KL24: Zombies

KL24: Zombies 2017

6.00

A flu like infection has taken over KL which turns into a zombie outbreak as we follow three intersecting stories of the survivors fleeing for safety.

2017

Family Portrait

Family Portrait 2013

8.00

The Short film was funded by Microsoft Malaysia which takes a lighthearted look at how modern IT related technology have influenced a contemporary Chinese household in Malaysia.

2013

Snipers

Snipers 2001

1

Set in recession era Kuala Lumpur, the plot revolves an ex-military type man turned hit man, a recently retrenched middle class angry man and a debt ridden restaurant owner all connected by a sniper rifle that is used for assassination.

2001

3 Doors of Horrors

3 Doors of Horrors 2013

4.00

3 horror shorts from Malaysia I Miss You Two: School life is one of the most interesting moments in a lifetime. Some people, some things, will forever be carved in one’s memory. Floating Sun: The novelist, Fiona Lim, is writing a true story of a teenage girl who drowned in a river many years ago. Horror Mission: A local film crew is shooting a horror film in the suburb when the actress playing the ghost is suddenly possessed by a spirit.

2013

The Big Durian

The Big Durian 2003

6.00

On the night of 18 October 1987, a soldier ran amok with an M16 in the area of Chow Kit, Kuala Lumpur. Due to the thorny circumstances of the time and place, his amok triggered a citywide panic and rumours of racial riots. Why did he do it? Why were Malaysians so jittery at the time? And what happened next? "The Big Durian" speaks to 23 Malaysians (some real, some fictional) to find out.

2003

Turnover

Turnover 2014

4.00

Set in one night in a spooky basketball courtyard. A young man arrived to have a game with his friends when he received a call to tell him the game was cancelled. The young man decided to shoot some hoops on his own since he’s already there. But something else is going to join him and play a very different game.

2014

Delete

Delete 2014

4.00

Four girls break into an abandoned bathroom at their University one night as part of their class assignment on urban legends. The story goes as saying that a young woman disappeared there. The girls discover a pink digital camera and one of them decides to take it home for further analysis. Strange things begin to happen; a phone calls from a mysterious voice under heavy static urging them to “delete”.

2014

Phyu Phyu

Phyu Phyu 2015

1

Set in a industrial zone where a security guard patrols the area every night. One night when he bumps into two suspicious men and found Phyu Phyu, a lost spirit of a Rohingya girl.

2015

Ah Beng Returns

Ah Beng Returns 2001

1

Heavily influenced by Jean-Luc Godard, this experimental piece of anti-cinema is about a group of Chinese Communist gangsters dealing with betrayal, disillusionment and the absence of love.

2001

The Strange Mechanic

The Strange Mechanic 2014

1

Auto Kid, who is a seasoned mechanic just like his father and grandfather, grew up in the garage. He often witness lost spirit taking shelter under an automobile, which in turn, causes the vehicle to have an unexplainable breakdown. As he gradually develops the ability to fix cars by returning the spirits to their world, he becomes known for his mysterious skill.

2014

Goodbye

Goodbye 2003

1

A Kuala Lumpur career-woman, busy with work and the end of a relationship, pauses to reflect on the death of Hong Kong pop idol Leslie Cheung.

2003

Last Year in Johor

Last Year in Johor 2018

3.00

An experimental travelogue film that follows K a traveler and his encounter with the girl that he met last year, except, she claims she's not her.

2018

Passing Lives

Passing Lives 2014

1.00

A woman hires a pair of spiritual medium to help her to communicate with her recently deceased husband who was killed in an auto accident.

2014

Paper Crane Love

Paper Crane Love 2013

1

A short film about a lonely middle aged landlord who rented a room to a couple. The landlord begins to develop an interest to the tenant's young girlfriend and starts creeping into her life.

2013

Wall

Wall 2004

3.00

Between a man and his lover lies a wall, between the man and the country he loves lies another wall. Can a one-sided dialouge breaks the walls and expresses the man’s feelings and sentiments? Or does the lover or the country wants the wall to be broken in the first place? This short was inspired by Amy Len’s dance choreography “Wall” and colloborated with Loh Bok Lai. The dance was originally choreographed for a performance in Japan Dance Wave Fukuoka ‘06 - Asian Contemporary Dance Now and later made into an experimental video combining elements of an actor and monologue. The video footages were also used for the dance piece itself in KL.

2004

Bernafas Dalam Lumpur

Bernafas Dalam Lumpur 2005

1.00

A photographer, Azman, is in love with Lina, whose husband Meor has just been released from prison.

2005

3 Crimes: Babi Berbau Melon Di Musim Sejuk

3 Crimes: Babi Berbau Melon Di Musim Sejuk 2017

1.00

Four robbers plan their next heist in their hideout in a small town. They discusses their plan during a steamboat dinner, unknown to them one of them is working for the cops.

2017

She

She 2016

1

Adapted from the short story "She" from the book "Bitter" by Bissme S. The short film tells the story of an forbidden incestuous love affair from two point of views of the husband and the wife. As they continue to not confront the affair it slowly spiral out of control.

2016

3 Crimes: Breaking Point

3 Crimes: Breaking Point 2016

1

A female police forensic on a trail of a serial killer whose victims comprise of corrupted police officers. Later she finds the killer and her have something in common. Based on the short story "Breaking Point" by Zufar Ismail Zeid.

2016