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

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