Team: Team Oliver
School: Republic Polytechnic
Wan, a 17-year-old secondary school student in Singapore, gives in to peer pressure and takes drugs for the first time. What begins as “just once” soon grows into dependency, pulling him further away from the people who love him most. His family watches helplessly as he skips dinners, lashes out in anger, and drifts into isolation.
One night, Wan comes home to find his grandmother quietly looking at an old photo of him as a child. The sight hits him deeply: the contrast between who he once was and what he has become. Realizing how much his grandmother misses the boy he used to be, Wan confronts his choices. That moment sparks change, pushing him to let go of the drugs and slowly reconnect with his family.
Through a mix of realism and visual metaphor, For them. For life. shows both the personal and familial impact of youth addiction. It is a story about loss, love, and the hope that even the smallest moment of clarity can begin the journey to redemption.
