Fran Borgia was born in Spain and is based in Singapore since 2003. He is the founder of Akanga Film Asia. He was the Producer and Editor for "HERE", Ho Tzu Nyen's first feature film that was presented at the 41st Directors' Fortnight, Cannes Film Festival 2009; and for the medium-length film, "Earth", presented at the 66th Venice Film Festival 2009. Since then he has produced critically acclaimed films such as "Sandcastle", Boo Junfeng's first feature film that premiered at the 49th Cannes Critics' Week in 2010; "Disappearing Landscape" by Vladimir Todorovic, which premiered at the 42nd International Film Festival Rotterdam 2013, and "Mister John" by Christine Molloy & Joe Lawlor, an UK-Ireland-Singapore co-production, which premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival 2013. In 2015 he produced and edited K Rajagopal's segment for the omnibus feature "7 Letters" (20th Busan International Film Festival 2015). In 2016 he co- produced Lav Diaz's "A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery", which premiered In-Competition at the Berlinale 2016 and it won the Silver Bear; and produced two films that premiered in Cannes Film Festival in 2016: Boo Junfeng's "Apprentice" (Un Certain Regard) and K. Rajagopal's "A Yellow Bird" (Cannes Critics' Week). In 2017 he was hired to Line Produce the Warner Bros' feature film shot in Singapore, "Crazy Rich Asians". In 2018 he produced Yeo Siew Hua's "A Land Imagined", a Singapore-French-Dutch co-production that won the Pardo d'oro (Golden Leopard) at the 71st Locarno Film Festival, the first ever Top Prize win for a Singapore film in any A-List festival. In 2019 he was hired by HBO to Line Produce "Westworld" Season 3 (2020). In 2021 he produced Kamila Andini's "Yuni" (TIFF 2021 - Platform Prize Winner), an Indonesian-Singapore-French co-production. More recently, he produced Jow Zhi Wei's "Tomorrow is a Long Time", a Singapore-Taiwanese-French-Portuguese co-production, premiered at Berlinale Generation in 2023; Amanda Nell Eu's "Tiger Stripes", an 8-country co-production, premiered at Cannes Critics' Week 2023 and won the Grand Prize; and Chia Chee Sum's "Oasis of Now", which premiered at the 28th Busan International Film Festival and had its European premiere at Berlinale Forum 2024. His latest film is Yeo Siew Hua's "Stranger Eyes" (2024), an internationally co-produced mystery thriller film starring Lee Kang-sheng and Wu Chien-ho. It is the first film from Singapore to ever compete for the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.
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Biography from IMDb.
- Producer
- 15 on MovieCove · 37 credits in all
What are Fran Borgia's films like?
Across their 15 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Morality.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 15
A split, not a type: Light 3 · Serious 5 · Dark 7
Grounded 7 · Stylized 7 · Heightened 1
Gentle 3 · Charged 8 · Intense 4
Steady 4 · Shifting 9 · Whiplash 2
Straight-faced 10 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 1
Slow burn 7 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1
Casual 2 · Engaged 9 · Full focus 4
Easy watch 3 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 4
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 6
Moods and endings
- Happy1
- Bittersweet6
- Ambiguous8
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Fran Borgia's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 15 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service.
Subscription and free streaming for Fran Borgia's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
37 credits, 15 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.
Amoeba(2025)
Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films
Not a Hero (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2026)
Warm Shadows (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Kopitiam Days (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)
Renoir(2025)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films
Skin of Youth(2025)
Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)
City of Small Blessings (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Stranger Eyes(2024)
Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films
Tomorrow Is a Long Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Deep End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)
Tiger Stripes(2023)
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films
Oasis of Now(2023)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films
Yuni(2021)
Midcredits score: 87th percentile of all films
Strawberry Cheesecake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Mama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
T(h)ree Lives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2020)
A Land Imagined(2018)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Boi(2019)
Midcredits score: 17th percentile of all films
The Whistlers(2019)
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Crazy Rich Asians(2018)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films
Apprentice(2016)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films
A Lullaby to the Sorrowful Mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
Smoke & Mirrors(2016)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films
7 Letters (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
Hitman: Agent 47(2015)
Midcredits score: 24th percentile of all films
The Flame (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
The Meaning of Style (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
Masala Mama (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)
Sandcastle(2010)
Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films
Here (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)
Reflections (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
A Ballad of Long Hair (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
A Woman Builds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Cinema, City and Cats (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
I'll Smile in September (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Islands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
The Thonglor Kids (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 32 titles, 26 of them dated from 2007 to 2026.
Biggest box office
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Highest rated
Yuni (2021)
Most popular right now
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
Nominated for a Berlinale award in 2023.
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Fran Borgia's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 15; across their 15 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 52nd percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th5
- 25th to 49th5
- Below 25th2
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 15 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser5
- Broadly Agreed3
- Mixed5
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Is Fran Borgia's work okay for kids?
Across a limited sample of up to 4 MovieCove titles with content scores.
Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.
Who does Fran Borgia work with?
People who share at least 2 of Fran Borgia's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Hideho Urata shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Siew Hua YeoShared titles: Stranger Eyes (2024), A Land Imagined (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Siew Hua Yeo
- Junfeng BooShared titles: Apprentice (2016), Sandcastle (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Junfeng Boo
Cinematographers and editors
- Hideho UrataShared titles: Renoir (2025), Stranger Eyes (2024), A Land Imagined (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Hideho Urata
- Jimmy GimferrerShared titles: Oasis of Now (2023), Tiger Stripes (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jimmy Gimferrer
- Lee ChatametikoolShared titles: Yuni (2021), Apprentice (2016)See all 2 shared titles with Lee Chatametikool
- Natalie SohShared titles: Apprentice (2016), Sandcastle (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Natalie Soh
Producers
- Mike WiluanShared titles: Crazy Rich Asians (2018), Hitman: Agent 47 (2015), Sandcastle (2010)See all 3 shared titles with Mike Wiluan
- Denis VaslinShared titles: Amoeba (2025), A Land Imagined (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Denis Vaslin
- Olivier PèreShared titles: Renoir (2025), The Whistlers (2019)See all 2 shared titles with Olivier Père
- Dan KohShared titles: Stranger Eyes (2024), A Land Imagined (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Dan Koh
Mixed roles
- Bee Thiam TanShared titles: Stranger Eyes (2024), Sandcastle (2010)See all 2 shared titles with Bee Thiam Tan
