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Ilo Ilo Wins Big at the 50th Golden Horse Awards, Will the Oscars Be Next?

By InCinemas / 25 Nov 2013 (Monday)

Singaporean film director Anthony Chen’s Ilo Ilo won a total of four prestigious awards at the 50th Golden Horse Awards last Saturday.

Bagging the Best Supporting Actress (Yeo Yann Yann), Best New Director (Anthony Chen), Best Original Screenplay and the biggest award of the night, a win for the Best Feature Film.

(Limited Reruns for Ilo Ilo at selected GV Cinemas! Click for showtimes)

Emerging top among fierce contenders like Wong Kar-Wai’s The Grandmaster (Hot favourite), Jia Zhangke’s A Touch Of Sin, Johnnie To’s Drug War and Tsai Ming-Liang’s Stray Dogs.

Thank you Anthony Chen and team for introducing Singapore films, bringing this little small country onto the international platform.

Ilo Ilo is Singapore’s entry in the Best Foreign Language category of the Academy Awards next year and the final Oscar nominations list will only be announced on 16 January 2014.

We wish Ilo Ilo and the amazing people behind this award-winning film all the best and we can’t wait for more good news to come.

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Ilo Ilo Wins Big at the 50th Golden Horse Awards, Will the Oscars Be Next?