Stranger Eyes () is a 2024 internationally co-produced mystery thriller film directed by Yeo Siew Hua starring Lee Kang-sheng and Wu Chien-ho.
The film premiered in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival, becoming the first Singaporean film to compete for the Golden Lion. It was also selected as the opening film for both the 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and the 35th Singapore International Film Festival.
It was selected as the Singaporean entry for Best International Feature Film at the 98th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.
Premise After young father Darren's daughter goes missing, he begins to receive video recordings of his personal life. He suspects that his neighbor Goh is the culprit and begins surveilling him in a hunt for answers.
Cast Wu Chien-ho as Junyang Lee Kang-sheng as Lao Wu Anicca Panna as Peiying Vera Chen as Shuping Xenia Tan as Ling Po Pete Teo as Officer Zheng Maryanne Ng-Yew as Mother Wu Mila Troncoso as Ana
Production Stranger Eyes received the HAF Fiction Award at the 2020 Hong Kong – Asia Film Financing Forum. The film also received funding from Singapore's Infocomm Media Development Authority, the French Aide aux Cinémas du monde, the Taiwan Creative Content Agency (TAICCA), and Purin Pictures from Thailand.
In August 2023, Variety reported that Lee Kang-sheng had been cast in the film and that principal photography was underway. The report noted that post-production was expected to wrap by early 2024.
Release Stranger Eyes had its world premiere in the main competition section of the 81st Venice International Film Festival on 5 September 2024. It made its North American premiere in the Main Slate of the 62nd New York Film Festival. It screened as the opening film of the 35th Singapore International Film Festival on 28 November 2024.
Reception
Critical response On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 83% of 41 critics' reviews are positive. The website's consensus reads: "A haunting and deliberately offbeat thriller, Stranger Eyes trades conventional suspense for a poignant and compellingly elusive meditation on surveillance, solitude, and fading trust." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 68 out of 100 based on 7 critics, which the site labels as "generally favorable" reviews.
Accolades Award Year Category Recipient(s) Result Asian Film Awards 2025 Best Supporting Actor Lee Kang-sheng Best Sound Tu Duu-chih, Tu Tse-kang Asia Pacific Screen Awards 2024 Best Cinematography Hideho Urata Golden Horse Awards 2024 Best Narrative Feature Stranger Eyes Best Director Yeo Siew Hua Best Original Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Lee Kang-sheng Best Original Film Score Thomas Foguenne Best Sound Effects Tu Duu-chih, Tu Tse-kang Taipei Film Awards 2025 Best Narrative Feature Stranger Eyes Best Director Yeo Siew Hua Best Screenplay Best Supporting Actor Lee Kang-sheng Best Music Thomas Foguenne Valladolid International Film Festival 2024 Silver Spike Stranger Eyes Venice Film Festival 2024 Golden Lion Yeo Siew Hua
See also List of submissions to the 98th Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film List of Singaporean submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
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