“Not your Average Neighbour” US Premiere

CheeWei’s “Not Your Average Neighbour” short documentary is set to make it’s US premiere at the 11th San Pedro International Film Festival. 

The San Pedro International Film Festival (SPIFFest) is a nonprofit organization that serves the San Pedro community, the Port of LA, Long Beach, and the Los Angeles area.  

SPIFFest celebrates the diverse culture and community of San Pedro with a broad spectrum of independent film, documentaries, and shorts

The premiere is set for this Saturday, 4th February, 2023 at 2.30pm @ the John Olguin Auditorium, within the Cabrillo Marine Aquarium, 3720 Stephen M. White Drive San Pedro, CA 90731 United States

Tickets to the screening for “Not Your Average Neighbour” is available through this eventbrite link, and best of all, it’s FREE!! Book your tickets here!

Follow this link for more information on the San Pedro International Film Festival

"Not Your Average Neighbour" picks up 2 awards at the 10th Toronto Indie Shorts festival

CheeWei's short documentary “Not Your Average Neighbour”, picked up the “Best Documentary” and “Best Edit” awards at the 10th Toronto Indie Shorts Festival.

The festival mainly focuses on arthouse narrative, experimental, animation and documentaries from international and Canadian talents.

The festival was created by a team of Canadian directors, producers, critics and film scholars from York University of Toronto.

The mission of the festival is to recognize and promote short films through the Toronto Indie Shorts. 

CheeWei's Short film "Not Your Average Neighbour" picks up 2 awards at the World Film Carnival

CheeWei's short documentary “Not Your Average Neighbour”, collected the “Outstanding Achievement Award” in the “Best Film Score” and “Best Documentary Film” categories at the recent World Film Carnival.

"Not Your Average Neighbour" explores the controversial world of graffiti and street art told through the perspective of Steve, a Melbournian street artist and a personal friend of CheeWei’s.

Steve shares his personal story of finding a place in the underground scene where public perception shifts between visual artistry and vandalism.

The win came as a total surprise to CheeWei and his team as Singapore being the host country of the festival, has strict laws treating underground street art as a criminal activity, which leads to massive fines or imprisonment not exceeding three years, and also mandatory corporal punishment of not less than three strokes and not more than eight strokes of the cane.

CheeWei would like to thank everyone involved in the project.