15 Malaysia Project

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some if the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders.

 Short films of 15Malaysia:

       Title                          Director                 Release Date
01. PROTON SAGA               Ho Yuhang                  17 Aug 2009
02. CHOCOLATE                  Yasmin Ahmad            19 Aug 2009
03. THE TREE                      Amir Muhammad         21 Aug 2009
04. HOUSE                         Linus Chung                 24 Aug 2009
05. HALAL                         Liew Seng Tat              26 Aug 2009
06. THE SON                      Desmond Ng                28 Aug 2009
07. LUMPUR                      Kamal Sabran              31 Aug 2009
08. ONE FUTURE                 Tan Chui Mui                02 Sep 2009
09. SLOVAK SLING               Woo Ming Jin              04 Sep 2009
10. GERHANA                    James Lee                   07 Sep 2009
11. METER                         Benji & Bahir                09 Sep 2009
12. DUIT KECIL                    Johan John                 11 Sep 2009
13. HEALTHY PARANOIA       Khairil Bahar               14 Sep 2009
14. LOLLIPOP                      Nam Ron                    15 Sep 2009
15. ROJAK!                         Suleiman Brothers        16 Sep 2009


Me and my partner will select 3 short films in 15Malaysia Project to do a short film review. The topic that we going to talk about in this week are (1) how does the film reflect current social reality in today's Malaysian society? (2) what are the issues the filmmakers trying to highlight to the audience? (3) how do the filmmakers differ from the previous generation of filmmakers? 



DUIT KECIL

The first short film that selected in 15 Malaysia Project is "Duit Kecil' which is directed by Johan John. The synopsis of this short film is about a man went to a brothel to look for a prostitute. He find himself without small change in the cheap brothel. Many arguments ensue and problems faced by the Malaysian common man are discussed humorously.

LOLLIPOP

The second short film that selected in 15 Malaysia Project is "Lollipop' which is directed by Nam Ron. The synopsis of this short film is about a haunting portrayal of a pedophile preparing to hunt, interspersed with metaphors on the state of Malaysian politics. 

Meter

The last short film that selected in 15 Malaysia Project is "Meter' which is directed by Lim Benji. The synopsis of this short film is about the controversial head of UMNO Youth plays a taxi driver who is asked his views on some current Malaysian talking points. He ends up offering a keris to a Chinese boy as a gift.

After the intro for the selected short films in 15 Malaysia, lets talk about today's topic. Here's the video for our review.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yil4bM7xHHQ