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By: Henry and Harry Zhuang Our journey for creating ‘The Tiger of 142B’ started when we were approached by David Lee and Eternality Tan (ET). They were looking for animation directors to do animation adaptations on Singapore literature for Utter Singapore 2015, a festival commissioned by Singapore Writers Festival. There was a list of literature…

Stay amateur filmmaking   Selamat malam kuala lumpur, Memantau Along The One Way dari jauh itu rasanya harap-harap cemas. Sempat saya titip salam lewat Eden Junjung untuk mbak Tan Chui Mui dan festivalnya yang keren. Terimakasih untuk teman saya di Malaysia, Bebbra Mailin yang posting di fesbuk ada foto ibu bersama Alma, cucu pertamanya di…

SeaShorts Award: The Tiger of 142B “A very successful adaptation with visual storytelling flair that is infused with dark humour and succinct social commentary” Henry and Harry Zhuang / Singapore / 2016 / English / 12min A young unemployed man finds himself having difficulty in communicating with his girlfriend. As he struggles to cope with…

 #SeaShorts: Check out the complete programme list and Festival Schedule!   Complete Festival Schedule: http://www.nextnewwave.com.my/schedule-in-one-page/ Get invited to SeaShorts:http://www.nextnewwave.com.my/get-invited/   Opening Programme: FRAGMENT 1)Making Art is F**ing Hard/Kan Lume/Singapore 2)Scene 38/Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit/Thailand 3)Goodbye Phnom Penh/Kavich Neang/Cambodia 4)Satu Nota Satu Fragmen/U-Wei Bin Haji Saari/Malaysia 5)Ang Araw Bago Ang Wakas/Lav Diaz/Philippines 6)Umbilical/Wseley Leon Aroozoo/Singapore 7)Rain/Phan Dang Di/Vietnam…

Words from Tan Chui Mui, Festival Director of SeaShorts I started making short films after watching Amir Muhammad’s “6 Shorts”. The compilations of 6 short films have something so playful and reflective, it gave me an itch to grab a camera and do something. And each time I saw a short film by a fellow…

Introducing Opening Programme: FRAGMENT Fragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each story distinctively embraces the other’s subjectivities through the collective sentiments of vulnerability and fortitude. This film is commissioned by the Asian Film Archive (AFA) for its 10th…

For the Next New Wave Award, we’ve invited Shanjhey Kumar Perumal (Malaysia), Sharifah Amani Syed Zainal Rashid Al-Yahya(Malaysia) and Aditya Assarat(Thailand) as our jury member for Next New Wave Competition. Get to know them better here! Shanjhey Kumar Perumal Shanjhey Kumar Perumal has 10 years of experience in the creative media industry as Director/Writer. He obtained…

10 short films will compete for Next New Wave Award! Catch up all the MADE-IN-MALAYSIAN films in Next New Wave competition! Mark down your calendar and join our SeaShorts Film Festival, May 11-14 2017 in Jalan Panggong, Kuala Lumpur. Let’s SeaShorts!

“ ”It’s really been a long time. I think Yuni , Amir and me met in Sarawak Millennium Film Festival in Kuching and then on the bus to somewhere, Yuni started to ask if we should curate film from our country since on a regular basis since we knew very little about films from our neighbour…

There is a story behind the 3 juries. Please follow our blog to find out more! Amir Muhammad (Malaysia) Amir started making films in Malaysia back in year 2000. His curation of Malaysian Short Films (screened every 3 months during the period between 2000 – 2008) was an important platform for young independent filmmakers. He…