in championing talents from the Singaporean and Southeast Asian film industry visible in her work at the Singapore International Film Festival, where she took charge of the offscreen programmes and oversaw development and industry initiatives at the SGIFF Film Academy. In the last few years, she also spearheaded the Objectifs Short Film Incubator and Momo Distribution Grant.[11]

Tan’s producing efforts have been featured in publications such as Screendaily, Variety, Channel News Asia and Yahoo. In 2020, she was recognised as one of The Straits Times 30 under 30 - The Arts[12]. In 2021, she was honoured with the youth inspiration award given by National Youth Council and Scape[13]. In 2022, she was nominated as Women of The Future Awards[14]

Filmography

Feature films

  • Wet Season (2019)
  • Arnold Is A Model Student (2022)
  • Dreaming & Dying (TBA)[15]
  • Don't Cry, butterfly (TBA)[15]
  • Andragogy (TBA)[15]
  • This City Is A Battlefield (TBA)[15]

Short films

  • Still Standing (2018)[16]
  • Sunday (2019)
  • The Break Away (2021), as part of anthology The Year Of The Everlasting Storm
  • Dreaming (2021)
  • Plastic Sonata (2022)
  • Empty Train Waltz (2022)
  • Kee Moo (2022)

References

  1. ^ Asia, Tatler. "Tan Si En". Tatler Asia. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  2. ^ a b Shackleton, Liz (July 5, 2023). "Italy's Lights On Takes World Sales Rights For Locarno Bound 'Dreaming & Dying'". Deadline.
  3. ^ "Conversations with ContentAsia Awards' winners: "Telling stories about minorities has always been something I cared about," says filmmaker Tan Si En | ContentAsia". www.contentasia.tv. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  4. ^ anoraini (2021-11-14). "Singaporean film producer Tan Si En talks hard work and struggles in the journey of championing Asian movies". Robb Report Singapore. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  5. ^ Frater, Patrick (2017-09-25). "Singapore Picks 'Pop Aye' for Foreign-Language Oscar Contention". Variety.
  6. ^ a b c Koh, Aun (2022-07-10). "The Singaporean producer who helped bring award-winning films such as Pop Aye and Wet Season to the big screen". Channel News Asia.
  7. ^ babrams (2022-03-08). "Telling Stories With Singapore-Based Producer Si En Tan". Motion Picture Association. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  8. ^ "Cannes 2019 Wish List: 50 Movies We Hope Will Make the Cut, From Quentin Tarantino to Kelly Reichardt". IndieWire. 21 March 2019. Retrieved 28 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Meet Tan Si En, The 26-Year-Old Female Producer Behind Anthony Chen's WET SEASON". Sinema.SG. 2019-10-03. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  10. ^ "Tan Si En". MUBI. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
  11. ^ "Momo Distribution Grant - open to emerging filmmakers from Southeast Asia". culture360 asef.
  12. ^ "Young Singaporeans to Watch" (PDF). The Straits Times. Retrieved 2020-12-19.
  13. ^ "NYFA 2021 Youth Inspiration Award". www.scape.sg.
  14. ^ "2022 Short List". awards.womenofthefuture.co.uk.
  15. ^ a b c d "BUZZ LIST: Southeast Asia Projects In The Pipeline". Streamlined. 21 January 2023. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
  16. ^ "STILL STANDING - 15 Shorts - Short Film - Tan Wei Ting, with Kirsten Tan". cityofgood.sg. Retrieved 2020-09-30.

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