Menjadi Laila dan Sairah / Becoming Laila and Sairah


Two women meet weekly to devise a performance on becoming fictional characters. In the process personal stories intertwine with pre-written texts, that leads to issues pertaining identity, nostalgia and longing.

Language: Malay
Subtitle: English
Duration: 25 minutes
Aspect Ratio: 1.66
Country: Malaysia
Year: 2021

devised by Lim Paik Yin, Archana Pillai & Ridhwan Saidi
directed, photographed, written and edited by Ridhwan Saidi
produced by Nurul Aizam
sound design Joni Atari

Festivals
Official Selection
16th Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2021

Official Selection
20th London Short Film Festival 2023