When she was practicing law, Kartini Maarof once went beyond the call of duty for her divorce client. She arranged for Rohaya Mohamad, a mother of seven, to be married again, to Kartini’s own husband. The spouse they have shared for a decade is 43-year-old Ikramullah Ashaari, who has four wives and 17 children. His [...]

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. Rojak! is short film number fifteen or the last in the series. Rojak! is about a Rojak seller’s take on Malaysia’s multi-faceted social political tapestry. Made entirely with CGI special effects. Visually stunning. Rojak! is directed by Suleiman [...]

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. The second last short film for this project is Lollipop. Lollipop is about a haunting portrayal of a pedophile preparing to hunt, interspersed with metaphors on the state of Malaysian politics. Lollipop is directed by Nam Ron. 15Malaysia [...]

This year’s Australian Malaysian Film Festival (AMFF) from Oct 4 to 7, at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Federation Square, here, pays tribute to the memory of Malaysian filmmaking legend Yasmin Ahmad. Yasmin’s work crossed conventional cultural barriers and fittingly, in its third year, the festival offers daytime screenings catering to Australian students [...]

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. The 13th short film is Healthy Paranoia. The Healthy Paranoia show an over-zealous public relations consultant advises the current minister of health how to discourage unhealthy lifestyles in Malaysia. Khairil M. Bahar is the director for Healthy Paranoia. [...]

15Malaysia is 15 short films about Malaysia featuring some of the country’s coolest directors, actors, musicians and politicians. The latest is Duit Kecil. Duit Kecil is about a man finds himself without small change in a cheap brothel. Many arguments ensue and problems faced by the Malaysian common man are discussed humorously. Duit Kecil is [...]