Punggok in Pusan

I will be making my first trip to the Pusan International Film Festival on the second day of Hari Raya, Insya-Allah.

I have screened there before (Apa Khabar Orang Kampung last year) but couldn't make it because we were shooting Punggok Rindukan Bulan.

Now, it is Punggok Rindukan Bulan that will be screened. The director Azharr Rudin will be there, too, of course. There will also be some other Malaysian films: Muallaf (Yasmin Ahmad), Sell Out! (Yeo Joon Han) and the world premiere of Cicak-Man 2 (in a special section on Asian super-heroes).

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Invitation to bloggers and media types :-)

Come along kalau free!

The Punggok Rindukan Bulan press preview is Wednesday, 27 August from 10am at GSC Midvalley Hall 14.

The movie is directed by Azharr Rudin. It features Saeful Nazhif Satria, Sahronizam Noor & Maya Karin. All four will be present.

Seating is limited, so please confirm your attendance to nikki@dahuangpictures.com

Trailer for PUNGGOK RINDUKAN BULAN

This hushed and intimate feature by Azharr Rudin, which is all about separation and longing, will screen from 25 September on four GSC screens. It was shot almost entirely in Johor Baru's Bukit Chagar flats last year, that have now been torn down. In the meantime this is a taste:

'Punggok Rindukan Bulan' gets Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund

Azharr's movie received a RM10,000 grant from the second Krishen Jit ASTRO Fund, set up to honour the pioneering spirit of the late theatre director. It is one of four shortlisted projects out of 27 entries. More here.

Erm, the cast and crew list, as well as production photos, will be posted at Da Huang in the next two days, promise!

It's a wrap!

Azharr Rudin's movie Punggok Rindukan Bulan (whose English title is This Longing) wrapped its 10-day shoot yesterday, 6:30am, just as dawn was breaking over our final location, Senibong Beach, where the lights of Singapore seem very close. Despite some challenges, we were on budget and on schedule.

Our 13-year old lead actor Saeful Nazhif Satria is a star! He is seen here behind the Assistant Director Hairul Askor Salleh, as they look to our main location, the imposing Bukit Cagar Flats:


More photos and production info will be added soon at Da Huang Pictures.

Meanwhile, if you have not seen any of Azharr Rudin's previous work, you might wanna check out his DVD The Amber Sexalogy.

Off to JB

Very early tomorrow, almost a dozen of us will be going down to Johor Bahru for two weeks.

This is for the shoot of the movie Punggok Rindukan Bulan, which is written and directed by Azharr Rudin. Most of the story takes place in the Bukit Cagar Flats that are about to be torn down. We have to keep the cast list a secret until we finish shoot.

I should be back around the 29th. Internet use will be intermittent before then, since the budget does not allow for a hotel with WiFi. Dang.