Yee Wei, a Grand Prix winner of Short Shorts (an Academy Accredited Festival) for his short film “Benjamin’s Last Day at Katong Swimming Complex” (2018), has a portfolio as diverse as his interests. His 5th and most recent Singaporean feature “Wonderland”《樂園》(2024) is a hyper local family drama feature that won the Audience Award at San Diego Asian Film Festival, Local Jury Award at the Palm Springs International Film Festival, and bagged both the Best Leading Actor and Best Supporting Actor awards at Ho Chi Minh City International Film Festival. “Wonderland” also won “Most Anticipated Chinese Language Film” in the 36th Golden Rooster Chinese Film Festival.
A tech enthusiast, Yee Wei founded Mocha Chai Laboratories, SE Asia’s first boutique digital film lab with a state-of-the-art Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos facility.
Today he splits his time developing AI solutions and producing content, while advocating the use of new technologies to tell better stories.