Trails Of Yue
[17 mins]
Premieres Friday, 2 April
‘Trails of Yue’ follows the lives of Heng and Yue, an elderly couple as they navigate through the news of Yue’s impending death.
Dainta
[21 mins]
Premieres Friday, 9 April
Wrestling – it could be one’s dream but yet another’s dislike. ‘Dainta’ tells a story of a former wrestler who secretly took part in a wrestling match for one last time; to show his doting grandson what a great persona he used to be, but took the ultimate gamble of severing his ties with his only daughter.
Trade Secrets
[22 mins]
Premieres Friday, 16 April
‘Trade Secrets’ centres around 21-year-old University student, Wing, who seeks comfort and attention in an adults-only site. One night, she chances upon a male student filming another student showering without her consent. She faces the moral dilemma of either keeping mum and getting through school in peace, or exposing him and risking getting her own secret exposed.
[17 mins]
Premieres Friday, 2 April
‘Trails of Yue’ follows the lives of Heng and Yue, an elderly couple as they navigate through the news of Yue’s impending death.
Dainta
[21 mins]
Premieres Friday, 9 April
Wrestling – it could be one’s dream but yet another’s dislike. ‘Dainta’ tells a story of a former wrestler who secretly took part in a wrestling match for one last time; to show his doting grandson what a great persona he used to be, but took the ultimate gamble of severing his ties with his only daughter.
Trade Secrets
[22 mins]
Premieres Friday, 16 April
‘Trade Secrets’ centres around 21-year-old University student, Wing, who seeks comfort and attention in an adults-only site. One night, she chances upon a male student filming another student showering without her consent. She faces the moral dilemma of either keeping mum and getting through school in peace, or exposing him and risking getting her own secret exposed.
- 4/1/2021
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
“Dukun”, the directorial debut of Dain Said, finally reached mass audience after an online leak in 2018. Responding to the release, Dain Said took a subtle but witty approach by saying the film was like an ex-girlfriend he already moved on. After all, no one knows why Astro Shaw (the production company) shelved it for 12 years.
“Dukun” is streaming on Mubi Malaysia
Initially written in English by Huzir Sulaiman, it became the screenplay we know today with help from Dain Said and Fariza Azlina Isahak. The writing credits are rounded-up by Al Jafree Md Yusof who translated it into Malay. “Dukun” won four awards out of eleven nominations in the 30th Malaysian Film Festival in 2019.
This particular review will employ a literary theory introduced by Roland Barthes in “S/Z”. It is a network of codes that Barthes developed as a method of reading Honoré de Balzac’s “Sarrasine”. There are...
“Dukun” is streaming on Mubi Malaysia
Initially written in English by Huzir Sulaiman, it became the screenplay we know today with help from Dain Said and Fariza Azlina Isahak. The writing credits are rounded-up by Al Jafree Md Yusof who translated it into Malay. “Dukun” won four awards out of eleven nominations in the 30th Malaysian Film Festival in 2019.
This particular review will employ a literary theory introduced by Roland Barthes in “S/Z”. It is a network of codes that Barthes developed as a method of reading Honoré de Balzac’s “Sarrasine”. There are...
- 12/11/2020
- by Abdul Rahman Shah
- AsianMoviePulse
Exclusive: Tan Twan Eng’s award-winning novel set for English-language feature to be co-produced with HBO Asia.
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw has optioned Tan Twan Eng’s award-winning novel The Garden Of Evening Mists, which it plans to adapt as an English-language feature to be co-produced with HBO Asia.
Set across three time periods, the book follows a woman who lost her sister during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia and later becomes the apprentice and lover of a Japanese gardener in the Cameron Highlands.
It was awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
“We see it as a project that will really showcase the best of Malaysia in terms of literature, culture and locations,” said Astro vice president, business development, Najwa Abu Bakar.
Acclaimed dramatist and actor Huzir Sulaiman is scripting the adaptation.
The project joins a rapidly expanding production slate for Astro Shaw, the film arm...
Malaysia’s Astro Shaw has optioned Tan Twan Eng’s award-winning novel The Garden Of Evening Mists, which it plans to adapt as an English-language feature to be co-produced with HBO Asia.
Set across three time periods, the book follows a woman who lost her sister during the Japanese occupation of Malaysia and later becomes the apprentice and lover of a Japanese gardener in the Cameron Highlands.
It was awarded the Man Asian Literary Prize in 2012 and the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction.
“We see it as a project that will really showcase the best of Malaysia in terms of literature, culture and locations,” said Astro vice president, business development, Najwa Abu Bakar.
Acclaimed dramatist and actor Huzir Sulaiman is scripting the adaptation.
The project joins a rapidly expanding production slate for Astro Shaw, the film arm...
- 2/8/2015
- by lizshackleton@gmail.com (Liz Shackleton)
- ScreenDaily
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