SHORT FILMS SCREENING AND DISCUSSION May 2005

A passionate filmmaker, Chui Mui has been an active participant in the Malaysian indie film scene. She has produced and directed a number of short films, some of which have traveled to different festivals including
Rotterdam, Manchester, Singapore, Bangkok and Cork. She had also produced Chemman Chaalai, a Malaysian Tamil film.

In July 2004, she conducted a video and film workshop at Interfaces -Special New Media Art Event in Bangkok organized by Raffles La Salle Intl (Bangkok). She has had a hand in many Malaysian critical successes such as Ho Yuhang's Sanctuary (as an editor), which had Special Mention in both Pusan and Rotterdam, and Amir Muhammad's "The Big Durian" which screened in Sundance, Singapore, Amsterdam and Yamagata.

In 2005 her short "A Tree In Tanjung Malim" (Malaysia 2004, 24 minutes) - which will be screened at Jakarta International Film Festival (9-18 December 2005) as part of the S-Express section - won second prize in Oberhausen.

Programmer: Tintin Wulia
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 THERE IS TREASURE EVERYWHERE
Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia 1999/2001, 4 minutes

Life of a metal-scrap dealer as told by his 6 year-old son.
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 HOMETOWN
Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia 2003, 8 minutes

As we are losing our hometown, this documentary lingers on the fragments of
remaining memories.
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 ESPERANDO POR FELICIDAD
Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia 2003, 13 minutes

Happiness passes by in the seventh minute of this film, you might see her,
you might not.
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 LIVING ELSEWHERE
Tan Chui Mui, Malaysia 2002, 11 minutes

In the beginning, Joe tells a joke. But it has nothing to do with Joe.
Anyway, nothing has anything to do with Joe.
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