Dance Like a Snail

Dance Like a Snail 2021

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The pantun is about a game I (we) used to play pretending to be the characters in invented fairy tales. This time it was a snail. The images of multiplied me are out of time with each other, I give up and try dancing.

2021

What We May Be

What We May Be 2021

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An ex-convict of substance abuse tries to win over his 9-year-old son and reintegrate himself into society. His value as a father and a man is challenged as he goes through a particularly trying day.

2021

Echo

Echo 2020

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Based on the folklore of Sape’, this film follows a woman’s journey into the realm of the supernatural and to be awakened to accept her husband’s deteriorating condition.

2020

Dora

Dora 2021

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Inspired by Dora Jalius, a girl from Simohong showed Sabah Pongo Society (PONGO) the incredible impact of kindness on humanity. She was diagnosed with brain cancer and never forget her family. The love from her family became the foundation of PONGO's Development Programme in Simohong.

2021

Busted

Busted 2008

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Shot in the Kuala Lumpur red light district, this documentary revolves around Natasha, a Muslim Mak Nyah (male to female transsexual) who refuses to live life as a man in Malaysia.

2008

Rompak Raya

Rompak Raya 2021

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Aidilfitri special telefilm, 'Rompak Raya' starring Syafiq Kyle and Amerul Affendi

2021

Mom's Holiday

Mom's Holiday 1970

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Excited about the chance to take a trip abroad, a grandmother living in a Bruneian kampong cannot help but tell every neighbour she meets about it, even if it is just to nearby Miri. But she is not the only one in the family with holiday plans.

1970

Rotan

Rotan 2017

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A father, who is also the discipline master at his son’s school, has to grapple with his own principles when his rebellious son breaks one of the school rules.

2017

Describe the Color Red to a Blind Man

Describe the Color Red to a Blind Man 2015

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A long time ago, young mermaid (or an actress playing the role of a mermaid) ran away from the sea to find out what it was like living among humans. The mermaid grew up experiencing all that she wanted but at the cost of her being tainted by human nature. On her last day of whatever magic she has left would allow her to return to her people, she contemplates on returning to a land of perfection.

2015

You're Dead To Me

You're Dead To Me 2015

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By trailing a solitary character who roams the land and communes with the dead, the film serves as an elegy to a richly layered site on the verge of rupture.

2015

Paper Crane Love

Paper Crane Love 2013

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A short film about a lonely middle aged landlord who rented a room to a couple. The landlord begins to develop an interest to the tenant's young girlfriend and starts creeping into her life.

2013

Mat Spy

Mat Spy 1985

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Mat Spy is a Malay film published in Malaysia in 1985. Mat Movie Spy published in the form of color film. Spy movie directed by director Mat Sentol.

1985

Requiem (Internationale, Goodbye Malaya)

Requiem (Internationale, Goodbye Malaya) 2017

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Requiem depicts now-elderly former communists reclaiming memories of their political participation, war, deportation, exile, and socialist dreams, in the form of song. In their youth, they were guerrilla fighters who took on the British in the jungles of Malaya (present-day Malaysia and Singapore) in the anti-colonial war of 1948-1960. Two versions of this work exist, single and double-channel video installation with sound. The double-channel version was shown as part of solo exhibitions in Hong Kong and New York. The single-channel version was shown at the Venice Biennale 2024 as part of The Disobedience Archive curated by Marco Scotini.

2017

Sayap

Sayap 2025

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In a mist-shrouded swamp, Raaja, a quiet, introspective boy, captures a red Siamese fighting fish with his friend Gila, a curious chatterbox. What begins as a simple act of fascination turns into a haunting meditation on life and the bonds between living beings. Raaja learns from an old bird keeper, Pak Tok, that every living thing we hold becomes our responsibility, its life, its fate, its death. When Raaja’s care turns to obsession and the fish dies, he confronts the painful truth about love, loss, and letting go. Set against a haunting natural landscape, Sayap is a poetic tale of innocence, mortality, and the delicate balance between human hands and the wild soul of nature.

2025

Terdedah: 7 Artists in Search of a Cover

Terdedah: 7 Artists in Search of a Cover 2025

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Shahnon Ahmad's novel Terdedah (1965) has not been reprinted in decades. This rambunctious satire is about a young widow with two lovers. Why hasn't the book been seen for so long? Did it "dedah" (reveal or expose) too much? Amir Muhammad asks seven artists how they would design a cover of Terdedah if it were reprinted today. Through Zoom, they discuss how the novel can be presented visually. In an unfortunate twist, one of the artists disappeared after agreeing. So this artist is replaced by ChatGPT. The six human artists are Anderson Ee, Fahmi Mustaffa, Hannah, Mark Lee See Teck, Syuq Tone and Yante Ismail.

2025

Heels to Heal

Heels to Heal 1970

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A musical documentary celebrating Malaysian queer resilience through the eyes of 3 drag queens with what they do best - heels, makeup, music, and dance.

1970