Malaysia-Singapore-Taiwan co-production Snow in Midsummer and Swedish title Sons took top prizes in the Young Cinema Competition at the 48th Hong Kong International Film Festival (Hkiff).
Winners of the festival’s 15 Firebird Awards and Fipresci Prize were announced at an awards gala held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Directed by Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat-aun, Snow in Midsummer was named Best Film (Chinese Language) in the Young Cinema Competition, with the jury commending the director for “demonstrating extraordinary courage in recounting the traumatic experiences of Malaysian travelling players.”
The feature revolves around a Cantonese street opera troupe during a turbulent period in Malaysia’s political history in the late 1960s. Cast includes Wan Fang, Pearlly Chua, Rexen Cheng, Pauline Tan, Peter Yu and Alvin Wong.
Other winners in the Chinese-language category included the Best Director award for Chinese filmmaker Liang Ming for his film Carefree Days, while the film’s female lead,...
Winners of the festival’s 15 Firebird Awards and Fipresci Prize were announced at an awards gala held at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
Directed by Malaysian filmmaker Chong Keat-aun, Snow in Midsummer was named Best Film (Chinese Language) in the Young Cinema Competition, with the jury commending the director for “demonstrating extraordinary courage in recounting the traumatic experiences of Malaysian travelling players.”
The feature revolves around a Cantonese street opera troupe during a turbulent period in Malaysia’s political history in the late 1960s. Cast includes Wan Fang, Pearlly Chua, Rexen Cheng, Pauline Tan, Peter Yu and Alvin Wong.
Other winners in the Chinese-language category included the Best Director award for Chinese filmmaker Liang Ming for his film Carefree Days, while the film’s female lead,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Sara Merican
- Deadline Film + TV
Marks the second film from award-winning director Chong Keat Aun
Chong Keat Aun’s upcoming drama Snow In Midsummer has wrapped shooting in Malaysia and is set to be launched by Swallow Wings Film at Busan’s Asian Contents and Film Market (Acfm) in October.
The film is a Malaysia-Singapore-Taiwan co-production and marks the director’s second feature after The Story of Southern Islet, for which he won best new director at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards in 2020.
It also marks the latest regional collaboration among a new wave of Southeast Asian films made with the support of government funding bodies.
Chong Keat Aun’s upcoming drama Snow In Midsummer has wrapped shooting in Malaysia and is set to be launched by Swallow Wings Film at Busan’s Asian Contents and Film Market (Acfm) in October.
The film is a Malaysia-Singapore-Taiwan co-production and marks the director’s second feature after The Story of Southern Islet, for which he won best new director at Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards in 2020.
It also marks the latest regional collaboration among a new wave of Southeast Asian films made with the support of government funding bodies.
- 8/23/2022
- by Silvia Wong
- ScreenDaily
Like in a Pirandello’s piece, we all play a part and wear a mask in life and with that mask, we go along with our social interactions. It is unsettling and fascinating at the same time. “Baeu Baeu”, a short movie by Cheng Thim Kian explores the way we deal with truth, sincerity and lies and the consequences of it.
It’s the evening of the Mid Autumn Festival and aspiring actress Emily (Emily Chan) has just returned from an audition for a film, more precisely for the part of a Korean girl. She doesn’t think she will get the job as her knowledge of Korean is less than scarce. Coincidentally, near Emily a girl is talking fluent Korean on the phone and from initial curiosity a conversation sparks between her and Dalnim (Pauline Tan). The two end up spending the Harvest Moon night chatting and laughing and even dancing under the moon.
It’s the evening of the Mid Autumn Festival and aspiring actress Emily (Emily Chan) has just returned from an audition for a film, more precisely for the part of a Korean girl. She doesn’t think she will get the job as her knowledge of Korean is less than scarce. Coincidentally, near Emily a girl is talking fluent Korean on the phone and from initial curiosity a conversation sparks between her and Dalnim (Pauline Tan). The two end up spending the Harvest Moon night chatting and laughing and even dancing under the moon.
- 4/11/2020
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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