Shameless Self Promotion Volume Two: - justin_guber

Shameless Self Promotion Volume Two:

Here's the official press release for the Kelab Seni Filem Shorts Fest (for those not in the know, my film is under my full name, or at least, my name in the fullest way i'd have it printed, which is 'Khairil M. Bahar'). In the list, I'm number nine:

PRESS RELEASE

Kelab Seni Filem Malaysia presents
MALAYSIAN SHORTS

Monday, 9 Aug 2004
@ 8:00 pm
Institut HELP auditorium, Pusat Bandar Damansara, Kuala Lumpur.

Admission is FREE for the public. Seats cannot be reserved, so please come
early to avoid disappointment.

Curated by Bernard Chauly & Amir Muhammad from a total of 38 entries.

Although the previous edition of KSFM Malaysian Shorts was screened to a
full house for only one night in March 2004, the work has travelled beyond.
Fast becoming the best platform for young Malaysian filmmakers to premier
their shorts, the entire compilation of 17 shorts in the March 04 edition went
on to be screened at the Malaysian Independent Film Fest in Penang last
June. 9 shorts were also selected for screening at the Asian American
International Film Festival in New York last month and Diffan Sina's Wanita
Cosmos and Idora Alhabshi's Free are currently on exhibition at the
Malaysian Art Now show at the National Art Gallery till 1 Sept.

KSFM not only believes in promoting Malaysian work to local audiences but
continues to actively expose the work abroad. Each compilation of shorts is
sent out to festivals and curators abroad. Committed to introducing new
directors, 7 out of 12 of the director's featured in this edition have not had
work screened by KSFM before.

Some of the highlights in this edition are:

Not Cool, the latest short film by MVA award winner, Liew Seng Tat. A
tragic-comedy in what is becoming Seng Tat's consistent tone of wit.

Goodbye to Love by the ubiquitous James Lee, a beautiful black-and-white
meditation on love and longing starring Lee Swee Keong

Echoes by Patrick Lim, starring Deanna Yusoff as the protagonist in this
psycho-thriller.

All films not in English will have English subtitles. Q&A with the filmmakers will
follow the screening. Get a chance to vote for the top 3 most popular films
through our Audience Choice Awards!

For further enquiries please contact chauly@pd.jaring.my or call 012 2255
136.

Programme (120mins)

1. RUMAHKU SYURGAKU (Dir: Fairul Hilmi, 3 min, Malaysia, animation)

Cica, a Pontianak, has been having trouble scaring people and animals
lately. Pissed off, she and her best friend Cak, a skull, start an adventure to
find new surroundings and new people to scare.

Fairul Hilmi B Ahmad Hawari is a Multimedia University graduate, with a
degree in Creative Multimedia, majoring in Film and Animation. He is
currently seeking jobs, yet still enjoying the freedom of graduating.

2. THE BREAKFAST (Dir: Nor Hazlin Norsalam, 7 min, Malaysia,
experimental drama)

Alan has a simple breakfast. A peanut butter sandwich with eggs.

A 23 year old final year student at LUCT majoring in Film, TV & Advertising,
Hazlin is also a stage performer. She aspires to produce more films as well as
pursue formal training in Performing Arts.

3. NOT COOL (Dir: Liew Seng Tat, 20 min, Malaysia, comedy)

With his 80 year old mother in hospital, 20 year old Ah Cool takes over the
family business of sewing bras! Meanwhile, 3rd Aunty sizes up a girl that she
pressures onto her helpless nephew.

KLUE magazine highlighted Liew Seng Tat as a young filmmaker to watch.
An MMU graduate, Seng Tat won Best Short Film at the 8th Malaysian Video
Awards 2003 for "Breadskin and Strawberry Jam" which premiered at KSFM
Malaysian shorts in July 03.

4. DANCING KITES (Dir: Azharr Rudin, 11 min, Malaysia, experimental docu)

This experimental documentary, originally meant as the filmmaker's search
for his long-lost Indonesian grandmother, is a poetic mini-odyssey of a
different kind.

Azharr Rudin, 23, is a graduate of Lim Kok Wing Univesity College of Creative
Technology, where he was the Class of 2003's recipient of The Industry
Award for Excellence - Best in Video Production.

5. PTUIHH! (Dir: Arif Rafhan Othman, 11 min, Malaysia, comedy)

Terrorism, multiple sex partners and religious issues all bubble to the surface
during a mission to catch a cheating girlfriend.

Arif Rafhan is an Information Technology graduate and is currently a partner
in an IT consultancy. His knowledge for film trivia has earned him the
nickname `God of Celluloid'. `Ptuihh. . .' is his first short film.

6. OUT OF THE CLOSET (Dir: Chi Too, 2 min, Malaysia, comedy)

A man struggles as he discovers himself and his true identity.

Chi Too studied at Kolej Damansara Utama.

7. ECHOES (Dir: Patrick Lim, 20 min, Malaysia, psycho-thriller)

Julia (Deanna Yusoff) works late in her office and she starts to see things. An
encounter with her two colleagues is repeated before her eyes, a mysterious
woman that walks past her without responding to her and a little girl in black
dress and holding a black balloon. The first short to be shot on HD format in
Malaysia.

Patrick Lim spent seven years in US, studying and worked in several
independent projects. He returned to Malaysia in 1996 and was involved with
a few projects before he landed a teaching career at LimKokWing University
College of Creative Technology. EXIT, KILLERVATOR and CHOICE are
some of the works that he has under his belt. He is currently working on
developing a feature length version of CHOICE

8. LIFE IS ELSEWHERE (Dir: Kok Kai Foong, 8 min, Malaysia, drama)

Do you sometimes feel like you're being watched? Who is watching whom?
Whose life are we living right now? Looking at the mirror, who do you see?

A Computer Science graduate, Kai Foong became the film critic in Sin Chew
Daily from 1996-97. After getting a distinction in the Global Film School online
film course in 2002, he started making short films. Currently, he is a freelance
software engineer and filmmaker.

9. NICOTINE (Dir: Khairil M. Bahar, 11 min, Malaysia, comedy-drama)

Rizal, a smoker, decides to quit after seeing his cousin Nizam cough up
blood. The story follows his trials and tribulations as he overcomes the need
for nicotine.

Khairil grew up in London where he was born and bred on film, music and
British comedy. He is currently a copywriter for an ad agency. In his spare time,
he plays music, pokes random animals with pointed sticks and writes bio's of
himself in the third person.

10. ONE DAY IN A FISHERMAN'S DREAM (Dir: Yiren Lam, 7 min, Canada/
Malaysia, experimental)

The Narrator of this dream is looking for a place to fish. As he encounters the
Sailor, the Wild Flower Picker and the Middle of Nowhere Cat, he realises that
a sea monster has infiltrated the ocean.

Malaysian born Lam Yiren obtained a Communication Studies Degree from
the University of Windsor, Canada. Unclear of what he had learnt he moved
on to film studies in Spring 2003.

11. BALLAD OF THE LAST BALUT (Dir: Abror Rivai, 4 min, Malaysia,
experimental)

2 guys head for a happy ending after meeting at an abandoned train station.

Abror Rivai graduated from UiTM and works as a freelance journalist. Born on
10 May 1976, the same day Travis Bickle wrote his diary in Scorsese's `Taxi
Driver'. A coincidence that makes Abror believe he was destined to be a
filmmaker.

12. GOODBYE TO LOVE (Dir: James Lee, 16 min, Malaysia, experimental)

A phone call makes all the difference.

James Lee is Malaysia's most prolific independent filmmaker. As his latest
feature, "The Beautiful Washing Machine" continues riding the festival circuit,
James is one of four directors in the "Visits" anthology, premiering at GSC in
late August 2004.

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