A Q É R A T
(We, the Dead)
DIR. Edmund YEO - Malaysia - 2017 - 102'
NEXT SCREENING: Hamburg International Film Festival, Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
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Hui Ling’s life will truly begin as soon as she makes it to Taiwan. Or so she thinks. Right now, she is at the Thai-Malaysian border, working odd jobs and saving money. Determined to make it even when she loses all her savings, she accepts her boss’ offer for quick money as a human trafficker. As she descends into the darkness of her sordid trade, she witnesses the atrocities perpetrated against the Rohingya immigrants. Her beacon of light through this is Wei, a young hospital worker who believes that she is a woman from his past. AQÉRAT is a sweeping tale of displacement and morality in contemporary Malaysia
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ACCOLADES
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- Tokyo International Film Festival 2017 (Japan)
- Winner: Best Director Award
- Winner: Tokyo Gemstone Award (Daphne Low)
- Winner: Best Director Award
- Singapore International Film Festival 2017 (Singapore)
- Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival 2017 (Indonesia)
- Winner: Geber Award
- Winner: Geber Award
- International Film Festival of Kerala 2017 (India)
- Opening film (Uprooted: Films on Identity and Space section)
- Opening film (Uprooted: Films on Identity and Space section)
- Malaysian International Film Festival 2018 (Malaysia)
- Diaspora Film Festival in Seoul 2018 (South Korea)
- Bologna Asian Film Festival 2018
- Winner: Best Film
- Winner: Best Film
- China Independent Film Festival 2018 In Competition
- Shanghai International Film Festival 2018 (China)
- Aperture: Asia & Pacific Film Festival 2018 (United Kingdom)
- Taoyuan International Film Festival 2018 (Taiwan)
- Calgary International Film Festival 2018 (Canada)
- Hamburg International Film Festival 2018 (Germany)
- Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 2018 (Hong Kong)
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