ABOUT THE FILMMAKER
Born and raised in Singapore, Raey dreamt of being a filmmaker at 15 years old and has been chasing that dream ever since. She graduated on the Dean’s List from York University with her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Hons.) in Film Production, where she cultivated her passion for storytelling through visual art and sound design. Her films reflect her belief that sound is 51% of film, often featuring a distinct soundtrack paired with visually compelling storytelling.
Raey’s films have been showcased at various film festivals, earning accolades such as the Merit Award at the Canada Shorts Film Festival for her short film AXIS (2015), and Outstanding Achievement in Best Director for Anna (2021) at the World Film Carnival Singapore.
Her most notable film is Reprise (2019), winning Best Experimental Film at the Florence Film Awards and Toronto Shorts International Film Festival, the largest short film festival in Canada. Her achievements as a director include Best Director (Female) at the Independent Shorts Awards and Best Indie Filmmaker at the Global Film Festival Awards. Her latest film, Clouded (2024) has received an Honorable Mention at Experimental Forum 2025 and Official Selection at the BIDEODROMO International Experimental Film and Video Festival in Bilbao — a significant milestone, with few Singaporean filmmakers ever featured in its program.
She is currently developing her first feature film, with aspirations of being a professional film festival Q&A moderator, putting her skills and experience as a filmmaker and filmwatcher to good use. Her other hobbies are writing, watching films and taking Polaroids. She is also an avid Formula 1 fan, with one of her next career goals to work at Dawn Apollo Films when it has Lewis Hamilton’s full attention (so after he wins his 8th F1 Championship title.)
ACCOLADES
Currently a member of the programming team at Academy Award qualifying Austin Film Festival (since 2024)
Winner of Best Director (Female) - Independent Shorts Awards 2019Winner of Best Indie Filmmaker - Global Film Festival Awards
2019Outstanding Achievement - Best Director - World Film Carnival Singapore 2021Class of 2020, Pendance Film Festival - Directors’ Lab - One of twelve that were selected across CanadaQuarter Finalist - Feature Script Category - New York International Screenplay Awards 2021Published in “What We Burn For” An anthology series featuring 25 Singaporean creatives, a collaboration between Writing The City & Atelier Arcadia