Sim Eng Khoo

Ms Khoo Sim Eng

Head, Film Studies Minor

School of Humanities and Behavioural Sciences

Educational Qualifications

2000
Postgraduate Diploma in Education (Distinction), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

1997
MA, National University of Singapore

1993
BA Honours (Direct Honours), National University of Singapore

Academic and Professional Experience

2016 - Present
Head, Film Studies, School of Humanities & Behavioural Sciences, Singapore University of Social Sciences

2010 - 2016
Lecturer, English Programme, School of Arts & Social Sciences, SIM University

2005 - 2010
Associate Faculty, School of Arts & Social Sciences, SIM University

2004 - 2005
Associate Lecturer/Tutor, SIM-OUC

2003
Reading Officer, Psychological and Guidance Services Branch, Ministry of Education, Singapore

2000 - 2002
Lecturer, Hwa Chong Junior College, Ministry of Education, Singapore

1996 - 1998
Teaching Assistant (Film, Theatre Studies), National University of Singapore

Khoo, Sim Eng, and Anthony Guneratne.
"Urban Transformation and Post-Colonial Ambivalence in Koh Buck Song’s Bugis Street." Interlogue: Studies in Singapore Literature, Vol. 1: Fiction. edited by Kirpal Singh, Ethos, 1998, pp. 93-104.

2018 - Present
Member, Films Consultation Panel, Infocomm Media Development Authority, Singapore

2024
Study Guide Excellence Award 2nd Prize, HoP & Course Developer, FLM201 Film Genre: Understanding Types of Film

2023
Study Guide Excellence Award 1st Prize, HoP, FLM101 Introduction to Film Studies

2022
Study Guide Excellence Award 2nd Prize, HoP, FLM359 Navigating Singapore's Film Industry

2020
SUSS Award for Teaching Excellence

Singapore Film

Streaming, Video-on-Demand

Film Adaptation

August 2024
Moderator for Q&A on Wonderland with director Chai Yee Wei and producer/co-screenwriter Michelle Chang, GV Plaza Singapura (SHBS-Film Studies Singapore Film screening)

July 2024
Moderator for “The Smart Reader: The Best of Print and Screens” for NLB's Reading in the Age of Distraction series for 2024, with panellists Prof. Ladislao Salmerón (University of Valencia) and Dr. Annika Schwabe (University of Austria)

January 2024
Moderator for book launch of graphic novel The Showgirl and the Minister (written by Felix Cheong, illustrated by Arif Rafhan, published Nov 2023)

December 2023
Moderator for Q&A on Dreaming and Dying with director Nelson Yeo, producer Sophia Sim, cinematographer Lincoln Yeo, and sound designer Cheng Lijie, GV x The Projector @ Cineleisure (SHBS-Film Studies Singapore Film screening)

November 2023
Moderator for Q&A on La Luna with director M. Raihan Halim, GV Plaza Singapura (SHBS-Film Studies Singapore Film screening)

May 2023
Speaker at Screenwriters Association (Singapore) on the Singapore film and TV landscape for the Atlas writing/pitching programme

May 2022
Moderator for Asian Film Archive's retrospective on director/actor Mat Sentol with panellists Dr. Hatta Azad Khan (film director), Hassan Muthalib (film historian), and Chew Tee Pao (film archivist)

2022
Actor in Caifan Haiku (directed by Jonathan Choo), Official Selection Zinebi 2022 International Festival of Documentary & Short Film

September 2021
Moderator for “Language, Camera, Action!” panel discussion with Kan Lume (director), Don Aravind (director), Wan Firzaleenazrah (director/supervising scriptwriter), and Yeo Min Hui (researcher) for SUSS Language Forum

June 2019
Moderator for “Environmental Documentaries” with Zoran Lee Pecic (University of Copenhagen) and Karsten Krueger (Shantou University) for the 13th Asian Cinema Studies Conference at Lasalle College of the Arts

June 2017
“7% of Singaporeans Did Not Read in the Past 12 Months.” Interview for CNA News, Channel 5 News, Channel 8 News, Channel U News (9 June)

May 2017
“May the 4th—Star Wars Day: Live interview for CNA First Look Asia (4 May)

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