Films
A series of short films directed by Malaysia's emerging filmmakers,
Transitional Cinema documents characters whom are navigating the in-between while experimenting with aesthetics and exploring different ways to tell stories.
PONTENG SEKOLAH
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Synopsis:
An academically- excellent student running away from her problems at school, only to encounter a troubled boy playing truant by the train tracks. They spend the day together, eventually forcing them to confront their own personal tragedies.
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Director: Victor Chen
A WORM, WHATEVER WILL BE WILL BE
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Synopsis:
A filmmaker's grieving journal: a trip back to her hometown while revisiting three months of daily conversations prior to the passing of her dementia-ridden grandmother.
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Director: Mickey Lai
MINDFRAME
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Synopsis:
A film lecturer visits his depressed student and participates in the reading of the young man's latest script. The lines between reality and fiction starts to blur.
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Director: Andy Darrel Gomes
AH MA (in-collaboration with 9Moon Media)
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Synopsis:
A grandmother prepares to conduct the Qing Ming ritual. The grief of losing her husband parallels the absence of her grandson. .
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Director: Chew Boon Wai
DOGS (Proof-of-concept Film)
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Synopsis:
A young couple started dating when he was in quarantine for chicken pox. They hang on to the past by using each other. They become like Pavlov's dogs - salivating over the bell but longing for food
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Director: Andy Darrel Gomes
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