The Elephant and The Sea
July 27, 2008 – 1:20 amMalaysia seriously needs more local talents like Woo Ming Jin and Edmund Yeo.
The former is the director of this film and the later is the associate producer. They both and their whole production team at Greenlight Pictures should be given a round of applause for their work so far…
Greenlight Pictures is a Malaysian production company behind such critically-acclaimed films like THE ELEPHANT AND THE SEA and MONDAY MORNING GLORY. Along with the immensely popular telemovies, DAYS OF THE TURQUOISE SKY (KURUS) and CINTA TIGA SEGI, and short films like BLUE ROOF, IT’S POSSIBLE YOUR HEART CANNOT BE BROKEN, LOVE FOR DOGS, CHICKEN RICE MYSTERY and etc.
Today, I’m talking about The Elephant and The Sea. This film has won four international awards with the recent “Best Director” award at the DIBA Digital Barcelona Film Festival in Spain. The other awards are “Winner Special Jury Prize” at the Torino International Film Festival and two awards at the Cine Digital Seoul Film Festival, “Best Director Award” and “Critics Award“.
Woo Ming Jin, the next Yasmin Ahmad to be? You’ll never know.
I watched the trailer of The Elephant and The Sea when it was released and I loved it!
Set in a coastal village in northern Malaysia, “The Elephant And The Sea” is a film about the lives of two individuals, one fisherman by trade (Ah Ngau) and another aimless young boy (Yun Ding) after a mysterious water-borne disease strikes the area.
You should watch too! (Click play and let it stream first)
Don’t you just love it? I can’t wait for it to be shown to the public.
When you ask?
It will be shown exclusively at The Picturehouse in Cathay Cineplexes @ Cineleisure Damansara.
21st August 2008, Thursday
Mark this day on your calendar and come we gether-gether go watch this film! 
YOU CAN ALSO GRAB THE TICKETS EARLY! Read here for more information…
Visit http://theelephantandthesea.blogspot.com, the official production blog for more to read.
Additional Info:
**UPDATE - CONTEST! CONTEST! **
I decided to throw in a small contest for readers of YapThomas to win tickets to watch The Elephant and The Sea. I’ve got a handful of tickets, say more than 5, to offer to my dear readers to catch this award winning movie at Cathay Cineplexes on the 21st August 2008.
All you need to do is leave a comment on “What is the meaning of life to you?“…
Just a short one will do, unless you have all the time in the world…
Like for myself,
The meaning of life to me is unknown as I’m still searching…
(P/S: I might have more tickets to throw in with good response)
17 Responses to “The Elephant and The Sea”
Thanks for the plug, pal!
By Swifty on Jul 27, 2008
Swifty: Most welcome!
By yapthomas on Jul 27, 2008
Added. Nice work on this one. Btw, my blog is dofollow, stop by and grab a link. Bompa
By Blackhatseo on Jul 27, 2008
The meaning of life to me is to live a life full of love as love never fails.
=)
By Nigel on Jul 28, 2008
Hehehe edmund must be so pleased hehe to hear that
he takes his work seriuosly and you gotta admire him for it.
By aronil on Jul 28, 2008
The meaning of life to me is beyond words. It’s the abilities to feel, to love and to live
By Brenda on Jul 28, 2008
Ok, mine doesn’t make sensa. Huh.
By Brenda on Jul 28, 2008
blackhatseo: ohright..
Nigel: Love never fails.. hmm…
aronil: Yes Agree!
Brenda: there is no right and wrong.
By yapthomas on Jul 28, 2008
The meaning of life to me can be found in a small three-month old package featuring chubby, sun-kissed cheeks, upturned nose (mine) and pert lips (her dad’s) - Meet my daughter
By Sakari on Jul 28, 2008
The meaning of life to me is to appreciate life and to live it to it’s fullest because I think everyone is here with a purpose in life and one should easily give up his/her life.
By Simon Seow on Jul 28, 2008
first, thanks for posting about this. i’m really keen to watch. until when will it be running at picturehouse?
as for my take on your question, life is about being in the moment. it’s about keeping your eye on shifting destinations, and not forgetting to enjoy the simple experiences, the wonderful people, (and the yummy food) along the way.
By steph on Jul 29, 2008
Sakari: The joy of having kids..
Simon Seow: “one should easily give up his/her life” huh? give up? in what sense?
steph: it is for 3 weeks screening if not mistaken. and totally agree on the “yummy food” !! haha
By yapthomas on Jul 30, 2008
The meaning of life, in essence, is to take what short time we have in this world to learn and to love and to understand. If we would to learn, we would know, and thus we would appreciate what we have. With this comes the understanding required to truly embrace the meaning of humanity, all that makes us who we are and maybe even more than that.
By Jacob on Jul 31, 2008
Thomas. I left a “not”. It is “should not”
By Simon Seow on Aug 2, 2008
The meaning of life to me is to understand that you only live once and that speaks for living life to the fullest and with no regrets =D
By Cassie on Aug 12, 2008