Fikri and Ezzah finally get to a long-gestating episode on select films from the Fat Bidin COVID-19 Mini Docs competition.
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Thoughts on Films – Episode 69: Of Oscars, Princesses and Islets
Fikri and Ezzah talk about Roh as the Malaysian Oscar submission, Puteri Gunung Ledang on Netflix and the controversies of The Story of Southern Islet and Babi.
Thoughts on Films – Episode 68: The Buzzing of BEEs and Crickets
Malaysian filmmaker Cheng Thim Kian drops by for a chat about his films, BEE, My Friend and When the Crickets Sound.
Cubs of Life – Malaysian Short Films at Locarno 2020
Provided with a rare opportunity, Fikri Jermadi checks out Malaysian short films at the Locarno Film Festival 2020.
Beyond the Seen – Eye on the Ball
Ezzah Mahmud takes in the director’s cut of Yihwen Chen’s documentary about Malaysia’s blind national footballers.
Syok Bersama – Ally Chia
Fikri Jermadi tucks into the ways he was surprised by Samantha Tan’s directorial debut.
Reinventing the Wheelhouse – The Films of Adam Taufiq Suharto
Fikri Jermadi considers how Adam Taufiq Suharto is breaking broken records in his own way.
Superficial Made Real – All I Did Was Smile and Say Hello
With attention paid to him back home and abroad, Adi Iskandar checks in with Soon King Yaw’s film.
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