"LUMPUR" short film released

Directed by Kamal Sabran
2009

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"Buang yang keruh ambil yang jernih"

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15MALAYSIA is out now!

Film Directors:
Kamal Sabran / Yasmin Ahmad / Ho Yuhang / James Lee / Tan Chui Mui / Amir Muhammad / Liew Seng Tat / Nam Ron / Benji Lim & Bahir Yeusuff / Khairil Bahar / Johan John / Woo Ming Jin / Suleiman Brothers / Linus Chung / Desmond Ng

Produced By:
Pete Teo

WHAT IS 15MALAYSIA?

15Malaysia is a short films project. It consists of 15 short films about Malaysia directed by some of the best young filmmakers in our country. Each film lasts between 3 to 7 minutes.

WHAT ARE THE FILMS ABOUT?

All our films have socio-political subject matters. These vary from corruption, race relations, inflation, Islamic banking, social apathy, ethical commerce, pedophilia, government health warnings and so on. Some are funny, other serious – all try to deal with aspects of Malaysian life. Each filmmaker was responsible for choosing his or her own subject matter.

IS THIS A POLITICAL PROJECT?

Insofar as all our films touch upon Malaysian lives, it goes without saying that they are creative expressions circumscribed by the country’s politics. However, 15Malaysia is staunchly non-partisan in party political terms. All Malaysians regardless of party political affiliations face the situations expressed in our films. As such, they are issues that every Malaysian citizen has a constitutional right to voice and are in fact above narrow party political interests.

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Soundscape Journal no1: a short film by Kamal Sabran

A visual documentary visiting spaces and random footage from the artist point of view. Shot on location in Ipoh Malaysia.

music written by kamal sabran
performed by Space Gambus Experiment

musician
Zulkifli Ramli: oud/gambus
Kamal Sabran: electro acoustic

videographer
epoi,gondo & waq at www.jangguttouch.com

camera
achiprez mosis at www.shutterspeak.biz

shot entirely with Canon DSLR 5D Mark II

edited, directed and produced by
kamal sabran

July 2009

LUMPUR : Trailer

Patriotism without the cheese. Directed by Kamal Sabran. Features the good people of Ipoh.

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Just For Flicks: No Agenda. No Reason. Just Good Short Films.

A short film screening organized by Checkered Past showcasing some of the latest works from local and residing filmmakers in the country such as Khairil M. Bahar, Virginia Kennedy, Kamal Sabran, Julianne Block, Mien Ly and more.

Will be posting more details as we get 'em, so keep tuned!

Price: Free Entry!
Date: Thursday, August 13, 2009
Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm
Location: Homegrown Space @ Wisma Bentley
Street: Mutiara Damansara (next to Ikea)


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THE SPRAWL: out of this world music collabo

The Sprawl is an experimental-improvisation online music project initiate by Kamal Sabran(Malaysia), Markus Wenninger(German) and Alvari Lume(Finland) in July 2009.

The Sprawl is a way of connecting performers employing a contemporary medium/software which allows for collaboration in almost real-time.

The occurring delays, clog ups & distortions are used, truly poststructuralist, as input to increase the signal side of the signal to noise ratio (not as an impediment); the hermeneutic situation of the performance is explored in the severity of the post tonal condition, which allows, for the first time, to speak of a world culture without any imperialistisms/hierarchy/pre-determination indeed, down to the very details of musical techniques in use.

Note for concert participants: If You take part in "The Sprawl", please make sure You have, if possible, Your instrument with You; since You'll use headset or like techniques, You'll be kindly asked to participate, not only as listener but also as performer, whenever You see fit.

"Should it occure that Your 'skype'connection fails during the conference call of the concert, You're out for its duration, I'm afraid."


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