We take our hats off to the production team of our very own indie film, "Belaban Hidup: Zombie Infection" which recently won the Horror and Science Fiction category for the fiction film genre at the 2021 World Film Carnival (WFC) held in Singapore and their entry was announced as winner on the WFC Singapore website on March 18.
Produced by Hornbill Films Sdn Bhd and Harry Aziz Entertainment Sdn Bhd, it tells the story of a group of orphans locked up in a facility and to be used as experimental material by a mad scientist. Their achievement had made us proud and what's more special is that they had received funding from the Malaysian National Film Development Corporation (FINAS).
Kudos to the producer and director, Ray Lee who collaborated with local screenwriter Misha Minut who is from Limbang, Sarawak. Both are young talented locals and they have succeeded in working together in creating an interesting story that highlights the story of Sarawak Dayak warriors. Viewers will discover that the film is also characterized by a combination of Malay and Iban language than half the battle.
The uniqueness of this film also include the elements of Dayak culture and customs as well as the use the Iban language in the dialogues which the young generation including those from other races and ethnicities will be interested to learn. It is heartening to see that there are a lot of well known artistes involved in the line up such as Pekin Ibrahim, Altimet, Pablo Amirul, Anna Melissa, Cassidy Panggau and Indonesian singer, Tegar as well as Slovakian -born actress, Katrina Gray.
I take this opportunity to congratulate Ray, Misha and their team for being nominated at the International Symbolic Art Film Festival which will be held on March 27 in Russia and the nominations are in two categories, namely Best Film and Best Horror Film. Let us look forward to the screening of the film which is distributed by Metrowealth Pictures Sdn Bhd, is expected to be screened in local cinemas by the end of this year.
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