Ilo Ilo
February 2015
- Singapore city guideSingapore memories: film director Anthony Chen. 'The messiness, the chaos, the colour... this for me is home'
Cannes' Caméra d'Or-winning film director Anthony Chen chose to shoot his debut feature, Ilo Ilo, in his home town of Singapore. Here, he reflects on his Singaporean boyhood, the city-state's cinematic tradition – and what makes his characters tick