For the 60th episode, Fikri and Ezzah celebrate the festival of creativity that is the #KumanPicturesChallenge by looking at a select number of films. Organised by the production company Kuman Pictures, it is a competition designed to encourage filmmaking under lockdown conditions, with the winner walking away with RM1,000. Given that there are over 200(!) films, we have been very personal and prejudiced in the films featured in this episode. However, while that is no guarantee of quality, there’s a decent chance you’ll have a good time in listening to us discussing the films, because we certainly had a good time in watching them!

• Check out the full list of 215 official submissions, whittled down to ten finalists and five honourable mentions
• Ajami Hashim made a top 30 list of his own
• Ezzah looked at:
  • ‘Don’t Go’ by Sidney Chan
  • ‘Visitor’ by Aaron Chung
  • ‘Late Night’ by Norman Effendi
  • ‘Good Night’ by Garrick See
  • ‘Ke Sana Ke Sini’ by Maz Irwan Azani
  • ‘Tumpang’ by Iroet Marteni
  • ‘Fillet’ by Nick Davis
• Fikri watched:
  • ‘Puisi Tentang Hantu’ by Jef Samaroon
  • ‘Satu Suku’ by John Hafiz
  • ‘Minggu Minggu Wabak’ by Walid Ali
  • ‘A.I.’ by Zairul Eizam
  • ‘Halusinasi’ by Sharifah Hanura Ezwa Syed Akbar
  • ‘Mama’s Homestay’ by Jacky Chung
  • ‘Flik Seram 2’ by Cech Adrea
• Intermission: COVID-19 by Bass Agents
• Theme Song: Airplane Mode by Josh Woodward
• Download the episode here, or follow us on PodBean

Featured image credit and podcast cover art: Erkan Utu / Pexels