Congratulations DVS Professor Elizabeth Wijaya & Cinema Instructor, Weijie Lai (E&W Films): Two Films Selected for Cannes

Two films by DVS Professor Elizabeth Wijaya & Cinema Instructor, Weijie Lai (E&W Films) have been selected for Cannes this year! 

Mongrel (Taiwan/Singapore/France) is a E&W Films-led production, to be screened in the Director's Fortnight; Weijie worked as a Producer while Liz worked on it as a Co-Producer. Viet and Nam (Vietnam/Philippines//Singapore/France/Netherlands/Italy/Germany/US) is in Un Certain Regard and Weijie worked on it as a Co-Producer while Elizabeth worked on it as an Associate Producer. 

In addition, earlier this year, Weijie co-produced Cu Li Never Cries, which won the Best First Feature prize at the 2024 Berlin Film Festival.  

For Cannes:
https://variety.com/2024/film/news/directors-fortnight-mongrel-sales-alpha-violet-1235972358/

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/cannes-un-certain-regard-viet-and-nam-pyramide-sales-1235967479/

For Berlin:
https://www.berlinale.de/en/festival/awards-and-juries/best-first-feature-award.html

Congratulations, Elizabeth and Weijie!