A Stay

From A to Z Lokman

Interview with director Z. Lokman at his home on 16 June 2019. Interspersed with many clips from his films. "Handal pendekar di gelanggang silat / Handal pengarah di panggung wayanglah!"

Rapuh

The relationship of a family is challenged when the pregnant mother falls into a coma after giving birth.

Fly By Night

Unfolding the life of a taxi driver that uses his services as a front for extortion rackets and other criminal activities. When his hot-headed younger brother's impulsive behaviour lead the cops and triad to their doorstep. As the eldest, he stops at nothing to protect them all.

Guru

Syahrif wakes up in the class to a replacement teacher taking over the class for the History subject. He committed a rude act along with his friend and in return gets punished. Will he grow hate towards the teacher and what will he do?

Mastur

A man who has to work from home is disturbed by an entity when his uncontrollable addiction takes a turn.

IF

A man faces a life-changing decision to make; one of the two choices that could make a huge impact to his life.

The Lost Piece

A Malaysian Chinese short film about the struggles of Chan, in recovering her mother's memories and fixing their broken relationship when he knew that Fen, is diagnosed with Alzheimer.

Langkah

Inspired by a true story. A high school headmaster deploys a group of students to investigate an ongoing bullying cases by any means necessary.

Motif

Motif focuses on a police investigation and its most obvious innovation is the female perspective that the director imposes. Protagonist Dewi (Sharifah Amani) is a police officer who is sent from the capital of Kuala Lumpur to a provincial area, Tanah Merah (lit. “Red Earth”), to investigate the disappearance of the young daughter of the local community’s richest family. From the beginning, her arrival is greeted with distrust by her male colleagues, who are doubly annoyed by the fact of having an outsider who is also a woman intrude in the community.

Sugar

Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.

Theorem

A wealthy Italian household is turned upside down when a handsome stranger arrives, seduces every family member and then disappears. Each has an epiphany of sorts, but none can figure out who the seductive visitor was or why he came.

The Long, Hot Summer

Accused barn burner and conman Ben Quick arrives in a small Mississippi town and quickly ingratiates himself with its richest family, the Varners.

Rambling Rose

In the Deep South of the 1930s, Rose is taken in by the Hillyer family to serve as housemaid so that she can avoid falling into a life of prostitution. Her appearence and personality is such that all men fall for her, and she knows it. She can't help herself from getting into trouble with men.

Bean

Childlike Englishman, Mr. Bean, is an incompetent watchman at the Royal National Gallery. After the museum's board of directors' attempt to have him fired is blocked by the chairman, who has taken a liking to Bean, they send him to Los Angeles to act as their ambassador for the unveiling of a historic painting to humiliate him. Fooled, Mr. Bean must now successfully unveil the painting or risk his and a hapless Los Angeles curator's termination.

Western

A group of German construction workers set out for a foreign construction site in the Bulgarian province. The strange country awakens adventure feelings among the men. At the same time, they are confronted with their prejudices and mistrust. For two of the men, a nearby village becomes the stage for a competition for the recognition and favor of the village.