Zachary Yap is a Singapore-based filmmaker and video artist. He is an alumnus of BiFAN’s NAFF Fantastic Film School, Kyoto Filmmakers Lab, Cinemovement, Perth Festival Lab, and the Apichatpong Creators Lab in the Amazon Rainforest. His films have screened at international festivals across Asia and Europe, including Beijing Shorts, FEST - New Directors/New Films, and the Singapore International Film Festival. Zachary received the Best Impact Film Award at the 5th Mental Health Film Festival Singapore and won the Grand Prize in the Korea-Singapore 50th Anniversary Short Film Competition. He was also named among the Top 30 for the VOGUE Talent Prize 2025. His latest short, Southwest Corner, will soon compete at the 2026 Short Shorts Film Festival & Asia in Japan. Guided by the curiosity for how we see each other, Zachary’s works orbit between Southeast Asian cosmologies and rituals. He sees cinema as a form of behaviour. Driven by agency, instinct, and tenderness, Zachary finds interest in the strange, the intimate, and the miraculous absurdity of life and knowledge that is deeply rooted in lived experiences.