Language: Malay, Cantonese, Mandarin, English
Subtitle: English
Duration: 95 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.66
Genre: Drama, mystery
Theme: Longing, relationship
Country: Malaysia
Year: 2025
Tze grapples with the mysterious disappearance of her husband, who is prone to recurring sleepwalking episodes. Seeking solace, she immerses herself in an acting class, while Jay, a photographer captivated by the elusive essence of femininity of men, prepares for an upcoming exhibition.
As their paths converge, an inexplicable connection sparks between Tze and Jay, drawing them into a haunting mystery. Against the backdrop of the city’s spectral lamentations, echoes of the past intertwine with the present, blurring the lines between dreams and memories.
Amidst the urban landscape’s murky confluence, a haunting melody resonates—a poignant reminder of a lost spirit’s yearning for resolution. Tze and Jay navigate through their own tangled threads of loss, longing, and history, confronting their innermost fears as they unravel the enigma that binds them.
“A loving tribute to the architecture of the self and city.” – Amir Muhammad
“Ridhwan Saidi 手工式的电影制作形式，这样的规模，和现在的成绩，一定可以给到马来西亚电影圈特别式新导演很多的启发” – WuBen Film Magazine
“Ada kehibaan dan keberhantuan yang mengalir, bertemu dan bergenang di liang-liang kota yang kita kenal.” – Azrin Fauzi
“The everyday and the abstract merge in Ridhwan Saidi’s elusive portrait of urban lives.” – Vanja Kaludjercic, IFFR
“In the film, some characters are wandering, singing and not talking, like the lyrics of the song “Jiwaku merayau utara dan selatan” (My soul wanders North and South), so much so you are not sure if you are seeing a real person or a ghost…” – Meg Wonowidjoyo
“Filem itu seperti sepucuk surat cinta buat Kuala Lumpur; sebuah ingatan yang mengawang-ngawang, penuh tafakur, kepada masa silam yang masih berlegar – tentang apa yang pernah, dan mungkin wujud di kota itu.” – Berita Harian Singapura
Director: Ridhwan Saidi
Producer: Nurul Aizam & Tan Cher Kian
Cinematographer: Ridhwan Saidi
Camera Assistant: Amirul Rahman
Editor: Ridhwan Saidi
Sound Design: Joni Atari
Additional Sound: Eff Hakim, Khairul Kamarul
Main Casts: Lim Paik Yin, Lee Qi, Liew Chee Heai, Eff Hakim
Supporting Casts: Rashid Akhmal, Farahin Fadzlishah, Lee Su-Feh, Lim Nam Dong, Hafiz Sahhudi, Adam Taufiq Suharto, SITIS
Production: Binfilem, Moka Mocha Ink, Siring Siring Production
Festivals
In Competition [Tiger Competition]
54th International Film Festival Rotterdam 2025
Official Selection [The Belt and Road Film Week]
27th Shanghai International Film Festival 2025
6th Painting with Light: Festival of International Films on Art, 2025
National Gallery Singapore
Official Selection [Wide Angle]
24th Dhaka International Film Festival 2026
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Kami telah adakan satu sesi tayangan tertutup buat para penderma itu hari. Bagi tayangan umum, kami cadang untuk jalankan satu screening tour bagi filem ini di tahun 2025 kelak di lokasi-lokasi kesenian mandiri berdekatan anda. Filem ini dibikin di luar norma industri maka proses penghayatannya secara tak langsung turut sebaiknya di luar konsumsi hiburan kebiasaan. Kita prefer ada perkongsian idea dan bual bicara yang bakal membuahkan filem-filem seterusnya.
Filem ini yang dibikin tanpa skrip, dan penuh improvisasi sewaktu penggambaran bersama para aktor, kini sudah nampak bentuknya. Bermula dengan watak dan tanpa cerita, cerita dibentuk sewaktu proses suntingan. Ia kerja susah, tapi membolehkan filem ini punya bentuk yang lebih organik dan tak dipaksa-paksa.
Ia berkisar tentang Tze (Lim Paik Yin) yang menyertai bengkel teater selepas misteri kehilangan suaminya (Liew Chee Heai) yang kerap sleepwalk ke kawasan sungai, dan Jay (Lee Qi) seorang photographer yang dalam proses membikin pamerannya, kebetulan menjadi orang terakhir yang mengambil gambar watak suami tersebut. Sementara itu suatu semangat (Eff Hakim) kelihatan berjalan-jalan di tengah bandar Kuala Lumpur. Filem ini tentang wanita-wanita kota yang memendam rasa silam.
Media coverage: ‘New film honours P. Ramlee’s vision.’ by Dennis Chua. January 15, 2025. The New Straits Times.
Fundraising filem feature-length ini telah berlangsung sepanjang hujung tahun 2023 dan awal 2024, dan kini telah ditutup. Jumlah akhir yang dikumpulkan: RM10,534.10 oleh 63 orang penderma. Nama-nama penderma telah terpahat di hati kami dan juga dikredit akhir filem (special thanks). Terima kasih!
Tentang pengarah Ridhwan Saidi
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Originating as a film criticism blog circa 2007, BINFILEM evolved into a filmmaking think-lab founded by Ridhwan Saidi, operating under a DIY ethos that treats cinematographic procedure and post-production as acts of poetic inquiry.
MOKA MOCHA INK, founded in 2011 as an independent book publisher, is now a multidisciplinary theatre and film production company. Led by Nurul Aizam and Ridhwan Saidi, they collaborate with diverse artists, including those in visual anthropology, dance-choreography, and music. This cross-disciplinary approach informs their experimental narratives, often blurring mediums. Their hybrid, participatory works foster in-depth conversations, research, and poetic engagements with audiences.
SIRING SIRING PRODUCTION was founded in 2019 to produce independent films and theatrical works focusing on sidelined stories from marginalized communities with the intersections of language, identity and memories.
Kempen fundraising yang kami gerakkan dulu (kini dah ditutup) sebagai bahan kenang-kenangan:
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