---
title: 'Shirkers (2018)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sandi Tan'
released: '2018-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 95
genres:
  - 'Documentary'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/shirkers-2018'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7472352/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Shirkers (2018)

2018 · 95 min · Documentary · United States


## Synopsis

Shirkers is a 2018 British-American documentary film by Singapore-born filmmaker Sandi Tan about the making of an independent thriller featuring a teenage assassin set in Singapore. It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January and won the World Cinema Documentary Directing Award, making her the second Singapore-born filmmaker after Kirsten Tan to win an award at the festival. It was also nominated for the Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Documentary.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sandi Tan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandi-tan)
- **Producer:** [Sandi Tan](https://cinepixo.com/people/sandi-tan)

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