Malaysia 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:

Wong Min Jin’s other works…

Edmund Yeo’s other works…

**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)