th2ng director Anthony Chen wins Camera d’Or for best debut feature Ilo Ilo

Cannes judges vote unanimously for young Singaporean director
By: th2ng
 
May 29, 2013 - PRLog -- Anthony Chen has been awarded the coveted Camera d’Or for best feature film debut at the Cannes Film Festival. The award sees the young filmmaker and th2ng commercials director taking the first ever award for a Singaporean feature film at the prestigious festival.  

The prize was conferred following a unanimous decision by Cannes judges and was drawn out of a total of 18 films up for the award. Anthony, a graduate of the National Film and Television School (NFTS) was spotted and signed by th2ng executive producer Hannah Cooper following a screening of his graduation film.

The award-winning film Ilo Ilo explores the relationship between a young boy and his family's new Filipino maid during the 1997 Asian financial crisis. It drew immediate praise and support from the Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong on Facebook.

Commenting on the win Cooper said: “From seeing Anthony’s film graduation screenings, it was clear that here was an emerging talent that had a lot of potential. We are really delighted about his award and hope he goes on to win many more.”

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Notes to editors:

A clip of the film Ilo Ilo can be found here (http://www.th1ng.com/Director.aspx?DirectorId=43)

About th2ng

th2ng is a live action production company that creates commercials, content, music and videos. The company represents a diverse rosta of talented and award-winning directors who create outstanding pieces of work, and who compliment the animation and postproduction expertise of our sister company th1ng.

About th1ng

Based in the heart of London’s Soho, th1ng, pronounced ‘thing one,’ is an animation, graphics and mixed-media production company which creates commercials and moving image content. th1ng also creates feature film title sequences.

The studio was founded by Dominic Buttimore in 2003 and has become the exclusive home to a host of award-winning directors and designers who specialise in 2D and 3D, graphics and VFX. Editing and post-production is completed in house in an integrated digital environment, so that th1ng can maintain a competitive edge on all productions. th1ng can also work alongside its live action sister company th2ng (thing two), which represents a wide range of live action directing talent.

Clients include: JWT, AMV BBDO, DDB, Euro RSCG, Leo Burnett, Publicis, Ogilvy, M&C Saatchi, Saatchi & Saatchi, BBH, Mother, Fallon, Wieden and Kennedy, CNN, BBC, ITV, Universal Pictures, Time Warner, Columbia Pictures and Warner Brothers.

th1ng is part of th1ng Corp Ltd., which also includes th2ng, Film Club Productions and Flux.

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