EXCLUSIVE : Bangkok-based sales agent Diversion has secured rights to Siyou Tan’s coming-of-age drama Amoeba , ahead of the film’s world premiere at Toronto.

Singaporean director Tan’s feature debut revolves around a 16-year-old girl and three rebellious classmates in an elite all-girls Chinese school. Their urge to resist authoritarian teachers drives them to discover the erased stories of mythical gangsters that ruled the streets of colonial Singapore. They then decide to form their own gang in modern Singapore, a country where even feeding pigeons and chewing gum is illegal.

The film will premiere in the Discovery strand of Toronto on September 10.

“ Amoeba is a project we’ve poured a great deal of time and dedication into,” said delegate producer Fran Borgia, whose recent credi

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