Tan Chui Mui
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Tan Chui Mui (Template:Zh, born 1978) is a Malaysian filmmaker, film producer and director.
Background
Tan was born in Sungai Ular, a small fishing village in Kuantan, Malaysia.[1] Her father is from Kinmen, Taiwan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons) in Film and Animation in 2002 from Multimedia University, Malaysia.
Career
Wang Ge of Time Out Beijing identifies Tan Chui Mui of being at the forefront of a new wave of Malaysian filmmakers who deal with social issues.[2] In 2007, she received the Tiger Award from the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam with her debut feature film Love Conquers All.[3] The film had previously won the New Currents Awards and Fipresci Award at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival in 2006.[4] In 2010, Year Without a Summer was selected for the Asian Cinema Fund, receiving funding for both the script and post-production.[5] She is also a prolific short filmmaker, who had won prizes in two short film festivals, Oberhausen Short Film Festival[6] and Clermont-Ferrand Short film Festival.[7] In 2008, she had a project of making a short film every month. She had made 7 short films, and she called them All My Failed Attempts.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". In 2010, she was a judge at the Malaysia Airlines short film competition.[8]
She has been actively involved in the Malaysia independent film scene, working as a producer, editor, script writer, and occasionally an actress. In 2004, she set up Da Huang Pictures with Amir Muhammad, James Lee and Liew Seng Tat.
Political views
In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Tan Chui Mui signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[9][10][11]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Chemman Chaalai (The Gravel Road) | Producer | |
| A Tree in Tanjung Malim | Director | short film | |
| 2006 | Love Conquers All | Director | |
| Company of Mushrooms | Director | short film | |
| South of South | Director | short film | |
| Apa khabar orang kampung? | Producer | ||
| Before we fall in love again | Producer | ||
| 2010 | Year Without A Summer | Director | |
| 2020 | Sometime, Sometime | Producer and actress | |
| 2021 | Barbarian Invasion | Writer, Director |
References
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External links
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- Da Huang Pictures
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- Malaysian film directors
- Malaysian film producers
- 1978 births
- Living people
- Malaysian people of Hokkien descent
- Malaysian people of Chinese descent
- Malaysian people of Taiwanese descent
- Malaysian documentary film producers
- Malaysian women experimental filmmakers
- Women documentary filmmakers