This December will witness the screening of 28 top entries from the region’s biggest short film festival, Tropfest South East Asia (Tropfest SEA) in Kuala Lumpur. Appropriately named Best of Tropfest SEA, it is scheduled to debut in Kuala Lumpur from 18 – 20 December, 2015 at the Kuala Lumpur Performance Arts Centre (KLPac). The event will mark the third and final lineup of satellite shows for the Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival 2016.
Tropfest SEA is the regional edition of Tropfest, the world’s largest short film festival which has expanded internationally to include competitions and festivals in New Zealand, North America, South East Asia and the Middle East. Presented in Penang, Malaysia in 2014 and 2015, Tropfest SEA showcased its finalist films during festival nights drawing crowds of over 5,000 each year.
Due to its truly innovative concept and mission to help filmmakers from diverse backgrounds gain exposure and experience, Yayasan Sime Darby became a major Tropfest SEA sponsor in 2015. Tropfest SEA distinguishes itself from other events by being a ‘content generation’ platform, rather than merely an exhibition platform.
The forthcoming Best of Tropfest SEA, organised in partnership with Joe Sidek Productions, will showcase the top films that made it to the finals of the 2014 and 2015 competition year. Among the shortlisted films are favourites such as ‘We Need to Break Up’ by Bradley Liew and Choong Khuen from Malaysia, ‘Rice Border Love’ by Supawit Buaket from Thailand, ‘Rice’ by Sothea Ines from Cambodia and ‘Moth in Twilight’ by J.E. Tiglao from the Philippines.
A biennial event fully funded by Yayasan Sime Darby, #YSDAF strives to be a catalyst for the arts and provide a platform for Malaysia’s talents to showcase their work.
After an overwhelming response for the first #YSDAF in 2014, with an attendance of over 15,000 people, the second installation of #YSDAF aims to showcase the best pioneering education-based arts which has never before been seen or done in Malaysia.
The show is open to the public and is free of charge.
