Despite the decrease in budget that took its toll in various levels of the festival, the Asian representation was quite strong this year too, with the awards night cementing the fact in the most obvious fashion, as the majority of accolades went to movies from the region. “Rei” winning the big award was definitely a big surprise (and also the most memorable moment of the whole festival) but I think the film that truly stole the show was “Kiss Wagon” an almost three hour animation by Midhun Murali who did almost everything in the film by himself, and whose artfulness and contextual intricacy is truly on another level. The Iranian participation was of quality as usual, while Tamil cinema stole the show once more, both in the Masala style of the Indian productions and the more ‘art-house' one of the Malaysian “Fire on Water”, which actually criticizes the aforementioned industry.
- 2/14/2024
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Sun-j Perumal (Malaysia) is a writer and director who has been making documentaries, short films, musicals and children's programs for almost 20 years. His cinematic work first came to prominence at IFFR 2007 with his short film Thaipoosam (2006). Permual's first feature film Jagat (2015) was an international success and made history as the first non-Malay language film in 28 years to be awarded best film at the Malaysian Film Festival. Fire on Water (2023), is his second feature film.
On the occasion of “Fire on Water” screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, we speak with him about the anger in the movie, the gap between “Jagat” and this film, how close to the Tamil Malaysian film industry the events depicted are, casting and cinematography, and other topics.
Watching the movie, I got the feeling that you were angry when you were shooting it. Was that the case?
I wrote the script for “Fire on Water...
On the occasion of “Fire on Water” screening at International Film Festival Rotterdam, we speak with him about the anger in the movie, the gap between “Jagat” and this film, how close to the Tamil Malaysian film industry the events depicted are, casting and cinematography, and other topics.
Watching the movie, I got the feeling that you were angry when you were shooting it. Was that the case?
I wrote the script for “Fire on Water...
- 2/5/2024
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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