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15MALAYSIA – 2009

Fifteen short films with socio-economic subject matter by 15 directors of Malaysia’s “New Wave” and “No Wave.” 15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders. You may think of them as funky little films made by 15 Malaysian voices for the people of Malaysia.

Vikingo – 2009

The story of Vikingo, a rude motorcyclist whose rigid principles are honor and respect.

Director : José Celestino Campusano
Cast : Alejandro Méndez|Armando Galvalisi|Gabriel Rogelio Méndez|Natalia Rodríguez Gómez|Rubén Orlando Beltrán
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Release Date : 2009-11-09

Cobalt Blue – 2009

Cobalt Blue is the story of three childhood friendsRyoko (Masami Nagasawa), Kazuya (Shinji Rachi), and Daisuke (Seiji Fukushi)who grow up together on a remote island of Okinawa. Ryokos mother, Yukiko Morishita (Misato Tanaka), is a world-renowned pianist who arrives from Tokyo to recuperate from an illness. She falls in love with a fisherman, Ryuji Nakamura, then marries him and gives birth to their daughter Ryoko shortly before passing away. Two boys, Daisuke and Kazuya, are born the same year as Ryoko, and the three children grow up like brothers and sisters. Kazuya decides to remain on the island to become a fisherman, while Daisuke is accepted into an art school in Naha (on the main island of Okinawa), and Ryoko considers leaving the island to study nursing. But during the spring of their 18th year, Kazuya sings a song of love, Tubarama, to Ryoko, forever changing the relationship between the three friends…

Lippels Traum – 2009

Table for Three – 2009

A suddenly single guy invites what he thinks is a perfect couple to move into his apartment, only to discover they quickly insert themselves into all aspects of his life.

A Town Called Panic – 2009

Animated plastic toys like Cowboy, Indian and Horse have problems, too. Cowboy and Indian’s plan to surprise Horse with a homemade birthday gift backfires when they destroy his house instead. Surreal adventures take over as the trio travel to the center of the earth, trek across frozen tundra and discover a parallel underwater universe where pointy-headed (and dishonest!) creatures live. With panic a permanent feature of life in this papier mâché town, will Horse and his girlfriend ever be alone?

Enemies of the People – 2009

The Khmer Rouge slaughtered nearly two million people in the late 1970s. Yet the Killing Fields of Cambodia remain unexplained. Until now. Enter Thet Sambath, an unassuming, yet cunning, investigative journalist who spends a decade of his life gaining the trust of the men and women who perpetrated the massacres. From the foot soldiers who slit throats to Pol Pot’s right-hand man, the notorious Brother Number Two, Sambath records shocking testimony never before seen or heard. Having neglected his own family for years, Sambath’s work comes at a price. But his is a personal mission. He lost his parents and his siblings in the Killing Fields. Amidst his journey to discover why his family died, we come to understand for the first time the real story of Cambodia’s tragedy.

Director : Rob Lemkin|Thet Sambath
Cast : Nuon Chea|Pol Pot|Thet Sambath
Genre : Documentary
Release Date : 2009-11-24

High Life – 2009

It’s 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past – his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.

Carmel – 2009

Israeli filmmaker Amos Gitaï offers a look impressionist long history of armed conflict in their nation.

Gerhana – 2009

A dark take on media manipulation and political situation in Malaysia. The idea is to convey how normal citizens even though sometimes they know what they read and heard are absurd and not right but still with not much options to react but to accept them in order to maintain their livelihood. And at the same time powerful figures whom understands the mentality of the citizens continues to drives their ridiculous and absurd ideas and opinions to the mass.

Director : James Lee
Cast : Azman Hassan|Daphne Iking
Genre : Drama
Release Date : 2009-02-19