Tan Chui Mui

On May 18, 2017, the Busan International Film Festival’s Program Director Kim Jiseok died suddenly and unexpectedly from a heart attack while...

In this black comedy about the disintegration of a love affair, a young woman's loneliness in the midst of Kuala Lumpur's metropolitan sprawl...

A Chinese family lives in Kuantan, Malaysia in the 1980s. Because of the centuries of turmoil, their attitude towards eating almost became a ritual.

The laundry girl & motorcycle girl are best friends since childhood. Over the years their relationship has slightly changed. The laundry girl is...

Two men -- one elderly, one in his twenties -- are touched by tragedies linked to a single source in this drama from Malaysian filmmaker Woo Ming Jin.

Zi Kien and his mother Ah Lin only have each other in their lives until one day, Ah Lin starts dating Mr. Lee. Zi Kien feels his place in his...

Moon Lee, a celebrated award-winning actress, has become a full-time mom and divorcée since retiring. Desperate to regain her sense of self,...

In a remote Malaysian fishing village, two boyhood friends reunite and take a night fishing trip to an uninhabited island. Through their journey and...

Moon Lee, a celebrated award-winning actress, has become a full-time mom and divorcée since retiring. Desperate to regain her sense of self,...

Ping has come from Penang in the north to Kuala Lumpur to work with her aunt. There she meets John, a young man who keeps trying to approach her....

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the...

A woman on the brink of adulthood has a conversation with a world-weary older man during the course of one night.

A woman on the brink of adulthood has a conversation with a world-weary older man during the course of one night.

Fifteen short films with socio-economic subject matter by 15 directors of Malaysia's "New Wave" and "No Wave." 15Malaysia is a short film project....

The film uses a documentary approach to tell the stories of 12 Chinese pioneers, chosen from the fields of business and the arts. The protagonists...

Six filmmakers present six short films about the experiences of Chinese immigrants. Shot across Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore and Myanmar, the...

Chen’s daughter is returning from the UK after her university graduation. On the weekend of her return, Chen accidentally learns her secret...

Chen’s daughter is returning from the UK after her university graduation. On the weekend of her return, Chen accidentally learns her secret...

Made during Tan Chui Mui’s Cinefondation Residency in Paris where she met residents Nadav Rapid and Rusudan Chkonia, who are cast here. The...

She sees a dead friend. She does not remember he is dead. They have breakfast together. He gives her a tea cup.

A low-budget science fiction film inspired by a Japanese short story. A Man wakes up from a coma and finds himself in a hospital.

Fragments of a dream that could have saved the world.

Fragment is an omnibus film celebrating the strength and diversity of South-East Asian independent cinema. Made up of a collage of ten stories, each...

Amid the wintry steppes, Saina, a Mongolian horseman turned cultural performer, tends his ranch during the day and performs horseback tricks for...

Gita, a young woman in search of a life purpose, leaves her hometown in China for Malaysia. As she struggles to come to terms with her past and...

An omnibus of 4 contemporary ghost stories.

A Chinese family lives in Kuantan, Malaysia in the 1980s. Because of the centuries of turmoil, their attitude towards eating almost became a ritual.

Ping has come from Penang in the north to Kuala Lumpur to work with her aunt. There she meets John, a young man who keeps trying to approach her....

In 2008, while developing her second film, Tan Chui Mui developed a project of shooting a short film every month. Tan Chui Mui managed to make only 7...

In 2008, while developing her second film, Tan Chui Mui developed a project of shooting a short film every month. Tan Chui Mui managed to make only 7...

Four male friends meet at a pizza restaurant for a late night of boozing and talking.

Gentle, easy-going Or Kia moves from the countryside to Kuala Lumpur to work for his cousin and best friend Ah Soon, a mid-level gangster and...

In a powerful future world, everything is perfect but nobody is allowed to talk.

Sook Chen quit her job and decided to go to Peru. Ma could not understand why. In fact, she could never understand what Sook Chen wanted.

Sook Chen quit her job and decided to go to Peru. Ma could not understand why. In fact, she could never understand what Sook Chen wanted.

Chui Mui Tan's part in the anthology film Fragment. A sort of sequel to A Tree in Tanjung Malim.

Chui Mui Tan's part in the anthology film Fragment. A sort of sequel to A Tree in Tanjung Malim.

We often fall in love first, and then look for reasons, to justify why we love someone. To ask "why you love me?", is as silly as to ask "why you...

We often fall in love first, and then look for reasons, to justify why we love someone. To ask "why you love me?", is as silly as to ask "why you...

The young local film makers of Durban inspired Tan Chui Mui to make the documentary Sarah and Omelga. Coming from Malaysia with its extreme racial...

A first visit to South Africa seems to invite observation of the extremes or of folklore in society, but Tan Chui Mui initially chose a very...

This Tamil language film tells the story of a young Malaysian girl named Shantha, and her family, who live in a remote estate. Shantha dreams of...

In a remote Malaysian fishing village, two boyhood friends reunite and take a night fishing trip to an uninhabited island. Through their journey and...

In a remote Malaysian fishing village, two boyhood friends reunite and take a night fishing trip to an uninhabited island. Through their journey and...

It has been a month Chang's wife Ling Yue has been missing. With no reasons one fine day she went to work as usual and then never returns. No one...

Zi Kien and his mother Ah Lin only have each other in their lives until one day, Ah Lin starts dating Mr. Lee. Zi Kien feels his place in his...

Moon Lee, a celebrated award-winning actress, has become a full-time mom and divorcée since retiring. Desperate to regain her sense of self,...

Personal memories of the director's fast-dwindling hometown.