Venice Competitor ‘Stranger Eyes’ Director Yeo Siew Hua Developing Limited Series as Part of Producer Akanga Film Asia’s Growing Slate (EXCLUSIVE)

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Christopher Vourlias Fran Borgia of Singapore’s Akanga Film Asia (“Tiger Stripes”), who’s at the Venice Film Festival this week with Yeo Siew Hua’s Golden Lion contender “Stranger Eyes,” has unveiled two new projects on his production company’s fast-growing slate, including a limited series from Yeo, whose “A Land Imagined” won the Locarno Film Festival’s top prize in 2018. “We are excited to announce that we are expanding our horizons beyond Southeast Asia, embarking on ambitious new projects in collaboration with partners from China, Japan and India,” Borgia told Variety. “These international co-productions present new challenges and opportunities, allowing us to push creative boundaries and expand our artistic skills.” Described by the producer as “a captivating and innovative addition to [Yeo’s] body of work,” the Singaporean filmmaker’s seven-part psychological police thriller series “The Fundamentals” delves into small-town paranoia, blending science, cultism and procedural elements.

Created by Yeo and written by Yeo, Jen-Fang Wang, Ting Chi-Wen and Chen Chieh Ju, the series is being developed between Akanga Film Asia (Singapore) and Volos Films (Taiwan), with Yeo, Borgia and Stefano Centini of Volos Films serving as showrunners.

Currently in development, the series is set to be shot in Taiwan in 2025. Set in the small town of Chunding, “The Fundamentals” follows a police inspector and a sophisticated investigator who make the grisly discovery of 25 decapitated bodies and a hidden cult seeking to restore nature’s balance through supernatural means.

As they delve into the investigation, the inspector’s immersion in the cult threatens his partner’s scientific beliefs and their quest for the truth.