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A Land Imagined
A Land Imagined (Chinese: 幻土) is a 2018 neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua. A Singapore-France-Netherlands co-production, the film tells the story of a police investigator who uncovers the truth behind the disappearance of a construction worker.
| A Land Imagined |
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| Yeo Siew Hua |
| Yeo Siew Hua |
| Fran Borgia |
| Peter Yu Luna Kwok Liu Xiaoyi Jack Tan Ishtiaque Zico |
| Hideho Urata |
| Daniel Hui |
| Teo Wei Yong |
| Akanga Film AsiaFilms de Force Majeuremm2 EntertainmentVolya Films |
| mm2 Entertainment (Singapore) |
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| 7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) (Locarno) |
| 8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) (SGIFF) |
| 21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) (Singapore) |
| 95 minutes |
| SingaporeFranceNetherlands |
| MandarinEnglishBengali |
A Land Imagined (Chinese: 幻土) is a 2018 neo-noir mystery thriller film written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua. A Singapore-France-Netherlands co-production, the film tells the story of a police investigator who uncovers the truth behind the disappearance of a construction worker.
The film premiered in competition on 7 August 2018, at the 71st Locarno Film Festival, and won the top prize of the festival, the Golden Leopard. At Locarno, Yeo also won the Junior Jury award and a Special Mention award. In December 2018, A Land Imagined played in competition at the 29th Singapore International Film Festival, where it was named Best Asian Feature Film by a jury led by Hong Kong director Stanley Kwan. It is the first time a Singaporean film has won the award. The film was released in Singapore theatres on 21 February 2019. It was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
The film revolves around Lok, a police officer who is investigating the disappearance of a Chinese migrant worker working at a land reclamation site. The investigation leads him to the disappearance of another Bengali worker, who was on good terms with the missing worker. As he retraces the steps of the missing worker, Lok gets a sensing of the plight of these workers as they work for an unscrupulous employer.
- Peter Yu as Lok
- Luna Kwok as Mindy
- Liu Xiaoyi as Wang
- Jack Tan as Jason
- Ishtiaque Zico as Ajit
On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75%, based on 16 reviews. On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
| Festival | Date of ceremony | Award & Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref(s) |
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| 56th Golden Horse Awards | 23 November 2019 | Best Original Score | Teo Wei Yong | Won | |
| 56th Golden Horse Awards | 23 November 2019 | Best Original Screenplay | Yeo Siew Hua | Won | |
| 13th Asian Film Awards | 17 March 2019 | Best New Director | Yeo Siew Hua | Nominated | |
| 12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards | 29 November 2018 | Achievement in Cinematography | Hideho Urata | Won | |
| Young Cinema Award | Yeo Siew Hua | Won | |||
| 2nd El Gouna Film Festival | 28 September 2018 | El Gouna Gold Star - Feature Narrative Competition | A Land Imagined | Won | |
| 12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival | 21 November 2018 | Best Film - New Asian Cinema Competition | Nominated | ||
| 26th Filmfest Hamburg | 5 October 2018 | NDR Young Talent Award | Yeo Siew Hua | Nominated | |
| 55th Golden Horse Film Festival | 17 November 2018 | NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film | A Land Imagined | Nominated | |
| 43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival | 1 April 2019 | Firebird Award - Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language) | Nominated | ||
| 71st Locarno International Film Festival | 11 August 2018 | Golden Leopard - International Competition | Won | ||
| Junior Jury Award - International Competition | Won | ||||
| Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention | Won | ||||
| Best Actress - Boccalino d’Oro Award | Luna Kwok | Won | |||
| 3rd London East Asia Film Festival | 4 November 2018 | Special Jury Mention | A Land Imagined | Won | |
| 2nd Nepal International Film Festival | 27 February 2019 | Best International Feature Film, Gautam Buddha Award | Won | ||
| 2nd Pingyao International Film Festival | 17 October 2018 | Jury Prize - Roberto Rossellini Awards | Won | ||
| 6th QCinema International Film Festival | 30 October 2018 | Pylon Best Picture - Asian Next Wave Competition | Won | ||
| 48th International Film Festival Rotterdam | 2 February 2019 | Special Mention - Youth Jury Award | Won | ||
| 29th Singapore International Film Festival | 8 December 2018 | Best Film - Asian Feature Film Competition | Won | ||
| Lesley Ho Asian Film Talent Award | Yeo Siew Hua | Won | |||
| Swarovski Inspiring Woman in Film Award | Luna Kwok | Won | |||
| 63rd Valladolid International Film Festival | 27 October 2018 | Best Director of Photography | Hideho Urata | Won | |
| Golden Spike Award for Best Film | A Land Imagined | Nominated |
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List of submissions to the 92nd Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film
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List of Singaporean submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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A Land Imagined at IMDb
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A Land Imagined Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine at Locarno Film Festival
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A Land Imagined at Rotten Tomatoes
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