Directed by Amanda Nell Eu, the film is the first directed by a Malaysian woman to be invited to the iconic festival.

Directed by Amanda Nell Eu, the film is the first directed by a Malaysian woman to be invited to the iconic festival.
Amid ethnic divisions, brain drain and censorship, Southeast Asian nation lags behind neighbours in cinematic success.
A series of Netflix Originals is helping cinema from Southeast Asia’s largest nation win global appreciation.
Malaysia is struggling to bring back tourists compared with its Southeast Asian peers after scrapping pandemic curbs.
A new performance unpicks the official narrative on the multiethnic Southeast Asian nation’s road to independence.
Siblings Subhas and Preeti Nair are raising the voices of marginalised minorities in the Southeast Asian city-state.
Prebet Sapu brings multiracial realism back to cinema screens, signalling some relaxation in local censorship attitudes.
Non-fungible tokens are helping Southeast Asian artists to make lucrative sales, and democratise art.
Penang’s second UNESCO nomination sparks debate on balance between conservation and post-pandemic tourism.
Two large-scale studies done earlier this year unveil robust scientific data on animal’s population for the first time.