8th Malaysia Video Awards, 2003. (Shared the Bronze with The Big Durian, by Amir Muhammad. )
27th Asian American International Film Festival, 2004
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| FIRST TAKE, FINAL CUT | |||||||||||||||
| 2003 / 84 min. approx. / Mandarin & Cantonese with English subtitles | |||||||||||||||
| Written and directed by Ng Tian Hann. This film was made using an extra credit card's cash advance, and about 90% of the film was shot in, and around, the director's apartment in Kuala Lumpur. | |||||||||||||||
| SYNOPSIS: | |||||||||||||||
| FIRST TAKE, FINAL CUT is an absurd and satirical comedy that spoofs avant garde filmmakers and also pokes fun film critics, media, and so-called cultural elites. Drunk on the idea that film directors get to earn all the big bucks and get loads of hot chicks, Chai, an aimless youth with big dreams, decides he wants to get into filmmaking. By coincidence, he gets involved in a film project abandoned by its director and is pressured to make an art house film for a film event in three weeks. Together with a motley film crew and two battling actresses, he churns out a "masterpiece" with zero experience in filmmaking... |
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| AWARD: | |||||||||||||||
| Bronze, Category of Best Asean Feature Films, 8th Malaysia Video Awards, 2003. (Shared the Bronze with The Big Durian, by Amir Muhammad. ) |
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| FESTIVALS: | |||||||||||||||
| 17th Singapore International Film Festival, 2004 (Fringe) 27th Asian American International Film Festival, 2004 |
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| CREW AND CAST: | |||||||||||||||
| ( To be updated soon. ) | |||||||||||||||