Television
“Red Butterfly”
StudioCanal, Canal+, Beach House Pictures, Momo Film Co
In Development— Co-creator, Writer
DEADLINE: “Studiocanal Developing Drama Series About All-Female Gang In “Wild West” Of Asia With Beach House & Momo”
Feature Films
Ajoomma
A middle-aged, Korean-drama obsessed widow from Singapore travels out of the country for the first time to Seoul, and ends up getting lost. Her journey becomes an unexpected road of self discovery, as she comes to terms with the life she truly wants for herself, beyond her roles of daughter, wife and mother.
Singapore / South Korea | 90min | 2022
Directed by He Shuming
Written by He Shuming, Kris Ong
Produced by Anthony Chen, Huang Wenhong, Joohan Lee
Awards & Nominations—
New Currents Competition, 27th Busan International Film Festival (WP) Best Film, Balimarkaya Film Festival
Best Screenplay, QCinema International Film Festival
Best Actress, Asian World Film Festival, Los Angeles
59th Golden Horse Awards, Taipei - 4 Nominations: Best New Director, Best Original Screenplay, Best Leading Actress, Best Supporting Actor Film AlUla Audience Award (Best Film), Red Sea International Film Festival
Singapore’s Entry for Best International Feature, 95th Academy Awards
Short Films
Mountain Land: A Celebration
A film about a fictional island shaped like a human body that cannot be conquered or fully understood. 'Mountain Land' uses a mix of archive and newly filmed footage to tell a story of adventure and discovery, exploring the most calamitous, natural-disaster-prone island in the world and its unusual inhabitants.
Singapore | 21min | 2023
Directed/ Produced/ Written by Kris Ong
Momo Film Co
Screenings—
Concorto Film Festival 2023
Eastern Oregon Film Festival 2023
Kaohsiung Film Festival 2023
Singapore International Film Festival 2023
11th International Video Poetry Festival 2023
MATA Taiwan Indigenous Film Festival 2024
Empty Train Waltz
‘Empty Train Waltz’ was inspired by a dream of singer Bennett Bay’s, of an old couple dancing in an empty train.
Singapore | 4min | 2022
Directed by: Lim Jia Ying & Kris Ong
Momo Film Co & Finding Pictures
Screenings—
Athens Digital Arts Festival
Plissken Festival
A/perture Streetside Cinema
Turku Animated Film Festival
Chaniartoon - International Comic & Animation Festival
ANIMAGE Festival
Cairo Animation Forum
Khabarovsk International Animation Film Festival
T-Short Film Festival
Maybe, Marriage
Shi Hui is still in love with her ex-boyfriend, Ryan. When he requests that they take fake wedding photographs to appease his dying mother, Shi Hui agrees and becomes lost in the fantasy, much to the chagrin of her best friends Rebecca and JJ.
Singapore | 10min X 5 | 2021
Directed and Written by Kris Ong
Produced by Tan Si En
Momo Film Co, Viddsee
Screenings—
T/O Webfest— Best International Series
ContentAsia Awards— Best Short-form Drama Series
Melbourne Web Fest— Best International Drama Nomination
Rio Web Fest— Best Dramatic Series, Best Writing, Best Actress, Best Editing, Best Production Design, Best Soundtrack, Best Sound, Best International Series Nomination
Now available to watch on Paramount+, Channel 5, Viddsee
Sunday
A young woman with a full body rash is driven to violence during a forbidden encounter with her sister’s boyfriend.
Singapore | 13min | 2019
Directed and written by Kris Ong
Produced by Tan Si En
Momo Film Co
Screenings—
25th Palm Springs International Short Fest— In Competition
30th Singapore International Film Festival— In Competition
Torino Short Film Market
Arthouse Asia Film Festival— In Competition
Short Waves Festival— In Competition
Osaka Asian Film Festival— In Competition
10th Ca'Foscari Short Film Festival
Lift-Off Global Network Sessions
Nukhufest
6th National Youth Film Awards— Best Film, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Actress
Visual Art Lleida International Cinema Festival
Her International Film Festival
Lobo Fest: Festival Internacional de Filmes
Calcutta International Short Film Festival
New Cinema Collective
44th Golden Harvest Awards
You Idiot
Roaming the streets one night, Darren and Matt write a song about what’s to come in their happy-go-lucky world.
Screenings—
29th Singapore International Film Festival
Kortfilmfestivalen / The Norwegian Short Film Festival— In Competition
ShorTS International Film Festival— In Competition
Szczecin Film Festival— Music SEFF Competition
SeaShorts Film Festival— S Express
Wathann Film Festival— S Express
Singapore Shorts ‘19
5th National Youth Film Awards— Best Original Music, Best Editing, Best Cinematography
38th Uppsala International Short Film Festival— In Competition
Eastern Oregon Film Festival
42nd Golden Harvest Awards
13th Lviv International Short Film festival Wiz-ArtNew Cinema Collective
Singapore | 10min | 2018
Directed/ Produced/ Written by Kris Ong
Momo Film Co
For We Are Strangers
For We Are Strangers reveals the consciousness of a prison counsellor, Xuan, who slowly succumbs to the trauma of her past after being assigned to the same man who assaulted her. The inmate is due to be released for a minor felony but fails to recognise her. Xuan's subsequent actions blur the line between victim and assailant, altering the viewer's perception of morality and retribution.
Singapore | 2015
Directed by Nicole Midori Woodford
Written by Kris Ong
Produced by Ling Tiong
Awards & Nominations—
In Competition - Silver Screen Awards | Singapore International Film Festival 2015
In Competition - Wide Angle Asian Short Films | Busan International Film Festival 2015