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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

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  • Swing My Swing High, My Darling

    Fearless director resolves to translate The Postman Always Rings Twice to Islamic Malaysia, including the sultry mood and erotic tension. He did not s
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  • Mantis Tales

    A submersion in pictures and sound in the rain forests of Malaysia. Total secrecy.
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  • The Gravel Road

    Beautiful sketch of the harsh life on an old Malaysian rubber plantation, sometime in the 1960s or 1970s. Daughter Shanta has got it into her…
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  • Girl in the Water

    A film featuring real fishermen, a real young mother and a story as real as a hallucination.
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  • I’m Lisa

    Almost sensual observation of a young cleaning lady. The heat of the Malaysian evening is almost tangible.
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  • Last Fragments of Winter

    A Malaysian film student travels to Japan to study and is amazed by many things. About a girl in the snow, for instance.
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  • Bunohan

    A Malaysian kickboxing and gangster film with the flair of a Sergio Leone Western. A crime story about three brothers in a village near the…
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  • the meaning of style

    A deceptively complex Malaysian reverie featuring a cast of skinheads, butterflies and the sounds of Gruff Rhys and Y Niwl in perfect harmony.
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  • I Want to Remember

    In many dance films there’s no speaking, but here there is space for a real narrative. About the division of two countries. And the divorce…
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  • Famous Last Words

    You don’t need much for an entertaining film other than a sense of humour. And the ability to lie straight-faced. That too.
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