A cop in Singapore investigates the disappearance of a Chinese migrant construction worker who spent sleepless nights playing a mysterious video game.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a fever dream of Singapore's underbelly.
Direction
Yeo Siew Hua treats migrant invisibility like horror—because it is.
Sound
The hum of servers and construction drones becomes its own character.
Director
Yeo Siew Hua
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yeo became the first Singaporean to win Golden Leopard at Locarno; the government initially hesitated to fund a film about marginalized migrants they prefer invisible.
The 'land' of the title refers to reclaimed territory—literal earth shipped in to expand Singapore, built on the backs of workers like Wang who will never own a single square foot of it.
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