Leong Puiyee manages the film programmes for Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film. She was previously the short film programmer of the Singapore International Film Festival (2014 to 2019) and was on the selection committee of the SEAShorts Film Festival in Malaysia, the World Press Photo Digital Storytelling Contest, and festivals in Busan and Bangkok.
Leong Puiyee
Leong Puiyee participated in “Greatest” Short Films of All Time 2025, a first-ever poll of its kind as a collective love letter to the art of short-form moving image. yanco and Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg, in collaboration with Talking Shorts, invited filmmakers, curators, distributors, critics, and scholars worldwide to nominate 10 audiovisual works under sixty minutes that they personally consider the “greatest” of all time. This was Leong Puiyee’s submission:
| Movie | Original Title | Director | Country | Year | Duration | |
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| Kachi Kachi Yama 堅々獄夫婦庭訓 | Tadanori Yokoo | Japan | 1965 | 8’ | ||
Known primarily as a graphic designer and artist, this animation is one of the few films that Tadanori Yokoo made. The frenzied energy of this film, coupled with the artist's distinct, bold style, is inimitable. |
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| Come | Kirsten Tan | Singapore | 2007 | 21’ | ||
A quirky, amusing observation about sex and religion. |
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| HUMONGOUS! | Aya Kawazoe | Japan | 2020 | 11’ | ||
Memory and time blends ever so dreamily in this film, transcending between space and the unknown. |
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| The Last Mango Before The Monsoon | Payal Kapadia | India | 2015 | 19’ | ||
Such a lush, evocative film with an equally immersive soundscape. |
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| Ice Merchants | João Gonzalez | Portugal | 2022 | 14’ | ||
No words are needed in this film. The universal language of love and loss is expressed with such tenderness. Watching this gem makes my heart burst with affection, sadness and yearning. |
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| Red Aninsri; Or, Tiptoeing on the Still Trembling Berlin Wall อนินทรีย์แดง | Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke | Thailand | 2020 | 30’ | ||
Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke has such a witty, hilarious yet acute take on the world around him. This film embodies all these elements and more - it is wild, charming and so delightful. |
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| Persona 각질 | Moon Sujin | South Korea | 2022 | 6’ | ||
This film keenly reflects the horrors of beauty standards and identity in a deeply unsettling way. |
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| Eleven Men Mười một người đàn ông | Nguyễn Trinh Thi | Vietnam | 2016 | 28’ | ||
Reusing found footage from classic Vietnamese films, imposed with text from a short story (Eleven Sons) by Franz Kafka, the film examines the role of women, the representation of women with a fresh and critical lens. |
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| Will You Look At Me | Shuli Huang | China | 2022 | 21’ | ||
A profoundly moving, honest record about family and queerness. |
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| How Are You? Comment ça va? | Caroline Poggi , Jonathan Vinel | France | 2025 | 31’ | ||
Wickedly smart, offering an astute commentary on the politics of today's world, this film pulses with a raw, unapologetic energy. |
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