The BMW Shorties, Malaysia’s most longest running short film competition celebrates its 10th year anniversary this year. For the first time in its decade-long history, the short film competition receives its highest number of submissions – 115 short films in total.
The judges presiding over this year’s competition is a line-up of Malaysia’s top film making virtuosos comprising commercial film maker Lina Tan; award-winning Malaysian film maker, Liew Seng Tat; and up and coming film maker and esteemed screenwriter, Nadira Ilana, renowned film editor and sound editor, Lee Chatametikool from Thailand as well as Yuni Hadi from Singapore, a refined film producer, author and curator specializing in the management of film and media projects.
During the judging process earlier this month, the quality of short films received made it very difficult for the judges to keep their nominations to 10 finalist short films. Eventually the panel selected 12 short films to be contested in the competition this year, another first for the BMW Shorties.
One of the 12 finalists will stand a chance to win the grand prize award of a RM 75,000 production grant alongside promising prospects in the film making industry. Other accolades for film making potential include Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Production Design, Best Editing and Best Sound Design as well as the ever popular People’s Choice Award.
The 12 finalists’ short films are up to contend for the People’s Choice Award which opens for public voting from the 30th November to 7th December, 2016 on www.bmwshorties.com.my.
The BMW Shorties 2016 Finalists (in no particular order) are:
• Aman Nak Besar by Affendi Azizan
• Hawa by Tan Ce Ding
• Wednesday (休息日) by Lee KahGiap
• The Bosom by Pow Lai Xiang
• Terminal by Caston J
• Once See FattCai (一見發財) by Chan Kean Wah
• 1304KM: Girl from Sumatra by Lim Han Loong
• Terus by Sherwynn Victor
• Revival by Tham Wai Fook
• Prisoner (囚) by Dexter Lo
• A Short Film without a Title by Koo Shu Xuan
• Roundabout by Liew Yew Yin
The BMW Shorties 2016 Supporting Award nominees in no particular order are:
• Best Director
o Tham Wai Fook for Revivial
o Chan Kean Wah for Once See FattCai (一見發財)
o AffendiAzizan for Aman Nak Besar
o Sherwynn Victor for Terus
o Tan Ce Ding for Hawa
• Best Cinematography
o Wednesday (休息日) by Lee KahGiap
o Hawa by Tan Teck Zee
o AmanNakBesar by Iswandi Salim
o A Short Film Without a Title by Damien Goh Kwee Yew
o Terus by Jeffery Ng Jun Guan
• Best Screenplay
o Terus by Sherwynn Victor, Derek Lim, &DaniyalKadir
o AmanNakBesar by AffendiAzizan
o Once See FattCai (一見發財) by Chan Kean Wah
o 1304KM: Girl from Sumatra by Lim Han Loong
o Revival by Tham Wai Fook
o Terminal by Caston J
o Hawa by Tan Ce Ding & Andy Darrel Gomes
• Best Production Design
o Revival by TehKah Wee
o Hawa by Jess Ooi
o Marathon by We Jun
o Selam by Bani
o Terus by AimanHamzah
• Best Sound Design
o Terus by Tang Wai Kent &Sherwynn Victor
o The Bosom by Jaster Fong
o Terminal by Caston J
o Marathon by Sebastian Ng & We Jun
o Prisoner (囚) by San
o Hawa by Azrin Mohamad Noor
• Best Editing
o Once See FattCai (一見發財) by Chan Kean Wah
o Hawa by Tan Ce Ding
o Prisoner (囚) by Kenneth Tan
o Terus by Sherwynn Victor
o AmanNakBesar by AffendiAzizan
• Best Actor
o Kenny Gan in Roundabout
o Jonathan Lee, Jon Art, & Zac in Once See FattCai (一見發財)
o Vincent Wong in Hawa
o Yap Chin Fong in Terminal
o Azman Hassan in Terus
• Best Actress
o Susan Lankester in Marathon
o Lim Soek Yuen in Act 1: Journey to Guang
o Mia Sabrina Mahadir in 1304KM: Girl from Sumatra
o Syarafina Abdullah in Aman Nak Besar
o HawaKhadeeja in Hawa
o SukaniaVenugopal in Terminal
