Singapoor - 2005

Synopsis: Mrs. Ying, a professional mourner paid to cry at funerals and wakes for a living, finds herself unable to cry when her daughter, Emma, dies in a freak drowning accident. One night, as she is asleep, she overhears soft sobs by her bedside. When she discovers it is Emma who is crying, she embarks on a journey to reconnect with her deceased daughter. This is a story about overcoming grief and denial of the loss of a loved one.

Juan Foo has been in the local film industry since the mid 90s, making him one of the few who can trace its decade of development.

The young Singapore film community is so small that Juan is touted as the only independent film producer developing and making films.

After film school, he started his career as a freelance crew, editor, script reader, and animation executive. His tenacity has made him produce movies on varied mediums from digital video and high definition to traditional celluloid film.

Juan has produced features such as Return to Pontianak, Dirty laundry and most recently Perth. He has also been involved in other films as Associate Producer.

A graduate of New York University's Tisch School of Arts, Ellery Ngiam has written and directed numerous short films, television dramatic series and documentaries.

His short films, Crammed et Jia Fu (Family portrait), have been screened at various international film festivals and have garnered numerous accolades.

Forgotten tears, which has won screenplay awards in Singapore and USA, will be his debut feature film.