MEN WHO SAVE THE WORLD 

Free Screening + Talk @ SEAFIC Open House

With director Liew Seng Tat & producer Sharon Gan in attendance!

July 1, 15:00 - 18:30

Free admission

15:00

Screening: MEN WHO SAVE THE WORLD

Dir. Liew Seng Tat

Malaysia / Germany / France / Netherlands (94min, 2014)

Festivals: Locarno, Toronto, Busan

Malaysian Official Oscar's Submission

Liew Seng Tat's 2nd film is a caustic, allegorical comedy that skewers fundamentalism, xenophobia and superstitions. In rural Malaysia, Pak Awang tries to convince other villagers to help him carry an abandoned house into the village for his betrothed daughter. But when a runaway African immigrant is spotted, the villagers mistakenly believe that a spirit is on the loose. Thus begins a series of wild mishaps that lead the villagers to try to ‘protect’ themselves from so-called ‘danger’.

Trailer: https://youtu.be/uER3F8YnGkQ

English subtitles only.

17:00

Post-screening Talk: Post-Mortem on Liew Seng Tat’s MEN WHO SAVE THE WORLD with Liew Seng Tat (Director) and Sharon Gan (Producer)

With its director and producer, we trace through the genesis of the film after the director’s directorial debut, the Rotterdam Tiger winner FLOWERS IN THE POCKET. We follow the project’s development at Cannes Cinefondation, Sundance Film Lab and TorinoFilmLab to its financing at Cinemart. Who did they co-produce with, and what funds did they apply for? And how different is the final film from its script?

The Talk will be in English.

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