'' Pop Aye '' is a 2017 Singaporean-Thai drama film directed by Kirsten Tan . A debut feature by Tan , the road film tells the story of a man as he tries to take his long-lost elephant back to their rural hometown . The first Singaporean film selected to screen at the Sundance , it competed and won a Special Jury Prize in the World Cinema Dramatic Competition section of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival . It was selected as the Singaporean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 90th Academy Awards , but it was not nominated
90th Academy Awards
90th Academy Awards
Pop Aye