Giselle LIN Xuan Qing is a Singaporean writer-director. Her works include her undergrad thesis short film Yi Yi (Time Flows in Strange Ways on Sundays) (2021 Locarno Pardi di Domani), and documentary short films I look into the mirror and repeat to myself (2023 Locarno Pardi di Domani) and Things (2024 Kurzfilm Hamburg). Her latest short film Children’s Day premiered in competition at Berlinale 2025. Her debut feature project in development, Midnight Blue Spring, won the grand prize at the 2022 Locarno Residency. Giselle is greatly inspired by the impermanence of memory, connections, and nature, and always seeks to tell stories filled with human truth, touch, and taste.
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Giselle Lin Xuanqing
Awards
SYFF’26 Open Youth Best Director (Nominee)
Children's Day