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A Land Imagined

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A Land Imagined

Directed by	Yeo Siew Hua
Written by	Yeo Siew Hua
Produced by	Fran Borgia
Starring	Peter Yu Luna Kwok Liu Xiaoyi Jack Tan Ishtiaque Zico
Cinematography	Hideho Urata
Edited by	Daniel Hui
Music by	Teo Wei Yong
Production companies	Akanga Film Asia Films de Force Majeure mm2 Entertainment Volya Films
Distributed by	mm2 Entertainment (Singapore)
Release dates	7 August 2018 (2018-08-07) (Locarno) 8 December 2018 (2018-12-08) (SGIFF) 21 February 2019 (2019-02-21) (Singapore)
Running time	95 minutes
Countries	Singapore France Netherlands
Languages	Mandarin English Bengali

A Land Imagined (Chinese: 幻土) is a 2018 neo-noir mystery thriller film^[1] written and directed by Yeo Siew Hua. A Singapore-France-Netherlands co-production,^[2] the film tells the story of a police investigator who uncovers the truth behind the disappearance of a construction worker.^[3]

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.^[4] 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 February 21, 2019.^[5] It was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 92nd Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.^[6]

Plot[edit]

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.

Cast[edit]

Peter Yu as Lok
Luna Kwok as Mindy
Liu Xiaoyi as Wang
Jack Tan as Jason
Ishtiaque Zico as Ajit

Reception[edit]

Onreview aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 75%, based on 16 reviews.^[7]OnMetacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 59 out of 100, based on 7 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".^[8]

Awards and nominations[edit]

Festival	Date of ceremony	Award & Category	Recipient(s)	Result	Ref(s)
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	^[9]
13th Asian Film Awards	17 March 2019	Best New Director	Yeo Siew Hua	Nominated	^[10]
12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards	29 November 2018	Achievement in Cinematography	Hideho Urata	Won	^[11]
12th Asia Pacific Screen Awards	29 November 2018	Young Cinema Award	Yeo Siew Hua	Won	^[12]
2nd El Gouna Film Festival	28 September 2018	El Gouna Gold Star - Feature Narrative Competition	A Land Imagined	Won	^[13]
12th Five Flavours Asian Film Festival	21 November 2018	Best Film - New Asian Cinema Competition	A Land Imagined	Nominated	^[14]
26th Filmfest Hamburg	5 October 2018	NDR Young Talent Award	Yeo Siew Hua	Nominated	^[15]
55th Golden Horse Film Festival	17 November 2018	NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film	A Land Imagined	Nominated	^[16]
43rd Hong Kong International Film Festival	1 April 2019	Firebird Award - Young Cinema Competition (Chinese Language)		Nominated	^[10]
71st Locarno International Film Festival	11 August 2018	Golden Leopard - International Competition		Won	^[10]
		Junior Jury Award - International Competition		Won	^[10]
		Prize of the Ecumenical Jury - Special Mention		Won	^[10]
		Best Actress - Boccalino d’Oro Award	Luna Kwok	Won	^[17]
3rd London East Asia Film Festival	4 November 2018	Special Jury Mention	A Land Imagined	Won	^[18]
2nd Nepal International Film Festival	27 February 2019	Best International Feature Film, Gautam Buddha Award		Won	^[19]
2nd Pingyao International Film Festival	17 October 2018	Jury Prize - Roberto Rossellini Awards		Won	^[20]
6th QCinema International Film Festival	30 October 2018	Pylon Best Picture - Asian Next Wave Competition		Won	^[10]
48th International Film Festival Rotterdam	2 February 2019	Special Mention - Youth Jury Award		Won	^[21]
29th Singapore International Film Festival	8 December 2018	Best Film - Asian Feature Film Competition		Won	^[10]
		Lesley Ho Asian Film Talent Award	Yeo Siew Hua	Won	^[22]
		Swarovski Inspiring Woman in Film Award	Luna Kwok	Won	^[23]
63rd Valladolid International Film Festival	27 October 2018	Best Director of Photography	Hideho Urata	Won	^[10]
63rd Valladolid International Film Festival	27 October 2018	Golden Spike Award for Best Film	A Land Imagined	Nominated	^[10]

References[edit]

^ Sarah Loh, Genevieve. "Why this Singapore film's historic win at one of the world's most important festivals matters". Channel NewsAsia. Archived from the original on November 10, 2018. Retrieved Nov 10, 2018.

^ "A Land Imagined". Films de Force Majeure. Retrieved Nov 10, 2018.

^ "A Land Imagined - Locarno Film Festival". Locarno Festival. Retrieved Nov 10, 2018.

^ Lodge, Guy (13 August 2018). "A Land Imagined,' 'BlacKkKlansman,' Women Directors Win at Locarno Fest". Variety. Retrieved Nov 10, 2018.

^ "Yeo Siew Hua's A Land Imagined first local movie named Best Film at Silver Screen Awards". The Straits Times. 8 December 2018. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

^ Ramachandran, Naman (27 September 2019). "Singapore Sends Locarno Winner 'A Land Imagined' to the Oscars". Variety. Retrieved 27 September 2019.

^ "A Land Imagined (2018)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved October 30, 2021.

^ "A Land Imagined Reviews". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 9 December 2018.

^ Lee, Jan (23 November 2019). "Yeo Yann Yann wins Best Leading Actress at Golden Horse Awards for role in Anthony Chen's Wet Season". The Straits Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Retrieved 14 April 2024.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "A Land Imagined - Awards". IMDb.

^ "APSA 2018 Winners". 29 November 2018.

^ "El Gouna Film Festival - A Land Imagined".

^ "Five Flavours Asian Film Festival - A Land Imagined".

^ "Hamburg Film Festival - A Land Imagined".

^ "Network for Promotion of Asian Cinema(NETPAC)". TGHFF. Retrieved 13 September 2019.

^ "A LAND IMAGINED wins the Golden Leopard in Locarno!". Torino Film Lab. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

^ "A Land Imagined receiving award for Competition strand at LEAFF". London East Asia Film Festival - Facebook. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

^ Khalid, Sadia (28 February 2019). "'Meenalap' and 'Komola Rocket' entice judges at NIFF". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

^ "2018 2nd PYIFF Awards". PYIFF. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

^ "IFFR is almost ending, but not before the Awards Ceremony has taken place". Hubert Bals Fund - Facebook. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

^ "THE 29THSINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WRAPS UP 12-DAY FESTIVAL WITH STELLAR SUPPORT FROM LOCAL AND REGIONAL FILMMAKERS AND AUDIENCES" (PDF). SGIFF. Retrieved 9 September 2019.

External links[edit]

Golden Leopard winning films

1946–1975

And Then There Were None (1946)
Man About Town (1947)
Germany, Year Zero (1948)
The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)
When Willie Comes Marching Home (1950)
Hunted (1952)
Julius Caesar (1953)
The Composer Glinka (1953)
The Glass Wall (1953)
Prince Bayaya (1954)
Gate of Hell (1954)
Wild Fruit (1954)
Rotation (1954)
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Carmen Jones (1955)
The Emperor's Nightingale (1955)
Il Grido (1957)
Ten North Frederick (1958)
Killer's Kiss (1959)
Il bell'Antonio (1960)
Fires on the Plain (1961)
The Winner (1962)
Transport from Paradise (1963)
Black Peter (1964)
Four in the Morning (1965)
Courage for Every Day (1966)
Entranced Earth (1967)
The Visionaries (1968)
Charles, Dead or Alive (1969)
Those Who Wear Glasses (1969)
Three Sad Tigers (1969)
No Path Through Fire (1969)
Lilika (1970)
Mujo (1970)
Soleil O (1970)
End of the Road (1970)
On the Point of Death (1971)
They Have Changed Their Face (1971)
The Friends (1971)
Private Road (1971)
Znaki na drodze (1971)
Bleak Moments (1972)
The Illumination (1973)
Tűzoltó utca 25. (1974)
The Son of Amir Is Dead (1975)

1976–2000

The Big Night (1976)
Antonio Gramsci: The Days of Prison (1977)
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley (1978)
The Herd (1979)
To Love the Damned (1980)
Chakra (1981)
The Princess (1983)
Stranger Than Paradise (1984)
Alpine Fire (1985)
Jezioro Bodeńskie (1986)
O Bobo (1987)
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Schmetterlinge (1988)
Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (1989)
Accidental Waltz (1990)
Johnny Suede (1991)
Autumn Moon (1992)
The Place on a Grey Tricorne (1993)
Khomreh (1994)
Raï (1995)
Nénette et Boni (1996)
The Mirror (1997)
Mr. Zhao (1998)
Skin of Man, Heart of Beast (1999)
Father (2000)

2001–present

Off to the Revolution by a 2CV (2001)
The Longing (2002)
Khamosh Pani (2003)
Private (2004)
Nine Lives (2005)
Das Fräulein (2006)
The Rebirth (2007)
Parque via (2008)
She, a Chinese (2009)
Winter Vacation (2010)
Back to Stay (2011)
The Girl from Nowhere (2012)
Story of My Death (2013)
From What Is Before (2014)
Right Now, Wrong Then (2015)
Godless (2016)
Mrs. Fang (2017)
A Land Imagined (2018)
Vitalina Varela (2019)
Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021)
Regra 34 (2022)
Critical Zone (2023)

Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Film

Black Republic (1991)
Life on a String (1992)
Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring (1993)
Seopyeonje (1994)
Vive L'Amour (1995)
Cardiogram (1996)
Gabbeh (1997)
Children of Heaven (1998)
The Hole (1999)
Darkness and Light (2000)
Eureka (2001)
Batang West Side (2002)
The Best of Times (2003)
Uzak (2004)
Underexposure (2005)
It's Only Talk (2006)
Opera Jawa (2007)
Slingshot (2008)
Laila’s Birthday (2009)
Sex Volunteer (2010)
Buddha Mountain (2011)
Court (2014)
The Fourth Direction (2015)
White Sun (2016)
Disappearance (2017)
A Land Imagined (2018)
Scales (2019)
Milestone (2020)

v t e Singaporean submissions for Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
1959	The Kingdom and the Beauty (1959)
2005–2009	Be with Me (2005) 881 (2007) My Magic (2008)
2010s	Tatsumi (2011) Already Famous (2012) Ilo Ilo (2013) My Beloved Dearest (2014) 7 Letters (2015) Apprentice (2016) Pop Aye (2017) Buffalo Boys (2018) A Land Imagined (2019)
2020s	Wet Season (2020) Precious Is the Night (2021) Ajoomma (2022) The Breaking Ice (2023)

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