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PARTICIPANTS
Wesley Leon AROOZOO
(Singapore)
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Biography
Wesley Leon Aroozoo is a breath away from completing his BFA in Filmmaking at Nanyang
Technological University Of Singapore (School Of Arts, Design And
Media). Wesley is regarded as
young active member of the lo
cal film community and was ranked #1 in the selection of the Top Five
Emerging Filmmakers below 30 in Singapore at ICA 2010.
Wesley's 10 short films are Awarde
d, In Competition and Screened in
over 60 film festivals such as The
International Film Festival
Rotterd
am.
He is also part of 13 Little Pictures, a film collective in Singapore
that champions innovative films, hailed by critics as the 'Real New Wave' in Singapore.
Wesley has also been featured on Channel News Asia (Television), News 93.8 FM (Radio)
and The Strait
Times (Print) to discuss his films. His films are also cataloged and distributed by Objectifs Films and The
Asian Film Archive. Wesley has also travelled to count
ries such as Holland, Germany
, Indonesia,
Thailand and Hong Kong with the supp
ort of the Singapore Film Commission to share and discuss his
films in prestigious film festivals.
Other than his films, Wesley was also under the mentorship of Marilyn Milgrom of Script Factory
(England) for his feature lenght script 'Bookmarked' which c
linched a Merit Award at the Panasonic
Digital Film Fiesta and Judges Choice at the 1st Noise Festival. He is also trained in music scoring for
film and picked up a Silver award for Best Sound Design and Score, a Bronze award and 4 Finalist
awards at the C
rowbar Awards. Wesley was also commissioned to create the opening trailer for the 5th
Singapore Short Film Festival which featured top Asian filmmakers such as Royston Tan and Amir
Muhammad.
For his 2 year National Service, Wesley trained as a Commando i
n the 1st Comm
ando Battalion and as a
Pilot
Cadet in the Republic Of Singapore Air Force in Sydney, Australia.
Wesley is currently developing his feature script 'Bookmarked' and intends to purse his Masters Degree
next.
Filmography
Kissing Faces
(
2009,
11min, HDV
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Festivals/ Awards
Official S
election International Film Festival Rotterdam
Mickey
(
2009, 19min, HDV
)
Festivals/ Awards
In Competition IndPanda Film Festival, Hong Kong
Peep
(
2010, 5min, HDV
)
Festivals/ Awards
Official S
election Asian Berlin H
ot Shots, Germany
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