Monday, 01 Jun 2020 12:40 PM MYTYasmin Ahmad’s endearing love story about a Chinese boy and a Malay girl captured the complexities of interracial relationships in race-conscious Malaysia. — Picture from Twitter/Sharifah Amaniby the late filmmaker Yasmin Ahmad is streaming on YouTube for free.Sepetwon the Le Grand Prix du Jury at the 27th Créteil International Women’s Film Festival in France and Best Asian Film Award at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival.
The film dominated the 18th Malaysia Film Festival with wins for Best Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Supporting Actress , Most Promising Actor , Most Promising Actress , Best Poster and Best Director. The film’s star Sharifah Amani who made her acting debut playing the main character Orked took to Twitter to share the news over the weekend.
She also posted a line from her character, illustrating issues which the film explored that still resonate with many today.Orked : Who cares if someone loves the other someone because of their race? It’s when they hate them, that’s the problem.
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