王欣茹 Kris Ong

She has over 6 years of experience in story and script development. Beyond working as a script consultant at HBO Asia, Kris has written script coverage for an international variety of scripts, short stories as well as novels. She is the co-writer of the feature film Ajoomma, to be directed by He Shuming (SEAFIC Award Winner 2018, IFFAM Co Production Award.)

As a director, her short films and music videos have collectively screened at over 30 film festivals and platforms such as MTV Asia. Her latest short film Sunday, had its world premiere at the Palm Springs International ShortFest 2019.

In 2021, Kris was selected to participate in the first edition of Sundance Intensive Asia. Kris was the youngest participant at the Singapore International Film Festival’s Southeast Asian Film Lab in 2014, and a resident at the Yamagata Documentary Dojo in 2019. In 2020, she was featured in The Straits Times 30 under 30 - The Arts list for her work in Momo Film Co.