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In his program Return of the Salt Boy, Programmer Gertjan Zuilhof had programed Zai Ruda Kuning‘s Riau, a 30 minutes documentary on the Orang Laut (Sea Gypsies) in the Riau Archipelago, part of Zai Kuning’s long-term research. We had heard a lot about the legendary Zai Kuning, and really excited to hear that he is coming to…

Some filmmakers are crazy . That’s common. But not many are as crazy as Khavn De La Cruz. Some programmers are wild, that is unusual, but it happens. But still none quite as notorious as Gertjan Zuilhof. Some filmmakers make a new film especially for a program, that’s common when there is a commission and…

It was not easy to curate a program like this. And it was a great idea from Jacky Yeap. He worked very hard to get all these short films. “I actually talked to a friend not long ago wishing to see a festival that features student works of filmmakers. ” Apitchapong replied to our invitation.…

narrated by Tan Chui Mui A few months back, I found this small book on Yin Shao Loong‘s bookshelf called “Surabaya Johny”. I only it knew as songtitle. And I didn’t know Dain Said wrote a book in the same title.  And things became even more interesting when i found out it is actually about this…

Jacky, the programmer of the programme My Student Film, spoke to the five established filmmakers to ask what they recalled when they were making their student films. At that time students did not have enough money to buy 8mm raw materials, so we bought the cheap material illegally from someone who worked at National TV…

It is often believed that short film is a gateway to the feature film, an idea, or a presentation of the form. Like a prototype. Shorter version of the longer form… Cinema, but bite-sized…? That can be true. But to some filmmakers, they can be something else entirely; they are a form for expression and…

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Next New Wave announces its second annual SeaShorts film festival to be held from August 1st to 5th in partnership with George Town Festival, Penang.  During the 5 days of the festival, there will be a screening of special programs, notably S-Express, an annual collaboration of short film programs from 8…

SeaShorts started calling for submission on February 5th. In one month, we received 79 submissions. We are very happy to receive 26 submissions from Philippines! We are urging filmmakers from Laos and Myanmar to send us more films.  Submit your short film to us! Deadline: 3rd June 2018 (before 23:59 UTC/GMT). Eligibility -Director(s) must be from…

What does a short film resemble? A knife, a letter, a window, a song? Then what does a short film from Southeast Asia resemble? A rusted parang knife? A letter from home stained with tears? A shutter window that doesn’t close well? A soft and slimy love song with heavy nasal tones? August 1st to…

文／小樂 Jacky Yeap “我不太会说别人的故事，所以我说我自己的故事。” 我是一个热爱女人的人，我很喜欢和女生讲话，也觉得和女生讲话有一种很平静的感觉，也许女生有一种温和感吧。所以我拍的故事常常都会和 [女生] 有关系。我想了想，原来不是因为想女生演我的戏，而是因为拍这部戏，我有机会和女演员讲话。 至于拍摄这部短片好像是注定的。那个时候，我已经开始编写这部短片的剧本。 我一直都很想拍关于一位年轻人和年纪比自己大的女人的爱情故事。我觉得社会很容易用不好的眼光对待这样的爱情，觉得一定是建立在某种利益上。 “这里，我不是要为这样的人透过影像声援哦，我只是发现自己也处于这样的状态，所以想透过影像让自己看清自己。再说，我哪有资格为别人说话，连自己的事情都说不完了。然后那个时候我亲爱的老板（也是女的）就说要我拍一部短片。所以就这样，就马上在一个月以内就完成了，因为剧本本来就快定稿了。” 故事的发展和演员的发展是不一样的。 我感觉自己是很自私的，因为我抛弃了演员心理的发展，而把所有故事的发展建立在场景里。我经过了一些地方，我觉得对这些地方还是这个环境很有感觉，觉得想在这里拍戏，所以我就会硬硬的让这两个角色出现在这里。当然，硬硬的话就会很奇怪，还是需要合情合理，但是身为导演的objective，就是要在这里拍就对了。 “我喜欢你，刘淑琳” 这好像变成了我拍电影的目的了。我在修读大学的时候很喜欢一个女孩子，她叫刘淑琳。她是修读音乐系的，我那个时候常常呆在图书馆到很夜，编写电影论文。因为砂拉越大学的图书馆是全马营业最久的，每天都是到半夜12点才关，所以每次我回去的时候，整个图书馆都快没人了，大大的图书馆，只有两三个人，是有点恐怖的。回去了时候，我常常都会听到远方飘来音乐声。我就在想，谁还在练习呢，因为音乐室的距离和图书馆是最靠近的，所以是可以听到了。我就经过那长长又暗暗的走廊，我偷偷的打开那道门，她一个人在练习，我就站在外面偷听。一日一日的，好像变成了习惯，也喜欢上她了。 可是三年里，我没能和她说，也说不出口。所以我希望用我暂时最有信心的事情，拍电影来传达我喜欢她这件事情。所以从今以后，这也成为了我拍电影的目的，希望有一天她会看到这些影片。 所以，这部短片的诞生，就是结合了以上的几个目的，而存在这样的短片。