He began rising to prominence in 2009 by writing and directing '' Love Suicides '' and '' Kingyo '' , two short films loosely adapted from the works of Yasunari Kawabata . '' Love Suicides '' had its world premiere at the Festival Paris Cinéma 2009 and won the Best Director award at the China Mobile Film Festival 2009 . '' Kingyo '' , his first Japanese-language short , was selected for competition at the 66th Venice International Film Festival and won at Larissa Mediterranean Festival of New Filmmakers . Yeo was the youngest Malaysian filmmaker to ever compete in the prestigious film festival . '' Kingyo '' later received the Silver Grand Prix and Best New Creator awards at Japan 's Eibunren Awards 2009 . At the same year , he produced and edited Woo Ming Jin 's Woman On Fire Looks For Water , which was also screened at the 66th Venice International Film Festival
66th Venice International Film Festival
66th Venice International Film Festival
Edmund Yeo