Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Amir's Works.




The Last Communist (2006) is a Malaysian film described by director Amir Muhammad as a semi-musical documentary. This film cannot be filmed to the audience because it has been banned in Malaysia. The reason why this film was banned in Malaysia can be read through this blog . Another source also stated that why this story was banned also can get in here . 


Amir's film Susuk that was been screened in a year 2008 was hit a big success. Susuk is a story which was released on August 8, 2008 in Malaysia. This film was directed by Amir and his friend Naeim Ghalili. This horror movie is concern about Soraya, who uses the forbidden practice of susuk in order to be famous. The success about this film can be read in here.

There is more about Amir's work that will be updated later. He also write a blog where in here he share many things about his art works.

will be updated later. Thank you for your reading. =)


Monday, February 24, 2014

Malaysian Writer: Amir Muhammad.




Name:  Amir Muhammad.
Born: 5 December 1972 (42 years old) in Kuala Lumpur.
Educated: University of East Anglia.

Amir Muhammad is a writer and filmmaker based at Kuala Lumpur. He has been writing for Malaysian print media since he was fourteen(14) years old, notably News Straits Times.

He wrote Malaysian's first DV feature in 2000. Some of his works featured in a number of international film festivals including the Sundance Film Festival and the Berlin International Film Festivals. Two of his films, Apa Khabar Orang Kampung and The Last Communist have been banned in Malaysia. A full retrospective of his work was screened at the 2008 Pesaro Film Festival, Italy. He is a partner at Da Huang Pictures.
He started publishing non-fictional books in 2007 under his company Matahari Books and is taking a break from film-making.





Tuesday, February 18, 2014

List of Malaysian Witers

1) Novel

Mohamad Nor Khalid ( Dato' Lat)
  (2007). Town Boy, Kampung Boy.
 
Tash Aw
  (2005). The Harmony Silk Factory.
  (2011). Map Of The Invisible World.

Rani Manicka
  (2002). The Rice Mother.
  (2006). Touching Earth.

Dina Zaman
  (2012). King of the Sea.
 

2) Poetry

Dr. Paneer Selvam
  (2013). Rain The Clouds.
  (2013). Memories are Sweets.
  (2014). A New Season.

Mich Elle
  (2013). The Mister.
  (2013).  Accidentally.
  (2013). Passion.

Charlene Rajendan
  (1999). Mangosteen Crumble.


3) Short Story

A.M. Muffaz
  (2008). A Foreigner's View From of the River.
  (2009). Into the Monsoon.

Eleen Lee
  (2013). "Oracle of Truth" in KL Noirs.
  (2013). "Oil in Canvas" published in Love in Penang.
  (2014). "Yamada's Amada" published in Amok: An Anthology Asia-Pacific Speculative Fiction.

Shivani Sivagurunathan
  - The Bat Whisperer
  * There is her short story in FUTURA


4) Drama

Rani Moorthy
  (2007). Whose Sari Now.
  (2012). Citizen Khan.


5) Drama

Yasmin Ahmad
  (2003). Rabun. (My Failing Eyesight) (telemovie)
  (2004). Sepet.(Slit Eyes) (film)
  (2009). Talentime. (film)

Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
  (2011). A Doctor in the House: The Memoirs of Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad. (Autobiography)