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針對2011年8月11日《星洲日報》娛樂版第6頁和網站《正點娛樂網》刊登標題為"獨立電影賺不回本‧大荒電影喊停業"一文，大荒電影要作以下澄清：

1. 大荒電影的办事处在2011年8月从吉隆坡搬去北京，但是在馬來西亞公司法令下註冊和擁有營運地址。

2. 大荒電影計劃把重心轉向北京，因為中國近年的獨立電影非常蓬勃。而陳翠梅導演已在北京居住一段時間，推廣馬來西亞電影的同時，也在準備幾項合作計劃。

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by Edmund Yeo
14 Jun 2011 from Swifty, Writing

An early phone call from Malaysian filmmaker Tan Chui Mui woke me up this morning. It was 7 in the morning, her assistant passed me stuff before I came to Shanghai so I could pass it to her.

So I met her 20 minutes later for breakfast. She told me she was going to have an interview of sorts for Japanese filmmaker Iwai Shunji's official website.

Like many of my Japanese film lovers of my generation, I was captivated by his works like LOVE LETTER (still a personal all-time favourite) and ALL ABOUT LILY CHOU-CHOU during my youth. I fell in love with LOVE LETTER when I was 13, that was 14 years ago, and my love never wavered. It was through his influences that I make my films that some have considered visually poetic and sensitive.

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"Ikan & Si Pemalu"

Music: Azmyl Yunor
Lyrics: Azmyl Yunor and Yvonne Brian
Producer: Azmyl Yunor and Ariff Akhir
Recorded at Purple Sound Productions
Azmyl Yunor: vocals, acoustic guitar, harmonica, rebana

Taiwan Women’s Film Festival 2010
11-12 December 2010
Film Festival Info
Date: 11/12/2010 – 12/12/2010

Venue: Theatrette, HELP University College (Main Campus), Pusat Bandar Damansara, KL

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If you happen to be in Paris, and you happen to go to Centre Pompidou.... you know what, you can actually watch a few Malaysian films there!

This is the most ambitious Malaysian films retrospective todate.

Singapour, Malaisie : le cinéma !

Singapore and Malaysia remain areas which are still too neglected on the major map of Southeast Asia. We got to know the cinematographic secrets of their Korean, Thai and Filipino neighbours; as for Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, we are witnessing an exciting renaissance in cinema.

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