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The Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) proudly announces the official programme lineup for its highly anticipated 8th edition, set to take place from 19 to 27 July 2025. Staying true to its mission as a cultural bridge between Malaysian and global cinema, this year’s MIFFest places a spotlight on bold, diverse, and impactful storytelling from around the world. In its ongoing celebration of cinematic legends, the 8 th MIFFest is proud to pay tribute to the iconic Ti Lung with the Lifetime Achievement Award as part of the Extended Special Programme under the Master At Work series.

This year’s Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) sets the stage for an electrifying competition, with several standout titles leading the nominations. These critically acclaimed films reflect the depth and diversity of global storytelling celebrated at MIFFest. The Malaysia Golden Global Awards (Mgga) takes place on 26 July 2025 at Zepp Kuala Lumpur. The event will be streamed...

Set against the backdrop of one of the oldest public housing areas at Jalan San Peng, “Budak Flat” is the first Malaysian Amazon Original, having premiered on the Prime Video platform.

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The story centers on an old housing block that has become a battleground between two brothers. Aman, a former snatch thief, is firmly against drug trafficking, particularly in the neighborhood. His brother Riz, now a drug kingpin who has become relatively wealthy, defends the trade as a source of financial opportunity. A number of residents involved in the business seem to agree with him. The tension between the two brothers is further intensified by Mandy, Aman’s former girlfriend, who is now with Riz. Meanwhile, the building’s chief attempts to bring peace between the brothers and unify the community, sensing that greater dangers are on the horizon. When he is found dead,...

We’ve all seen how the legal system sometimes fails and lets criminals go unpunished. The phrase “innocent until proven guilty” can feel frustrating when justice isn’t served, and this idea is at the heart of the new Netflix movie Sheriff: Narko Integriti, directed by Syafiq Yusof. The story revolves around Tony Ifrit, a notorious drug dealer known for his meth empire. Despite his crimes, Tony has managed to dodge justice time and time again. Many police officers and others who’ve tried to bring him down end up dead or in jail, while Tony walks free. But there’s one cop, Inspector Nazri, who’s had enough. Frustrated by the system’s failure to bring Tony down, Nazri decides to take matters into his own hands. He starts secretly targeting and killing those who work for Tony, one by one. Of course, being a police officer himself, these killings aren’t easy,...

Amazon Prime Video has announced its first slate of Malaysian content and localized user experience, including its first Malaysian Originals, romantic drama series That Cover Girl and action film Budak Flat.

Budak Flat is produced by Skop Production, with Syafiq Yusof on board as advisor, and co-directed by Eugene Lim, Woo Ming Jin and Faizal Ishak. The cast is headed by Pablo Amirul, Zahiril Adzim, Nabila Huda, Aaron Aziz, Balan Kash and Yung Raja.

“The film explores the rivalry between two criminal brothers who find their relationship tested to a deadly conclusion when a murder triggers a gang war in their flat,” said Budak Flat producer Shamin Yusof. “It’s a uniquely Malaysian action film that we hope will find audiences across the globe on Prime Video.”

Skop Productions is one of Malaysia’s biggest production houses with credits including hits Mat Kilau, Munafik and the Abang Long Fadil franchise.

Slate also includes romantic drama miniseries Ombak Rindu and co-productions with Indonesia’s Rapi Films and Screenplay Films.

Pan-Asian streaming platform iflix has unveiled details of a slate of five new original productions to start streaming in coming months, headed by Rise To Power, a movie spin-off from its Kl Gangster Underworld series.

Directed by Faisal Ishak and Syafiq Yusof, who directed the first season of Kl Gangster Underworld, the film stars Dynas Mokhtar, reprising her role as the only woman to fight her way to the top of a ruthless Kuala Lumpur gang.

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Malaysia has been undergoing something of an action movie renaissance in recent years. And not just any style of action movie ... while most Se Asian countries have tended to turn to the relative cost certainties of martial arts action films - where once you find your actor all you need is time - Malaysia been going big and slick and trying to beat the Us players at their own game. From this perspective it appears that the wave was triggered at least in part by huge local hit Kl Gangster from local production house Skop and they're coming back to screens now with Kl Special Force. Impossibly young and prolific writer-director Syafiq Yusof takes the helm here with what is his sixth film in...

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While the format may be overly familiar there's something undeniably effective going on in the trailer for director Syafiq Yusof's Villa Nabila. Presented as a documentary purporting to explore the true stories behind a notorious haunted house in Johor, Malaysia the film plays out in standard documentary format employing a mix of talking head interviews, reconstructed footage and supposed 'actual' footage from the site and perhaps its this blend - the acknowledgement of the artificial - that restores some effectiveness to the format. Either that or it's just that Yusof is shooting the hell out of his story. Whichever it may be, this looks like a very entertaining entry into the mock-doc canon. Take a look at the trailer - subtitles included - below....

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