All Shall Be Well
2024
(Producer)
Angie and Pat have been together for over four decades but after Pat's unexpected death, Angie finds herself at the mercy of Pat's family as she struggles to retain her dignity and the home that both had shared for over thirty years.
Suk Suk / Twilights Kiss
2019
(Producer)
The story of two closeted married men in their twilight years, one day Pak, 70, a taxi driver who refuses to retire, meets Hoi, 65, a retired single father, in a park. Despite years of societal and personal pressure, they are proud of the families they have created through hard work and determination. Yet in that brief initial encounter, something is unleashed in them which had been suppressed for so many years. As both men recount and recall their personal histories, they also contemplate a possible future together.
Revenge Of The Pontianak
2019
Co-Producer
1965, Malaysia. A small village helps Khalid and Siti prepare for their wedding day. Soon after, a great darkness falls upon the village as a string of horrific deaths and supernatural happenings create widespread fear and paranoia amongst the villagers. The events force a confession from Khalid to a murder of a girl he made pregnant years before, now believed to have returned as a Pontianak. To kill this vengeful vampire, he rallies all the men of the village and sets out into the jungle to hunt her down. But can the village stop her?
Front Cover
2016
Co-Producer
In this evocative tale of love, identity, and cultural collision, director Ray Yeung invites us into the world of Ryan Fu (Jake Choi), a gay Chinese American fashion stylist who has spent a lifetime evading his heritage. When tasked with styling Ning (James Chen), a seemingly straight actor from Beijing, Ryan is forced to confront the roots he has sought to escape. Their journey through the fashion world and cultural differences uncovers an unsuspected but profound connection. When Ning’s sexuality is threatened by a Chinese tabloid, Ryan faces a heart-wrenching choice between love and his hard-won identity. Front Cover beautifully captures the nuances of the immigrant experience with tender performances and insightful direction. It explores the struggle for authenticity in a world demanding conformity. Yeung’s storytelling skillfully weaves themes of love and acceptance that linger on long after the final frame.
Deconstructing Zoe
2016
(documentary)
Deconstructing Zoe is an exploration of gender, race and sexuality, seen through the life and times of transgender Chinese actor and producer Chowee Leow.
The Blue Mansion
2009
(Associate Producer)
The Blue Mansion is a quirky murder mystery about a wealthy Asian tycoon who dies suddenly under mysterious circumstances and returns as a ghost to try to uncover the secret of his death. Two eager detectives investigate the death, chasing all leads and suspects, including the dead man's three children. The ghost witnesses his own funeral wake, attended by jealous relatives and business competitors as well as the police investigation that unveils hidden family secrets.
Cut Sleeve Boys
2005
(Producer & Actor)
Two British Chinese gay men decides to re-examine their lives following a death of their friend. Mel sleeps around whilst rejecting the love of Todd and Ash decides to cross dress to find his knight in shining armour.
BIO
Chowee Leow is a London-based, Malaysian Chinese-born actor and producer with a diverse career in theatre, television, and film.
From writing her first play The Third Sex to her award-winning solo show An Occasional Orchid, and her leading role in Cut Sleeve Boys, Chowee has predominantly portrayed transgender and female roles throughout her acting career.
Chowee has performed in London, Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, and Tokyo.
Her West End theatre credits include M. Butterfly, Anything Goes, and The Letter, where she portrayed Joanna Lumley’s servant girl in Act 1 and a male thug in Act 2.
She also played Lord Alfred Douglas in the Malaysian premiere of Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde.
Chowee’s critically acclaimed solo show An Occasional Orchid was selected as the pick of the 2nd London One-Person Play Festival and was featured in Time Out’s “I Wished I’d Seen That” season at the Battersea Arts Centre. It was presented at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (UK), Royal Tropical Museum in Amsterdam, and played to sold-out houses in Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Singapore.
From 1997 to 2000, Chowee served as Associate Artistic Director of Tripitaka Theatre Company in London together with the renowned Singaporean theatre maker Ivan Heng. She also co-produced two feature films by Singaporean director and filmmaker Glen Goei: The Blue Mansion (2009) and The Revenge of Pontianak (2019), which was sold to Netflix globally.
In 2003, Chowee co-founded Rice is Nice Productions with Ray Yeung. Together, they produced several short films and the feature film Cut Sleeve Boys (2005), in which Chowee also starred in. The film won her Best Actor at the Madrid LGFF. Their second feature, Front Cover (2013), also won several awards and was sold to Netflix and Amazon US, with cinematic releases in the US and Asia.
Chowee is currently attached to New Voice Productions Limited, co-founded with Ray Yeung and Stan Guingon.
Their third feature, Suk Suk (2019), premiered at the Busan International Film Festival and was nominated for five Golden Horse Awards and nine Hong Kong Film Awards.
The film went on to win two Hong Kong Film Awards and several other accolades, including Best Film at the Hong Kong Film Critics Award. Suk Suk was presented in the Panorama section at Berlin International Film Festival 2020.
It has been sold to multiple international territories, including the USA, where it was re-titled Twilight’s Kiss for its cinematic release.
Their latest feature, All Shall Be Well, premiered at Berlinale 2023, winning the prestigious Teddy Award and securing international distribution in many countries and winning several other international awards.
Chowee identifies as transgender and was the subject of the documentary Deconstructing Zoe (2016) by Rosa Fong, which explored gender, race, and sexuality through the lens of a transgender Asian woman’s experience featuring scenes from her solo show An Occasional Orchid.