Silent Walls

Silent Walls (Chinese: 密宅) is a 2023 Singaporean thriller television series telecast on Mediacorp Channel 8 and produced by Ochre Pictures. It stars Tasha Low, Ayden Sng, Mindee Ong, Tay Ying, Charlie Goh, Foo Fang Rong, Shane Pow, Ferlyn Wong, Macy Chen, Alfred Sng, Desmond Shen, Desmond Ng, Jojo Goh, Andie Chen, Bernard Tan and Chen Shucheng.[1][2][3] The series centres around a mansion and the lives of its occupants in 1938, 1963, 1988 and 2023.[4][5]

Silent Walls
Promotional poster
密宅
Genre
Written by
  • Nurel Anwar (original concept)
  • Kate Feng Yi-en (screenplay)
Directed byRowena Loh
Starring1938:
Tasha Low
Ayden Sng
Mindee Ong
Tay Ying
Charlie Goh
1963:
Foo Fang Rong
Shane Pow
Ferlyn Wong
1988:
Macy Chen
Alfred Sng
Desmond Shen
Desmond Ng
2023:
Jojo Goh
Andie Chen
Bernard Tan
Chen Shucheng
Country of originSingapore
Original languageMandarin
No. of episodes20
Production
Executive producers
  • Jean Yeo
  • Pedro Tan
  • Rowena Loh
Production companyOchre Pictures
Release
Original networkMediacorp Channel 8
Original release15 March (2023-03-15) 
11 April 2023 (2023-04-11)

Cast

1938

1963

1988

2023

Controversy

The 1988 storyline features a gay relationship between Kai De (played by Alfred Sun) and his much older dance instructor boyfriend Nigel (played by Adam Chen). Nigel eventually dies from an unspecified sexually transmitted disease, which is heavily implied to be AIDs.

Silent Walls was criticised by the LGBT community in Singapore for perpetuating harmful gay stereotypes. Most notable, LGBT media platform Dear Straight People condemned the storyline for perpetuating the notion that gay men are predators and have sexually transmitted diseases. [6]

In response to the criticism, Mediacorp Channel 8 issued a statement insisting that 'they didn't set out to perpetuate any stereotypes'. [7]

Awards and nominations

Year Ceremony Category Nominees Result Ref
2023 Asian Academy Creative AwardsBest Promo or Trailer
(national winner - Singapore)
Silent Walls trailerWon[8]
Best Single Drama / Telemovie / Anthology Episode Silent Walls – 2023 Won
ContentAsia Awards Best Asian Feature Film/Telemovie Silent Walls – 2023 Telemovie Nominated [9]
Silent Walls – 1938 Telemovie Nominated

References

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