Yeo Siew Hua’s ‘Stranger Eyes’ Is Golden Horse Festival Opening Film

STRANGER DANGER

“Stranger Eyes,” Yeo Siew Hua’s powerful film about surveillance and the surveilled, has been selected as the opening title for the Golden Horse Film Festival in Taiwan. The film, which is structured as a co-production between Singapore and Taiwan, stars Taiwan film icon Lee Kang-sheng alongside Wu Chien-ho, Vera Chen and Anicca Panna.

In ‘Stranger Eyes,’ a young couple begins to receive strange videos after the mysterious disappearance of their baby daughter and realize that someone has been filming their daily life — even their most intimate moments. As the identity of the voyeur and the truth behind the videos are revealed, the family starts to crumble.

The Taiwan screening will represent the film’s Asian premiere and its first public screening after having its world premiere this week in Venice. Yeo’s previous title “A Land Imagined” won two prizes at the Golden Horse Film Awards.

The 2024 Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival will take place from Nov. 7-24. Its full program will be unveiled on Oct. 25.

COMMITTEE CROP

BAFTA has elected seven industry figures to its Film, Games and Television committees, the org revealed Wednesday. New additions include producers Iain Canning and Barnaby Thompson, actor Ray Panthaki, games industry vets Charu Desodt and Alyx Jones, and TV execs Caroline Levy and Alison Barnett.

The committees, which oversee BAFTA’s awards and charitable initiatives, also see several members returning, including Emma Butt, Des Gayle, Jason Solomons, Tara Saunders and Ade Rawcliffe.

The representatives are elected for two years, voted for by the members. The elections take place every year, with half of the committee retiring each year on rotation.