Meng Ong

Director

Biography

Graduated from New York University Film Graduate School, ONG Meng first feature film, MISS WONTON (2001), premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and wining the PRIX FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival. ONG was also selected as one of the Directors to Watch by Sundance Institute and filmfestivals.com. ONG Meng is currently in post-producing his second feature, Little Medium Boy which was selected to participate in the Sundance Institute June Screenwrit…

Filmography

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Hungry Souls

Bao, a young chef with the ability to see ghosts, keeps a low profile to avoid wandering souls, a challenging task during the Hungry Ghost Festival. His life takes a turn when he encounters Soo Lian, a wandering ghost who refuses reincarnation and seeks Bao's assistance in reuniting with her lover, Hock.

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A Fantastic Ghost Wedding

A Fantastic Ghost Wedding is the story of a young popular spirit medium, who is hired to find a spouse for a dead teenage boy. The chosen bride turns out to be an unexpected person, and this snowballs into a series of events culminating in a Chinese ghost wedding.

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Miss Wonton

Miss Wonton begins with the arrival of a young Chinese immigrant, Ah Na (Amy Ting), to her new place of work, the Buddha's Happiness in New York. At Buddha's Happiness, she meets other immigrant workers and hears their idiosyncratic dreams of the future. She decides she will do better for herself, and is determined to achieve the American Dream. One day while making a delivery, she stumbles upon an underground world of immigrant women in Grand Central station. This world is called the "Golden Palace". She finds a new friend in Lily - her alter ego. She also meets an American man named, Jack and falls for him. As Ah Na grapples onto the hope of a brighter future, the ghosts of her past soon catch up with her. Will Ah Na achieve her sense of place in the real world or will she be forever lost in the uncertainty of the past?

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