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Kirsten Tan is a New York-based Singaporean filmmaker whose debut feature ‘Pop Aye’ premiered as the Opening Night film of Sundance Film Festival 2017
Kirsten Tan is a New York-based Singaporean filmmaker whose debut feature ‘Pop Aye’ premiered as the Opening Night film of the World Cinema Dramatic competition at Sundance Film Festival 2017. The film went on to receive a Special Jury Prize at Sundance, the VPRO Big Screen Award at Rotterdam, the Best International Film Award at Zurich Film Festival and the Audience Award at Innsbruck International Film festival. To date, it has screened at over 50 film festivals including BFI London, Melbourne, Munich, Busan and was released by Kino Lorber in USA. Pop Aye was invited to represent Singapore in the Foreign Film Category at the Oscars.
Prior to completing POP AYE, she made a series of short films. Her shorts 10 Minutes Later, Fonzi, Sink, Cold Noodles and Dahdi have collectively received over ten international awards. Ella, a fashion film she directed for Giorgio Armani, was included in the permanent film collection of MoMA in New York City. A Sundance Institute and Cinereach Film Fellow, she earned her MFA at NYU Graduate Film School, where she received the Tisch School of the Arts Fellowship.