Ilo Ilo (Feature)

Film

Directing: Anthony Chen
Casting: Yeo Yan Yan / Jia Ler Kho / Angeli Bayani / Chen Tian Wen
Production: Fisheye Pictures

Ilo Ilo chronicles the day-to-day drama of the Lim family - troublesome grade-schooler Jiale and his overstressed parents, Heck and Leng. Comfortably middle-class and with another baby on the way, they hire Teresa, a Filipino immigrant, as a live-in maid and nanny. Teresa initially struggles to manage Jiale's antics but the two eventually form a unique bond.

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// AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS //


CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Camera d'or Winner
2013


GOLDEN HORSE AWARD
Winner best Feature
2013



SUTHERLAND AWARD
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL

Best first Feature
2013


CANNES DIRECTOR'S FORTNIGHT
Official Selection
2013



MANAKI BROTHER FILM FESTIVAL
Official selection
2013