Khoo has five critically acclaimed feature films that were at film festivals all over the world : '' Mee Pok Man '' ( 1995 ) , '' 12 Storeys '' ( 1997 ) , '' Be with Me '' ( 2005 ) , '' My Magic '' ( 2008 ) and '' Tatsumi '' ( 2011 ) . '' Mee Pok Man '' won prizes in Singapore , Fukuoka and Pusan . It was also entered into the 19th Moscow International Film Festival . '' 12 Storeys '' won him the Federation of International Film Critics ( FIPRESCI ) Award and the UOB Young Cinema Award at the 10th Singapore International Film Festival , and the Golden Maile Award for Best Picture at the 17th Hawaii International Film Festival . '' 12 Storeys '' was also the first Singapore film to be invited to take part in the Cannes Film Festival . '' Be With Me '' opened the Directors ' Fortnight at the 2005 Cannes Film Festival , while '' My Magic '' was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival and was voted as one of the top five films of that year by '' Le Monde '' . Most recently , '' Tatsumi '' , based on manga artist Yoshihiro Tatsumi 's memoir , premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival
19th Moscow International Film Festival
19th Moscow International Film Festival
Eric Khoo