The Amber Sexalogy is a 2006 Malaysian compilation of six short films by Azharr Rudin.[1][2] It premiered at the 2006 Singapore International Film Festival.[3] It was distributed in Malaysia on DVD.[4]
Content
Five out of the six shorts chronicle the various stages of a romantic affair between Amber (Melissa Maureen Rizal) and Harris/Man (who is played by three different actors: Gavin Yap, Mark Teh, Alvin Wong). The final short, Majidee, does not feature Amber but instead has Harris (Tora Andika) having a conversation with a man (Azman Hassan) while walking through Kuala Lumpur.[5]
Crew
- Azharr Rudin ... Writer/Director/Editor/Producer[6]
- Yasmin Ahmad ... Executive Producer
- Rita Machdar ... Associate Producer
- Amir Muhammad (director) ... Associate Producer
- James Lee (Malaysian film director), Woo Ming Jin, Imri Nasution ... Camera
Duration: 61 min[7]
Awards
- Best Short Film, Hawaii International Film Festival (2006)
- Incentive Award, Akira Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition (2007)[8]
- Special Mention Prize, Singapore Short Film Festival (2008)[9]
Reception
CInemagazine found that the anthology "'scores a sufficient score when assessed as a whole, but the scores of the individual films vary widely. However, this collection is recommended for fans of Malaysian film and culture."[10]
References
- ↑ Chin, Professor James; Dosch, Professor Joern (2015-08-15). MALAYSIA POST-MAHATHIR: A Decade of Change. Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd. ISBN 978-981-4677-55-4.
- ↑ Lee, Adrian Yuen Beng (2022-11-07). Malaysian Cinema in the New Millennium: Transcendence beyond Multiculturalism. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-988-8528-52-3.
- ↑ Azharr Rudi on biodata
- ↑ DVD at Kinbooks Archived 2009-12-06 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ The Amber Sexalogy (2006) | MUBI, retrieved 2024-01-03
- ↑ "Busan International Film Festival". Busan International Film Festival. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
- ↑ Guan, Yeoh Seng (2010-02-25). Media, Culture and Society in Malaysia. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-16927-5.
- ↑ "Kurosawa Memorial Short Film Competition 2007 Final Results". Archived from the original on 2008-05-16. Retrieved 2009-04-13..
- ↑ http://www.substation.org/4SSFF.htm Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine.
- ↑ "The Amber Sexalogy (2006) recensie". cinemagazine.nl. Retrieved 2024-01-03.
External links
- The Amber Sexalogy on The Internet Movie Database.
- Trailer on YouTube
- Review by Benjamin McKay