Ajoomma

A Singaporean widow whose life has narrowed to her son and her housework, and who is hooked on Korean television dramas, goes abroad for the first time in her life and lands in Seoul. From the moment she loses her tour group she is alone in the city, and that unplanned disappearance turns into her real encounter with a country she has only known from a screen. He Shuming’s ninety minute debut feature was backed as producer by Anthony Chen; Hong Huifang leads, with Kang Hyung-suk and Jeong Dong-hwan beside her. It screened in Busan on 7 October 2022 and in Singapore on 27 October. It took four nominations at the 59th Golden Horse Awards, where Hong Huifang became the first Singaporean actress nominated for best leading actress, and the film was Singapore’s entry for the 95th Academy Awards.