Songlap Poised To Conquer International Film Festivals
SONGLAP POISED TO CONQUER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS
KUALA LUMPUR – SONGLAP, the critically lauded Malaysian film of 2011, has been selected to participate in two prestigious international film festivals – the Udine Far East Film Festival (“Udine FEFF”), Italy and the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (“LA APFF”), USA.
SONGLAP will premiere at the 14th Edition of the Udine FEFF which will be held from 20 to 28 April. Launched in 1999, the Udine FEFF is organised by Centro Espressioni Cinematografiche (“C.E.C.”), a Cultural Association financed by the Italian Government, the Friuli Venezia Giulia Region, and the Udine Provincial and Municipal Authorities.
C.E.C. is dedicated to the public exhibition of quality cinema, by programming and managing five screens in three different venues across the city of Udine throughout the year. Past Malaysian films that were screened at Udine FEFF include Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam, Kala Malam Bulan Mengambang and Hantu Kak Limah Balik Rumah.
The following month, SONGLAP will take a bow at the 28th Edition of the LA APFF from 10 May through 20 May.
Visual Communications, a media arts center, established the LA APFF in 1983 as a vehicle to promote Asian and Asian Pacific American cinema; and has presented over 3,000 films and videos. In 2008, the multi award winning Malaysian film Flower in the Pocket, debuted at LA APFF.
Produced by Grand Brilliance and Red Films, and directed by husband and wife duo, Effendee Mazlan and Fariza Azlina Isahak, SONGLAP deftly probes into the lives of two brothers, portrayed by Shaheizy Sam and Shafie Naswip, who are tangled in an illegal human trafficking syndicate. Released on 15 December 2011, SONGLAP was screened in 77 theatres nationwide and was loudly acclaimed as Malaysia’s best film of 2011.
For more information on SONGLAP, visit www.songlapmovie.com.
About Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd
Primeworks Studios Sdn Bhd is the content creation subsidiary of Media Prima Berhad and Malaysia’s largest production company. Producing TV content since 1984 and feature films since 1994, it generates an average of over 5,000 hours of TV.
Primeworks’ business activities encompass content creation as well as content distribution and marketing. Content for the 4 commercial television channels in the Media Prima group i.e. TV3, NTV7, 8TV and TV9 constitutes a large part of the business and includes entertainment, magazine, documentary, drama and sports programmes. Flagship and popular shows include Anugerah Juara Lagu, Majalah 3, Nona, Welcome to the Rail World, Jalan Jalan Cari Makan, One In A Million, Mentor, Melodi, Jejak Rasul and Idola Kecil.
Grand Brilliance consistently churns out over 200 hours of tv dramas and around 10 movies annually. Miftahul Jamilah, Khilaf and Sebening Azan Yang Dialun are some of GB’s award-winning dramas while Cinta, Mukhsin, Talentime and Songlap are critically and internationally-acclaimed movies which have been featured in film festivals around the world.
About Red Films Sdn Bhd
Red Films was set up in 2004 as a film production company dedicated to working with independent film makers & directors in Malaysia and the region in developing and producing local & regional stories for the world audience. Since its inception, we supported Malaysian independent film makers in producing their early digital works. While these efforts continue, co-productions and films with accessible stories developed for a larger audience base is our main interest. We manage each project individually for its artistic and commercial values. Previous Films include Gol & Gincu, Goodbye Boys, KAMI the movie, Visits: Hungry Ghost Anthology, and Pisau Cukur.. Its latest offering is Songlap followed by Istanbul Aku Datang ! to be released in 2012.