Daniel Hui
Still: Small Hours of the NightDaniel HUI (1986, Singapore) is a Singaporean film maker who also writes about film. His short film One Day in May (2010) had its world premiere at the IFFR in 2010 and it was one of the eleven (!) films from Singapore officially selected for the festival that year. After his debut feature film Eclipses (2011) Hui's films were shown at several international festivals including in Portugal, Italy, Japan and Germany. The world premiere of Small Hours of the Night (2023) will be at IFFR 2024.
Filmography
(selection) The Bracelet (2007, short), Dreams of Youth (2008, short), One Day in June (2010, short), Eclipses (2011), Snakeskin (2014), Demons (2018), Small Hours of the Night (2024)
Daniel Hui at IFFR
Other People’s Dreams
Two runaway souls escaping a dark past meet in the chaos of Singapore. They find a way to survive by stealing, unseen from the public, melding themselves with the rhythms of the dreaming city.
100'
Singapore
CM 2024
One Day in June
10'
Singapore
IFFR 2010
A Land Imagined
When a Chinese building worker disappears without trace in Singapore, an overtired detective is called in to find out what happened.
95'
Singapore
IFFR 2019
Small Hours of the Night
Singapore’s iron-fisted judicial system comes under trial in a slow-burning psychodrama.
103'
Singapore
IFFR 2024