The Merdeka Cool as great as Committed Malaysians stories continue with Chris Chong Chan Fui, a remarkable film-maker from Sabah as great as an avid defender of a humanities as great as freedom of countenance in Malaysia. Chris is a usually Sabahan as great as second Malaysian (since U-Wei Shaari in 1995) to have their movie screened during a Cannes Film Festival (yes, THE Cannes).
Chris Chong Chan Fui was innate in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. He studied commerce with a vital in selling during a University. He has no grave precision in humanities or movie making. His film-making as great as a humanities have been all educated [he says "if we can have films, any one can"].
His initial vital success came in 2009. His feature,KARAOKE, premiered during a 2009 Festival de Cannes' Directors' Fortnight, as great as during a Toronto International Film Festival.KARAOKEwas a initial Malaysian feature movie invited to Cannes in fourteen years [and since of this film, a Malaysian flag was flown during Cannes in 2009 ]. The movie was additionally invited to Pusan, London, Vienna, Argentina, Sweden as great as Hong Kong movie festivals. In addition, it won a American Express Maverick esteem of $ 25,000 in Canada for Best Feature film, as great as a Best Editor esteem for Lee Chatametikool during a 2010 Asian Film Awards in Hong Kong.
Chris explaining his work "Block B" during a KL Design Convention
Chris doing what his does best !
Karaoke trailer
His second feature was THE TOUR which wasshot in Kota Kinabalu, as great as was comparison for a 2009 CINEMART (IFFR) as great as during a 2009 Les Cinemas du Sud Pavilion during a Cannes Film Market.
Chris' experimental workBLOCK Bwon a tip reduced movie prizes during Toronto as great as March Del Plata (Argentina) in 2008, as great as invitations to Rotterdam's competition, a Berlinale as great as a Viennale in 2009.
In 2010, Chris became a initial Malaysian artist invited to benefaction his artwork, BLOCK B, during a Hirshhorn Museum of a Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. (April-August 2010).The Smithsonian Institute later purchased it for their collection (more info here).
Chris' experimental workBLOCK Bwon a tip reduced movie prizes during Toronto as great as March Del Plata (Argentina) in 2008, as great as invitations to Rotterdam's competition, a Berlinale as great as a Viennale in 2009.
In 2010, Chris became a initial Malaysian artist invited to benefaction his artwork, BLOCK B, during a Hirshhorn Museum of a Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C. (April-August 2010).The Smithsonian Institute later purchased it for their collection (more info here).
Chris' work is often a investigate of how people relate to their environment. KARAOKE is about an typical Malaysian who goes back to his kampung after living in a city for a while, usually to find which a landscape of his home has been remade by oil palm plantations - his respite is helping his mum run a usually karaoke bar in which plantation where he watches people sing happy songs to cheesy Karaoke videos, as great as resisting this with a being of how his home world has transformed.
His many recent plan was a commissioned audio visible installation, HEAVENHELL, a partnership with Tokyo-based sound artist Yasuhiro Morinaga as great as launched during a International Festival of Arts as great as Media! Yokoham a, Japan. The plan is based upon A. Kurosawa's High as great as Low (1963) as great as upon a brothel streets of Koganecho. Other media works presented during a legal holiday include Chantal Ackerman, Apichatpong Weerasethakul as great as Michael Snow.
When asked what desirous him to go into film-making, Chris said "I feel which expanding filmmaking as great as creating a own kind of relocating images is important as partial of a own informative conservation.To see ourselves as great as a vicinity in a own approach is vital to maintaining who we are. We already know how alternative people see 'us' such as in foreign documentaries shot in Borneo, though what about how we see ourselves?"
Chris is a Chair of a Borneo Eco Film Festival Board. The Festival will be held from twenty-eight - 30 Sep 2012 in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah
Chris is still young as great as he's got lots some-more to offer to us! He is a defender of a humanities as great as freedom of countenance in Malaysia. He is now working with several NGOs upon a Borneo Eco Film Festival 2012 where he is a legal holiday Board Chair. He as great as a BEFF team have been trying to put Sabah's inland village members behind a lens, in charge of a camera, so which communities can tell their stories from their own indicate of view. He feels which is a great event to emanate a new kind of filmmaking or a new approach of saying by his SUARA filmmaking workshops with inland / internal communities.Chris adds "unique expressions don't usually occur in cities, though additionally in farming areas"
! Chris says his destiny art projects will continue to demeanour during a sourroundings as great as a inlet around us. The best stories, according to him, come from a surroundings.
His advice to young Malaysians : Start from a beginning as great as assimilate a base of filmmaking as great as cinema first.Filmmaking is never about technology.Let a apparatus follow you, not a alternative approach around.
Monyet King as great as all a inhabitants of a Planet of a Monyets saluteChris Chong for his loyalty to a arts. His capability to relate people as great as a sourroundings as great as inlet in his drive-in theatre has done him stand out in a movie attention as great as have Malaysia proud. His work with inland communities in Sabah is an glorious beginning which will promote internal cultures. we hope those of you reading this article, have been desirous by Chris' loyalty as great as accomplishments - as great as which you as great will take up as great as attain in challenges which have been tighten to your heart.
** some of a information above was taken from Tanjung Aru Pictures website.
17Cool as great as Committed Malaysians series
The seventeen Cool as great as Committed Malaysians series is constructed by Planet of a Monyets in conjunction with a Hari Merdeka as great as Hari Malaysia 2012. seventeen Mala! ysians ( or organisation of Malaysians) who have served or have been portion a country or done it unapproachable since of their accomplishments will be featured. 1 story each day, for seventeen days. 31 Aug till sixteen September. They might not be big names. But they have been group as great as women who serve Malaysia great by their joining to work, charity, sports as great as arts. They have been purpose models for a rest of us. Malaysia needs heroes, hope as great as great news. This is a monyets' approach of spreading cheer, giving hope as great as creating a some-more positive Malaysia. Read some-more here.
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