# Boo Junfeng
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| name = Boo Junfeng
| image = Boo Junfeng, 2025.png
| alt =
| caption = Boo in 2025
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|12|04|df=y}}
| birth_place = [Singapore](/source/Singapore)
| alma_mater = [Ngee Ann Polytechnic](/source/Ngee_Ann_Polytechnic)
[LASALLE College of the Arts](/source/LASALLE_College_of_the_Arts)
| occupation = [Filmmaker](/source/Filmmaker)
| years_active = 2004–present
| website = {{url|https://boojunfeng.com}}
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
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'''Boo Junfeng''' (Chinese: 巫俊锋; pinyin: wū jùn fēng; born 4 December 1983) is a [Singapore](/source/Singapore)an [filmmaker](/source/filmmaker). Boo's films, [''Sandcastle''](/source/Sandcastle_(film)) (2010) and [''Apprentice''](/source/Apprentice_(film)) (2016) have been screened at the [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival), beginning with his debut film, ''Sandcastle'', which was an [Critics' Week](/source/Critics'_Week) nominee.[{{Cite web|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/thorny-issues-no-drama|title=How film-maker Boo Junfeng skirts controversy|last=hermes|date=3 September 2018|website=The Straits Times|language=en|access-date=14 August 2019}}]
==Early life and education==
Boo is [a Singaporean of Chinese ethnicity](/source/Chinese_Singaporeans), belonging to the [Hokkien](/source/Hokkien_People) language supgroup.[{{cite web| title=Royston Tan to produce Singapore's first dialect film anthology| url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/royston-tan-to-produce-singapore-s-first-dialect-film-anthology-8810482| quote='I was going to be acting as myself, so I guess it was relatively stress free,' joked Boo, who is Hokkien.| date=2 May 2017| access-date=6 June 2018| archive-date=12 June 2018| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612142017/https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/royston-tan-to-produce-singapore-s-first-dialect-film-anthology-8810482| url-status=dead}}] He graduated from the School of Film & Media Studies at [Ngee Ann Polytechnic](/source/Ngee_Ann_Polytechnic) in 2003, and from the Puttnam School of Film, [LASALLE College of the Arts](/source/LASALLE_College_of_the_Arts), in 2009, where he was accorded the McNally Award for Excellence in the Arts – the valedictorian honour of the college.[{{cite web|title=Kinema: A journal for Film and Audiovisual Media|url=http://www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca/article.php?id=472&feature}}]
== Career ==
Boo's films, many of which show a preoccupation with places and historical and personal [memory](/source/memory), had won prizes and acclaim and had been shown in film festivals around the world.[{{cite web|title=Yesterday.sg|url=http://yesterday.sg/uncategorised/boo-junfeng-on-sandcastle|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111018062726/http://yesterday.sg/uncategorised/boo-junfeng-on-sandcastle/|archivedate=18 October 2011}}] Boo's debut feature film ''[Sandcastle](/source/Sandcastle_(film))'' (2010) was the first Singaporean film to be invited to the [Critics' Week](/source/Critics'_Week) section at the [Cannes Film Festival](/source/Cannes_Film_Festival).[{{cite web|url=http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/life/boo-junfeng-singapores-next-film-making-star-437297|title=CNN Go: Boo Junfeng - Singapore's Next Filmmaking Star|access-date=10 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110913130039/http://www.cnngo.com/singapore/life/boo-junfeng-singapores-next-film-making-star-437297|archive-date=13 September 2011|url-status=dead}}][{{cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2010/11/19/boo-junfeng-and-sandcastle/|title=The Wall Street Journal: Singaporean Director Is Coming of Age|last=Napolitano|first=Dean|date=19 November 2010}}] Notable [short film](/source/short_film)s include ''Un Retrato De Familia'' (2004), ''Katong Fugue'' (2007), ''Keluar Baris'' (2008) and ''Tanjong Rhu'' (2009).
In 2013, Boo won the President's Young Talents Credit Suisse Artist Commissioning Award for a video art piece, ''Mirror''. Later that year, he participated at the [Singapore Biennale](/source/Singapore_Biennale) with ''Happy and Free'', a video installation that depicted a Singapore that remained a part of [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia) in 2013 and was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the territories' [merger](/source/Singapore_in_Malaysia).[{{cite web|title=SingaporeBiennale|url=http://singaporebiennale2013.tumblr.com/post/64379513844/artist-interview-with-boo-junfeng}}] Boo's short film, "Parting" was released as part of the omnibus titled ''[7 Letters](/source/7_Letters)'' (2015) to commemorate [Singapore's 50th year of independence](/source/Singapore_independence).[{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/movies/story/one-film-singapores-50th-year-seven-top-local-directors-including-eric-khoo-a|title=One film for Singapore's 50th year from seven top local directors, including Eric Khoo and Jack Neo|last1=Chan|first1=Boon|date=20 August 2014|accessdate=3 September 2014|publisher=Singapore Press Holdings|agency=The Straits Times}}]
Boo's second feature film ''[Apprentice](/source/Apprentice_(film))'' (2016) was selected at the [Un Certain Regard](/source/Un_Certain_Regard) section of the [2016 Cannes Film Festival](/source/2016_Cannes_Film_Festival). Executively produced by filmmaker [Eric Khoo](/source/Eric_Khoo), the film is a psychological drama about a young Malay correctional officer who is transferred to Singapore's top prison where he befriends its soon-to-retire chief executioner.[{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes-live-stream-2016-film-festival-lineup-list|title=2016 Cannes Film Festival Announces Lineup|work=IndieWire|date=14 April 2016 |accessdate=14 April 2016}}][{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2016/film/festivals/cannes-film-festival-official-selection-lineup-2016-1201753269/|title=Cannes 2016: Film Festival Unveils Official Selection Lineup|work=Variety|date=14 April 2016 |accessdate=14 April 2016}}][{{cite news|last1=Cremin|first1=Stephen|title=European partners board Boo Junfeng's Apprentice|url=http://www.filmbiz.asia/news/european-partners-board-boo-junfengs-apprentice|accessdate=10 September 2014|agency=Film Business Asia|date=25 February 2014}}] He also revealed in an interview that he is personally against the [death penalty in Singapore](/source/death_penalty_in_Singapore).[{{cite news|url=https://www.straitstimes.com/lifestyle/entertainment/humanising-the-hangman|title=The world could use more empathy, says Apprentice director Boo Junfeng|website=The Straits Times|date=29 June 2016|access-date=20 August 2021}}]
In 2016, Boo received the Rising Director award at the [21st Busan International Film Festival](/source/21st_Busan_International_Film_Festival)'s Asia Star Awards.[{{cite web|first1=Reena Devi Shanmuga|last1=Retnam|title=Singaporean director Boo Junfeng awarded Rising Director at Busan International Film Festival|url=http://www.todayonline.com/entertainment/movies/singaporean-director-boo-junfeng-awarded-rising-director-busan-international|website=[Today](/source/Today_(Singapore_newspaper))|accessdate=19 October 2015|date=7 October 2016}}]
Boo was selected as the creative director of the [Singapore National Day Parade](/source/Singapore_National_Day_Parade) in 2018,[{{Cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/want-reshape-ndp-2018-narrative-move-beyond-propaganda-boo-junfeng-050030706.html|title=NDP 2018 creative director Boo Junfeng: 'Unity' is not just about 'propaganda'|website=www.yahoo.com|date=5 July 2018 |language=en-US|access-date=12 January 2019}}] 2021[{{cite web |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/what-to-expect-at-ndp-2021-and-how-to-catch-it-live |title=WATCH: National Day Parade 2021 |last=Lim |first=Min Zhang |date=21 August 2021 |publisher=The Straits Times |access-date=26 August 2021}}] and Singapore's diamond jubilee in 2025.[{{Cite news |last=Hadi |first=Eddino Abdul |date=26 June 2025 |title=NDP 2025: Show at Padang to feature largest mobile stage in parade history |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/ndp-2025-show-at-padang-to-feature-largest-mobile-stage-in-parade-history |access-date=2025-06-27 |work=[The Straits Times](/source/The_Straits_Times) |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}]
== Filmography ==
* ''Plague'' (part of ''15 Shorts''; 2018)
* ''[Apprentice](/source/Apprentice_(film))'' (2016)
* ''[7 Letters](/source/7_Letters)'' (omnibus - segment "Parting"; 2015)
* ''[Sandcastle](/source/Sandcastle_(film))'' (2010)
* ''Tanjong Rhu'' (aka ''The Casuarina Cove'') (short; 2009)
* ''Keluar Baris'' / ''Homecoming'' (short; 2008)
* ''Bedok Jetty'' (short; 2008)
* ''Lucky 7'' (omnibus - segment 3; 2007)
* ''Katong Fugue'' (short; 2007)
* ''The Changi Murals'' (short; 2006)
* ''Guo Ke'' / ''Stranger'' (short; 2004)
* ''Un Retrato De Familia'' / ''A Family Portrait'' (short; 2004)
== Awards ==
*2010 [1st Hanoi International Film Festival](/source/1st_Hanoi_International_Film_Festival) Best Feature Film and Best Director awards (''[Sandcastle](/source/Sandcastle_(film))'')[{{cite web|last1=Napolitano|first1=Dean|title=Singaporean Director Is Coming of Age|work=Wall Street Journal |date=19 November 2010 |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2010/11/19/boo-junfeng-and-sandcastle/|accessdate=19 January 2015}}]
*2016 [https://www.sportskeeda.com/lifestyle/news-kim-go-eun-s-look-marie-claire-asia-star-awards-2023-wins-internet-she-epitome-timeless-natural-beauty Marie Claire Asia Star Awards]: Rising Director, awarded in the 4th Busan International Film Festival ([BIFF](/source/Busan_International_Film_Festival)) (''[Apprentice](/source/Apprentice_(film))'')