Lai Weijie is a film producer based in Singapore and Toronto, Canada. In 2010 he co-founded E&W Films, a Singapore-based film development and production company with Elizabeth Wijaya. He is the producer of POP AYE (2017), awarded at Sundance, Rotterdam, and Zurich, Taste (2021), awarded at Berlinale, Taipei, Asia Pacific Screen Awards, and Jogja-NETPAC, and Mongrel (2024), awarded the Caméra d’Or Special Mention at the Cannes Film Festival. As co-producer, his credits include Vengeance Is Mine, All Others Pay Cash (2021), winner of the Golden Leopard at Locarno, Cu Li Never Cries (2024), winner of GWFF Best First Feature Award at Berlinale, and Viet and Nam (2024), selected in Un Certain Regard, Cannes Film Festival. Weijie has several years of experience as a senior programmer formerly at the Singapore International Film Festival, developing its film academy and overseeing its Asian selection. He has served on the selection committee for several fund bodies.
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