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Asian Film Archive Collection: Singapore Shorts Vol. 2
Singapore Shorts Vol. 2 is the second installment in our anthology
of culturally important Singapore short films. There are a total of 9 short films:
A Family Portrait / Un Retrato De Familia (2004) directed by Boo Junfeng
Absence (1997) directed by K. Rajagopal
Autopsy (2007) directed by Loo Zihan
Gourmet Baby (2001) directed by Sandi Tan
Imelda Goes to Singapore (2006) directed by Brian Gothong Tan
Labour of Love – The Housewife (1974-1979) directed by Rajendra Gour
Match Made (2006) directed by Mirabelle Ang
Wet Season (2007) directed by Michael Tay Hong Khoon
Yesterday’s Play (2005) directed by Ryan Tan Wei Liang
PAL, All regions, M18, ISBN: 978-981-08-1557-8
Audio: English, Mandarin, Tamil, Malayalam, Spanish, Teochew, Vietnamese, Tagalog.
Subtitles: English
In Colour and Black & White
Approximate Running Time: 133 minutes
Bonus features:
- Audio commentaries by Boo Junfeng, Brian Gothong Tan, Cleo Clara, K. Rajagopal,
Lim Kay Tong, Loo Zihan, Michael Tay, Mirabelle Ang, Nora Samosir, Rajendra Gour,
Ryan Tan, Sharon Loh
- Restored audio of Labour of Love - The Housewife by Rajendra Gour using tools
to improve the sound-to-noise ratio and to reduce clicks, pops, hiss and crackle
- Directors' notes
- Gallery of film stills
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"Vital evidence of the excellent work being done in Singapore." Dave Kehr,
renowned film critic.
"Carefully curated from its ever expanding archives, this collection
features some of the most exciting lineup of creative works from established filmmakers,
as well as the up and coming rising stars that one should start to take note of....the
Asian Film Archive's Singapore Shorts Volume 2 makes itself a must-have for
any film aficionado with a thirst for Singapore films." - Stefan Shih, http://anutshellreview.blogspot.com
More features on
Singapore
Shorts Vol. 2 website
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Storyboards | Essays by scholars and critics
Also check out Singapore Shorts Vol. 1
and Royston's Shorts
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DV Shorts by James Lee
Format: DVD
Published: Doghouse73 Pictures
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120 minutes of Separation, Reunion, Betrayal and Love This DVD contains 8 short
films:
Sunflowers (2000)
Emu Kwan's Tragic Breakfast (2002)
Goodbye (2003)
Teatime With John (2003)
Goodbye to Love (2004)
A Moment of Love (2005)
Bernafas Dalam Lumpur (2005)
Sometimes Love Is Beautiful (2005)
Duration: 131 min Rating: NC16
Language: English, Mandarin, Malay Subtitles: English
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The Four: Short Films by Woo Ming Jin
This DVD contains 4 short films:
Blue Roof (2007)
Albert, a security guard in an apartment complex, is a middle aged man who walks
with a limp, and is obsessed with collecting news articles on car accidents. Each
morning, during his rounds, he goes up to the rooftop, and contemplates suicide.
Will he ever jump?
Love For Dogs (2003)
Love for Dogs tells two parallel stories; A construction worker returns to
his hometown and tries to reconnect with his daughter after abandoning his family
to work in Cambodia. The second story follows Lily, an overweight girl living with
her aunt and dealing with the absence of her immediate family.
Catching The Sea (2005)
Catching the Sea is a short film about the lives of several people in a village
after a mysterious disease strikes and kills their loved ones. Set in a dilapidating
fishing island, the film is about reconciling death and moving on with life.
It's Possible Your Heart Cannot Be Broken (2005) Ah Tat, a dreamy simpleton
romantic meets the jaded but equally insecure Apple. Can these two people- obviously
completely different yet yearning for the same thing- sustain their relationship?
Duration: 66 min
Rating: PG
Language: Malay / Mandarin
Subtitles: English
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Flower In the Pocket by Liew Seng Tat
Li Ahh and Li Ohm grow up motherless. They are neglected by their father Sui, a
workaholic who spends the bulk of his time mending broken mannequins in his workshop.
While he shuts himself out from the world, the two brothers roam the streets, get
into fights and other troubles in school but for all they want is just love and
to be loved.
“A touching and humanistic story that tells a neglected father-and-sons relationship
with a sense of humor, while using a simply and beautifully composed cinematic style.”
- Dariush MEHRJUIM, Head of Jury & Iranian master cineaste, 12th Pusan International
Film Festival
“Flower In The Pocket is constantly, quietly, astonishing. A little film with big,
deep pockets, Flower is equal parts childhood idyll, absurdist comedy, gentle social
satire and family mystery.” - Shelly Kraicer, Film Programmer of Vancouver Film
Festival
New Current Award, 12th Pusan International Film Festival 2007
KNN Audience Award, 12th Pusan VPRO Tiger Award, 37th International Film Festival
Rotterdam 2008
«Le Regard d’Or» (Golden Gaze) Award, 22nd FRIBOUR International Film Festival 2008.
Jury prize (Lotus du Jury), 10th Deauville Asian Film Festival 2008
LINO MICCICHE' PESARO NUOVO CINEMA Prize, 44th Pesaro Film Festival 2008
Bonus Materials: a bonus DVD which contains Production Stills, Promo Videos, and
The Making of Flower In The Pocket.
Year of Production : 2007
Country of Production : Malaysia
Duration: 97 Minutes
Languages : Mandarin & Malay
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Waiting for Love by James Lee
Three scenes about three couples with each portraying maybe the turning point of
their relationship. First scene, Lim & Amelia are a couple who had been together
for almost five years. While he works as a salesman and trying to save up for marriage,
the girl are not sure if he's the one she wants to marry. One day he confronts
her about a letter from her admirer. Second scene, Pete & Bernice are a couple
who had been together almost ten years. They're not married because he doesn?t
believe in marriage. While she tags along, one day she might realizes this may not
be the man she wants to end up with. Third scene, we see Amy & Lai are a pair
of secret lovers. This maybe their last meeting or maybe not. They may had loved
each other in the past they may not now in this scene. This is the third and final
part of James Lee's Love Trilogy which takes offers a glimpse of the life of
three lovers.
Bonus Material in DVD: a 13 minute short film "Wall" Year of Completion:
August 2007 (World Premiere – 12th Pusan International Film Festival)
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 70 Min
Languages: Mandarin & Cantonese
Subtitle: English & Mandarin
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Before We Fall in Love Again by James Lee
It has been a month Chang's wife Ling Yue has been missing. With no reasons
one fine day she went to work as usual and then never returns. No one knows where
she went or what had happened to her. Chang could not figure out why she disappears
out of the sudden. She left no message of whatever kind or clues. One day a man
named Tong shows up and claims to be Ling Yues lover. Apparently Tong is looking
for Ling Yue too. In a turn of event both men formed an uneasy alliance in order
to find Ling Yue.
Bonus Material in DVD: Interviews, rehearsal footage, trailer, music video.
Year of Production: 2006
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 99 mins
Language: Mandarin/Cantonese
Subtitle : English & Mandarin
Awards: BEST ASEAN FEATURE FILM-Bangkok International Film Festival 2007.
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Love Conquers All by Tan Chui Mui
A love story. At first sight maybe a simple love story. About how blind a girl in
love can be. Slowly but unavoidable the story will become less simple, will raise
more questions without giving too many answers.
Main character - if not main victim - is Ah Peng (Coral Ong Li Whei). A common girl
from Penang. She arrives in some outskirt of Kuala Lumpur to find work in the economy
rice stall of her aunt. She is taken in by the family like an older daughter and
shares a room with little sister Mei (Leong Jiun Jiun). In a way Mei is the main
character - and certainly no victim - of her own love story with a mysterious pen
pal. The indolent Ah Peng and the bright and lively Mei get along very well. Like
real sisters. Ah Peng has a boy friend in Penang. Regularly she makes her way to
the public phones to make her ritual call. Fate has it that just there she attracts
the attention of John (Stephen Chua Jyh Shyan). John shamelessly listens in on the
conversations between Ah Peng and her boy friend and right there starts a relationship
that has to be doomed. John even tells her - in the same shameless way - how to
lure a girl into prostitution. But revealing this can not stop this fatal story.
(Gertjan Zuilhof)
Winner of Golden Digital Award (31st Hong Kong International Film Festival), VPRO
Tiger Award (36th International Film Festival Rotterdam), New Currents Award and
FIPRESCI Award (11th Pusan International Film Festival).
"This film is using a known cinematic language in a nice way telling the life
of a village girl who is going to a big city to work and face the reality and the
morality of our time." – Istvan Szabo (chairman), Bruno Dumont, Abolfazl Jalili,
Daniel Yu, Moon So-Ry
"The FIPRESCI jury gives its award to Love Conquers All, for its audacious
narrative structure and its intelligent work with sound and image." -Chris
Fujiwara (chairman), Susanna Harutyunyan, Helmut Merker, Kim Seemoo
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Sentimental Fabulations, Contemporary Chinese Films by Rey Chow
Through nine contemporary Chinese directors (Chen Kaige, Wong Kar-wai, Zhang Yimou,
Ann Hui, Peter Chan, Wayne Wang, Ang Lee, Li Yang, and Tsai Ming-liang), Chow proposes
that the sentimental is a discursive constellation traversing affect, time, identity,
and social mores, a constellation whose contours tends to morph under different
historical circumstances and in different genres and media. In contemporary Chinese
films, she argues, the sentimental consistently takes the form not of revolution
but of compromise, not of radical departure but of moderation, endurance, and accommodation.
By naming these films sentimental fabulations—screen artifacts of cultural becoming
with irreducible aesthetic, conceptual, and speculative logics of their own—Chow
presents Chinese cinema first and foremost as an invitation to the pleasures and
challenges of critical thinking.
“[Chow] captivates us with her challenging and refreshing arguments. Highly recommended.”—
Library Journal
“A brilliant new book . . . essential for all literary, cinema, and cultural studies
scholars.”
— E. Ann Kaplan, Director of the Humanities Institute at Stony Brook
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Being and Becoming: The Cinemas of Asia Edited by: Aruna Vasudev,
Latika Padgaonkar, Rashmi Doraiswamy
This collection of essays brings together the history and the current trends in
the cinemas of thirty countries of Asia—from Japan to India to Turkey and Kazakhstan
to Indonesia. It does not claim to cover the entire region, but by virtue of its
sheer scope and diversity of content, necessarily provides a bird’s eyeview of cinema
in Asia. It examines the impetus for cinema’s development or the reasons for its
stagnation, at different moments as the case may be. It is a telling, and often
times, even a sobering picture that emerges through this collection. It offers an
approach to Asian cinema, which is serious without being academic, all the while
communicating the excitement for a cinema which is yet to be fully explored.
[Please note that the book covers are not in mint condition due to less than favourable
delivery from source.]
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The Traveling Circus by Viet Linh
Director Viet Linh tells the bittersweet story of a small traveling circus from
Hanoi stopping in an impoverished ethnic minority village in Vietnam’s central highlands.
Through the eyes of a village youngster, we witness the magic of the circus, and
the naïve hope that illusion can be transformed into reality.
Winner of the UNICEF Jury Prize at the 1991 Berlin Film Festival.
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When The Tenth Month Comes by Dang Nhat Minh
Format: DVD, 90 min running time
ALL region, NTSC English/French/German Subtitles
Rating: PG
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A haunting portrait of a woman’s struggle with loss and personal sacrifice during
the war. When The Tenth Month Comes is a lyrical vision of the endurance of Vietnamese
women from one of Vietnam’s most renowned directors, Dang Nhat Minh. In the final
days of the war, a beautiful young woman, Duyen, faces a daily struggle to take
care of her young son and ailing father-in-law, all the while hiding from them the
fact that her husband has recently been killed in a battle. Keeping her secret burden
to herself, she is befriended by the village schoolmaster, Zhang, who agrees to
fabricate letters from her dead husband in order to spare her family sorrow. As
their friendship deepens, Duyen and Zhang find themselves drawn closer to intimacy.
The movie’s title refers to the month in which the “Day of Forgiveness” occurs;
a time when it is said that departed souls may visit loved ones still living.
Winner of the Special Jury Award at the 1985 Hawaii International Film Festival.
Voted by CNN in Sep 2008 as one of the best 18 Asian films of all time.
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Nostalgia for the Countryside by Dang Nhat Minh
Powerful and poetic, Nostalgia for the Countryside explores the tensions and traumas
of everyday life in a rural Vietnamese village. The arrival from abroad of Quyen,
who fled the village as a small girl, coincides with the sexual awakening of 17-year-old
Nham, through whose eyes the story unfolds. While picturesque on the surface, the
countryside that Quyen dreamed about turns out to be a landscape of poverty, passion
and tragedy – though not without pockets of warmth and humor.
Winner of the NETPAC award at the 1996 Rotterdam International Film Festival.
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Critic After Dark: A Review of Philippine Cinema by Vera, Noel
Critic After Dark is a collection of writing by one of the best Filipino critics.
It collects a decades worth of Vera’s writing on Philippine Cinema (1994-2004),
is divided into five parts; Part 1: Filipino Films, Part 2: Tributes and Festivals,
Part 3: Interviews, Part 4: Plays, and Part 5: Catholic Films.
"To those who think there is no more such a thing as film criticism in the
Philippines, just read Noel Vera’s reviews and articles."
- Max Tessier, film critic.
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Three Short Films by Tan Chui Mui
This compilation includes A Tree in Tanjung Malim, South of South and Company of
Mushrooms.
Tree in Tanjung Malim won the Principal Prize at the 51st Oberhausen International
Film Festival and is a fictional autobiography of the filmmaker's youth; Company
of mushrooms is a story of a boozy gathering of friends; South of south is a film
about the Chinese diasporas and how centuries of war and famines have made eating
a ritual.
"Malaysia's most promising young female director." - Amir Muhammed.
"A cinema of tenderness and hesitations." - Olaf Muller.
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Latent Images – Film In Singapore by Jan and Yvonne Uhde
Format: CD-ROM
ISBN: 981-04-9214-6
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This CD-Rom is a comprehensive digital research and educational information source
on Singapore cinema – an indispensable tool for both the film professional, the
student as well as the wider public interested in their country’s culture. Based
on the authors’ groundbreaking book Latent Images: Film In Singapore (Oxford University
Press, 2000), this CD-ROM integrates written word, stills and moving images and
sound, with the advantages of hypertext. Topics discussed include Singapore’s film
production history, New Singapore cinema after 1990, Singapore’s cinemas past and
present, the role of film and cultural organizations, film and media education,
film censorship in Singapore. This CD-ROM also contains revised and updated material
(as of end of 2002), of new historical information and discoveries, individual
film commentaries, film clips and illustrations, audiovisual interviews with filmmakers
and professionals, an index of Singapore films from 1933 to 2002.
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Project A.M.I.S.S.: A Made In Singapore Story. Vol 1 2006
A Made In Singapore Story (A.M.I.S.S.) is a publication of story outputs arising
from writing workshops conducted by the Screenwriters Association of Singapore (SWA).
This publication is supported by Creative Community Singapore under Project AMISS
and is a collection of stories written during the Pitching Hour 2005 (MCYS Shine
Program) and the NUS Creative Arts Program 2006.
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The Elephant And The Sea by Woo Ming Jin (Rated M18)
Year of Production: 2008
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 95 mins
Language: Mandarin Awards: Best Film, Lisbon Village Film Festival, 2008; Best Director,
Diba Barcelona Film Festival, 2008; Special Jury Prize, Torino International Film
Festival, 2007; Best Director and Critics Award, CInema Digital Seoul Film Festival,
2007.
Synopsis: The Elephant and The Sea follows the lives of two individuals in the aftermath
of a water borne disease that strikes their fishing village. Has there been a disaster?
A deadly epidemic?
A week after the disease takes the life of his wife, Ah Ngau, a fisherman by trade,
is sent home with $300 in aid from the government and a cardboard box of useless
"donations" from the public. Instead of grieving for his wife, Ah Ngau
appears to have found a new sense of freedom, meeting a prostitute and experiencing
a long delayed sexual awakening.
Yun Ding makes a living doing an assortment of odd jobs, following his "big
brother" Long Chai around. Mostly they cheat and hustle their way around, living
off the naivete of the public. When Long Chai succumbs to the disease, Ding has
to make it on his own. But can a person with no direction in his life find something
to hold on to?
An intriguing tragicomedy about the isolation of the human condition.
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The Pirate and The Emperor's Ship by Khoo Eng Yow (Rated PG)
Year of Production: 2008
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 80 mins
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle : English & Chinese
Synopsis: The notorious "Pirate King" Tan Lian Lay once terrorised the
waters of Perak Malaysia and Bagan Siapi-Api, Indonesia. His personal story and
the history of his coastal bases are a mix of fact, fiction, legend, myth and religious
belief.
Director Khoo Eng Yow and field researcher Lee Eng Kew (aka Ah Kew) retrace how
a notorious criminal went from being a powerful gang leader to a hunted man, and
later became revered as a deity. It is a story that encompasses the WWII Japanese
occupation of South East Asia, the British colonial rule, and the power of the assimilation
of myth into history, which still affects people today.
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Things We Do When We Fall In Love by James Lee
Year of Production: 2007
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 89 mins
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle : English & Chinese
Synopsis: The movie follows two unfortunate secret lovers who are constantly looking
for a solution to their situation. Both of them are always arguing over their relationship.
One day they went to a trip out of the city, into the outskirt. They hope they can
solve their problems or at least escape them temporarily. They don’t have a solution,
and they don’t understand why they are together. One thing that keeps them together
is their love and care for each other.
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Call If You Need Me by James Lee
Year of Production: 2009
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 105 mins
Language: Mandarin
Subtitle : English, Malay, Chinese
System: ALL REGION (PAL)
http://callifyouneedme.dahuangpictures.com
Synopsis: The story of two cousin brothers Ah Soon and Or Kia who grew up together
in a small village. When they're adults Ah Soon got into debt collection business
in the city and invites Or Kia to join him to expand his business.Or Kia met Ping
who's Ah Soon new girlfriend and somehow she may becomes the only person that will
connect the two men. And as time passes we see the relationship of these two men
become stronger and maybe they finally will understand each other more clearly.
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All My Failed Attempts by Tan Chui Mui
Year of Production: 2009
Country of Production: Malaysia
Language: Mandarin, English, Malay, French
http://www.attempts.dahuangpictures.com
7 short films written, directed, edited by Tan Chui Mui. In 2008, while developing
her second feature films, she had this project of making a short film every month.
She had only managed to make 7 short films, and she called them "All My Failed Attempts".
'Everyday Everyday' was awarded the Grand Prize of 31st Clermont-Ferrand Short Film
Festival (2009) and Grand Prize of 17th International Artfilm Fest Slovak.
Titles
- Dream #2 He Slept Too Long (4'37"| Malay)
A low budget science fiction inspired by a Japanese short short story. A Man wakes
from a coma and finds himself in a hospital.
- The Need for Rites (12’19” | Mandarin)
Sook Chen meets a fortune teller on the street. The whole conversation soon becomes
unbearable.
- Dream #3 We Need You to Save the World (8'32" | Silent)
Fragments of a dream that could have saved the world.
- To Say Goodbye (13'3" | Mandarin)
A girl fell in love with a classmate. She knew why she love him, but she want to
find out why he didn't love her
- Dream #1 She Sees A Dead Friend (8'0" | English)
She sees a dead friend. She does not remember he is dead. They have breakfast together.
He gives her a tea cup
- Nobody’s Girlfriend (19'0" | English & French)
Made during Tan Chui Mui's Cinefondation Residency in Paris, casting another two
residents, Nadav Rapid and Rusudan Chkonia. The story is inspired by Nadav Rapid's
"Emile's Girlfriend".
- Everyday Everyday (18'0"| Mandarin)
Sook Chen quits her job. She decided to go to Peru. Ma could not understand why.
In fact, he could never understand what Sook Chen wants.
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Malaysian Gods by Amir Muhammad
Year of Production: 2009
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 70 mins
Language: Tamil
Aspect Ratio : 4:3
Subtitle : English
System: ALL REGION (PAL)
Synopsis: A Year That Shook the Nation. In September 1998, Anwar Ibrahim was sacked
as Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. His expulsion and subsequent trial for corruption
and sodomy triggered a wave of street protests by his supporters and those who were
against the authoritarian rule of the government. The label for this movement and
era was 'reformasi' (reformation).
Malaysian Gods takes a look at several pivotal protests that took place in the year
following his sacking. It eschews archive footage in favour of interviews with people
who are living, working in or visiting the actual locations of the demonstrations,
about a decade later. All the interviews are done in Tamil, the main language of
the smallest of the three major ethnic groups. What do people now have to say about
their lives, hopes and dreams? And have the socio-political markers of Malaysian
society changed all that much since then?
Inspired by the book "Face Off: A Malaysian Reformasi Diary" by Sabri Zain.
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The Big Durian by Amir Muhammad
Year of Production: 2003
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 74 mins
Language: Malay, English, Cantonese, Hokkien, Tamil
Aspect Ratio : 4:3
Subtitle : Mandarin
System: PAL
Synopsis: On the night of 18 October 1987, a soldier ran amok with an M16 in the
area of Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and
place, his amok triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots. Why did
he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? "The
Big Durian" speaks to 23 Malaysians (some real, some fictional) to find out.
Trailer: The Big Durian (Trailer)
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6horts by Amir Muhammad
Year of Production: 2002
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 60 mins
Language: English, Malay, Cantonese
Aspect Ratio : 4:3
Subtitle : English
System: PAL
Director Notes:
6horts is something I made in 2002 under the informal motto of: "Other people can
do it better, but I can do it cheaper." This cycle of six shorts does not have any
actors and was made with the most minimal of means. But it is my take on various
aspects of life here in colourful Malaysia.
A top celebrity (M. Nasir) walked out of a screening of 6horts because he complained
it was too much like "reading a book." So be warned: It's not meant for the type
of person who makes a living from Akademi Fantasia.
They were made in the order in which they appear on the DVD. The first one, Lost,
was inspired by an essay by Phillip Lopate on "the essay-film." By sheer coincidence
or Divine will, a series of events happened just after I read his essay, and those
events became the putative plot of Lost.
The very last one, Pangyau, was shot by Naeim Ghalili. This was our first time working
together and a few years later we co-directed a 35mm feature film, Susuk, which
cost 200 times more than 6horts but is not necessarily 200 times better.
Oh yes, the bonus short 18MP is quite special to me. It is one of Jins Shamsuddin's
finest performances! His impersonation of a boot-licking politician is right up
there with his Jefri Zain - and I am glad I was there to see it. - Amir Muhammad,
July 2008.
Titles
- Lost
- Friday
- Mona
- Checkpoint
- Kamunting
- Pangyau
More Info: 6horts website
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Yasmin Ahmad's Films by Amir Muhammad (Book)
Paperback: 248 pages
Publisher: Matahari Books; 1 edition (November 30, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9834484518
ISBN-13: 978-9834484514
About this book:
Yasmin Ahmad left a vibrant legacy, and it is still strange to talk about her in
the past tense. In order to deal with his grief, Amir Muhammad, fellow Malaysian
filmmaker and friend, watched anew her six feature-length films (RABUN, SEPET, GUBRA,
MUKHSIN, MUALLAF and TALENTIME), as well as several of her most popular commercials.
Neither an obituary nor a conventional work of film criticism, this book was written
just a month after her funeral and is Amir's personal look at the stories, but with
quite a few tangents of his own. Chatty and informative, YASMIN AHMAD'S FILMS can
be devoured not only by established fans but newcomers to her work. It is also a
tribute to one of Malaysia's most amazing daughters.
Includes 24 pages of color photographs. All the writer's royalties from the first
edition will be donated to the Mercy - Yasmin Ahmad Fund for Children.
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The Gamble by Luu Trong Ninh (Vietnamese Film)
Year of Production: 1993
Country of Production: Vietnam
Duration: 92 mins
Language: Vietnamese
Subtitle : English
System: PAL
Synopsis: Mai, too proud to ask for government assistance to continue her studies,
decides to work at her aunt’s roadside food stall. “I need money desperately”, she
says, “Lots of money.” But she soon discovers that working as a waitress on a northern
truck route is not only poorly paid, but also demeaning. Enter Chien, a truck driver
with mysterious cargo. Mai decides that she can earn enough money to continue school
if, acting as his wife, she helps him through the police checkpoints. A relationship
develops, but her innocence is shattered. Ultimately, Chien’s urge to gamble not
only threatens their relationship, but also lead Mai into great danger.
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Love For Share by Nia Dinata
Only Institutional Copies Available
Year of Production: 2006
Country of Production: Indonesia
Duration: 121 mins
Language: Indonesian
Subtitle : English
Overview: Three women. One destiny.
The story talks about the polygamy in modern Indonesia, where three woman from three
different social classes and ethnic backgrounds, conveying their passages in dealing
with polygamy; sharing a husband's love and attention with several other women and
often with humorous consequences...
Synopsis: This film's focus is polygamy in modern-day Indonesia, where three woman
from three different social classes and ethnic backgrounds discuss their experiences
dealing with polygramy--often with humorous consequences.
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Little Girl of Hanoi by Hai Ninh
One of the great classics of Vietnamese cinema. Filmed in Hanoi amidst the smoke
and rubble of the actual Christmas bombardment.
After the American B-52 bombing of Kham Thien Street and Bach Mai hospital, little
Ngoc Ha’s family is shattered. Her mother has died trying to save children in a
kindergarten, her seriously-injured younger sister is brought to a hospital, and
Ngoc Ha encounters a variety of strangers as she wanders the war-torn streets of
Hanoi looking for her father.
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Punggok Rindukan Bulan (This Longing) by Azharr Rudin
Year of Production: 2008
Country of Production: Malaysia
Duration: 122 mins
Language: Malay
Subtitle : English
Genre: Fiction / Documentary
Synopsis: A film about a boy, barely in secondary school, Sidi and his father Adman,
who both unknowingly cope with the sudden absence of a key female figure in their
life. In a probable separate story, a boyish young woman returns to photograph the
backdrop of her past. Set in the border town of Johor Bahru, Malaysia. The literal
meaning of the title is a Malay saying "like the owl misses the moon" a reflection
of unrequited (and unconsummated) longing.
Film Festivals:
- 13th Pusan International Film Festival, 02/10/08 – 10/10/08 (World Premiere)
- 27th Vancouver International Film Festival, 25/09/08 – 10/10/08 (North American
Premiere)
- New Malaysian Cinema – RIALTO Amsterdam2008
- Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival (FICCO CINEMEX 2009)
- FESTIVAL FILEM MALAYSIA KE 22-2009
- Jogja NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2009
- 9th Asian Film Symposium
- 7th World Film Festival of Bangkok
- Belfort International film festival, EntreVues (in Competition)
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