2023

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Photo by Munn Photography (2021). Production Design by James Page. Paintings by Julie Heather Liew.

Singaporean director Nicole Midori Woodford's debut film to premiere at San Sebastian festival

The movie, which took seven years to complete due to a long gestation period and the pandemic, was shot in Singapore and Japan. It will compete for the festival’s Kutxabank-New Directors Award.

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2019

WHY SINGAPORE WAS CHOSEN AS A FILMING LOCATION FOR HBO'S HIT SERIES WESTWORLD

​The cast of the sci-fi show was in town to film recently. And co-creator Lisa Joy told CNA Lifestyle no other city has the same “poetic skyline” as Singapore does. Plus, our people were "great to work with".

2018

‘A Land Imagined’ Review: A Dreamy Neo-Noir that Unfolds Like a Singaporean ‘Chinatown’

The newly crowned winner of this year’s Locarno International Film Festival, Yeo Siew Hua’s “A Land Imagined” attempts to answer those questions by distilling them into an elusive dream noir that borrows from a dozen bigger movies in order to build itself into something unidentifiably new. ​

2017

LOVE STORY OF A MAN AND HIS SICK MUM

Shot in an abandoned house, the film-makers spent one week dressing up the set, which included original artworks created by Liew, two days to film the scenes and three weeks on post-production.

Q&A: Behind the scenes with Julie Heather Liew

ZYRUP got in touch with Julie to find out more about the inner workings of the world of film, as well as her experiences as a production designer in the local film industry so far.

2016
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ShoutOUT!: Profiling technical craft in upcoming National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) 23 July 2016

From NTU’s Art, Design and Media School (ADM), Julie would be able to share more about the process of creating the sets for two of her films, Han, and Sweet Bloom of Night Time Flowers – both of which have garnered nominations for Best Production Design Award.

A Filmmaker's Platform | National Youth Film Awards 2016

Last Saturday, the National Youth Film Awards (NYFA) announced its 20 winners – pulled from over 260 submissions, a record for the Awards. Han was named Winner for Best Direction Award (Jonathan Choo) and DBS Best Picture Award. Sweet Bloom of Night Time Flowers was named Winner for Best Production Design Award (Julie Heather Liew).

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