Shiilā Seok Wun Au Yong (they/them/she/hers) is a queer filmmaker, educator and underwater cinematographer. They/She is currently a Ph.D. fellow in Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University. Shiilā holds a MFA in Film, also at Syracuse University, as a Fulbright grantee. Their/Her research interests are disability studies, dialogic pedagogy, autobiography, narrative, transnational feminism and postcolonial studies. Born and raised in Malaysia as a third generation Chinese descent, their/her filmmaking interest lies in telling compelling human stories by combining both fiction and non-fiction elements, exploring identities, LGBTQ, family dynamics and sense of belongings. Their/Her films have been screened in film festivals in Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, Canada and the United States. They/She has conducted various community filmmaking workshops as well as teaching acting and filmmaking at a school for underprivileged children in Malaysia. They/She is now putting their/her focus on their/her scholarship, with the intention of using personal narrative and reflexivity as a tool for healing and soft activism. Shiilā enjoys cycling and chasing sunset with her camera phone.