15malaysia

Have you heard about 15Malaysia..?

15Malaysia is a short film project. It consists of 15 short films made by 15 Malaysian filmmakers. These films not only deal with socio-political issues in Malaysia, they also feature some of the best-known faces in the country, including actors, musicians and top political leaders.

You might be surprise to know who are the casts of these short films.

Featuring:

Khairy Jamaluddin, Nik Aziz, Liow Tiong Lai, Tian Chua, Zaid Ibrahim, Adibah Noor, Ida Nerina, Bront Palarae , Namewee, Atilia, Serena C, Amber Chia, Jay Menon, Sharifah Amani, Hon Kahoe, Jason Lo, Harith Iskander, Patrick Teo, Baki Zainal and many more.

The movies will be launch tomorrow starting with;

17/8/09 Monday POTONG SAGA [Ho Yuhang]

a hilarious tale of a Chinese boy trying to open an Islamic Banking account

It's about Islamic banking I guess. How others feels that Islamic banking is very good. However, can non- muslim apply it..? do they have to convert first..? ( potong ) Hahah this is what I understand after watching the trailer.. :p

19/8/09 Wednesday CHOCOLATE [Yasmin Ahmad]

a open ended but beautiful mood piece on Malaysia's race relations

A story about a young Malay girl buying chocolate from a groceries shop. Yasmin repeated the scene using different languages. I feel that the repetitions in her video means there's no barrier in friendship, no matter what language the captions are, whether malay, tamil, chinese or english; it's still friendship =)

21/8/09 Friday THE TREE [Amir Muhammad]

Nik Aziz talks about ethical commerce.Tok guru's words of wisdom. Can't wait to watch this ;)

24/8/09 Monday HOUSE [Linus Chung]

A boy is asked to build a model of his house as homework. His dream house is so small yet this boy felt this is his dream house. What so special about the house..? I also don't know. The trailer looks very cute =) Yasmin Ahmad made a moving cameo appearance in this movie before she passed.

26/8/09 Wednesday HALAL [Liew Seng Tat]

Adibah Noor demonstrates how to cook chicken the right way in Liew Seng Tat's 'Halal'.

28/8/09 Friday THE SON [Desmond Ng]

A father drives his son to the police station as witness to a racially motivated assault. Zaid Ibrahim cameos in this cautionary tale of the dangers of inter-communal tension.

31/8/09 Monday LUMPUR [Kamal Sabran]

Patriotism without the cheese. Features the good people of Ipoh.

02/9/09 Wednesday ONE FUTURE [Tan Chui Mui]

A sci fi piece starring Tian Chua and Ida Nerina with voiceover by Pete Teo. A perfect society where no one is allowed to speak

04/9/09 Friday SLOVAK SLING [Woo Ming Jin]

Harith Iskander and Patrick Teoh stars in this humorous guide to bribery. 'Slovak Sling: A Guide To bribery'

Cannot find the trailer.Have NO ideas about this movie.

07/9/09 Monday GERHANA [James Lee]

A dark take on media and political situation in Malaysia

09/9/09 Wednesday METER [Lim Benji]

Head of UMNO youth Khairy Jamaluddin plays a taxi driver in this surprising social comedy. Jason Lo, Amber Chia, Matthew George, Namewee and Baki Zainal are amongst the cameos. This is really funny.trust me =)

11/9/09 Friday DUIT KECIL [Johan John]

Nam Ron plays a man without small change in a cheap brothel. The Malaysian common man's problems in times of recession. 'Duit Kecil' directed by Johan John.

Ni pon tak de

14/9/09 Monday HEALTHY PARANOIA [Khairil M Bahar]

A couple of over-zealous PR consultants makes a proposal to the Minister Of Health. Starring the Minister Of Heath Liow Tiong Lai, Baki Zainal and Nick Dorian.

15/9/09 Tuesday LOLLIPOP [Nam Ron]

Can't really understand the trailer. Maybe it's about child harassment, kidnapping..? [huh?]  Somehow I'm looking forward to see the full movie. Nam Ron is also director of GADOH

16/9/09 Wednesday ROJAK! [Suleiman Brothers]

A CGI animation film called 'Rojak!'- on the complex tapestry that is Malaysia

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I guess there are still hopes for Malaysia after watching all of this trailers.

Let us not only enjoy the movies, but also discover the beauty of being a Malaysian.

p/s:you can watch the movies starting from tomorrow at http://15malaysia.com/

p/s/s: enjoy the song below =)

hold on, brother hold on
the road is long, we're on stony ground
but i'm strong, and you ain't heavy
oh there's a misspoken truth that lies
colors don't bind, oh no
what do they know? they speak falsely

 
here in my home
i'll tell you what it's all about
there's just one hope here in my heart
one love undivided
that's what it's all about
please won't you fall in one by one by one with me?
(fall in~ fall in~)
fall in with me
(hmm... fall in~)
fall in fall in fall in with me

push back sister won't you push back?
love won't wait, just keep pushing on
yeah i'm strong, you ain't heavy
oh don't you worry about that...
what we have shadows can't deny
don't you know it's now or never?

here in my home
i'll tell you what it's all about
there's just one hope, here in my heart
one love undivided
that's what it's all about
please won't you fall in one by one?

(malay)
bertubi asakan berkurun lamanya
hati ke depan mencari yang sayang

meaning-[years of fears and years of tribulation
the heart keeps searching for that endless devotion]

(chinese)
shou qian shou da jia yi qi zou, wo men dai biao guo ren kai kou wei lai jiu mei you diu zou

-[meaning: hand in hand we'll march like blood brothers
i speak for my people, hope we'll find peace forever]

(tamil)
inthe payanam payanamm yen vettri thaagam
anthee kaana kaalam naam vetri raagam... nanba nanba

-[meaning: may the road ahead quench my thirst for success
may the road behind echo a song of the blessed]

(bahasa english)
yes i feel it in my bones, so i will let it be known
no matter where i roam this is home sweet home

sing!

here in my home
i'll tell you what it's all about
there's just one hope here in my heart
one love undivided
that's what it's all about
please won't you fall in one by one by one with me?
(yeah~ yeah~)

here in my home
(here in my home)
i'll tell you what it's all about
(i'll tell you...)
there's just one hope here in my heart
(one hope! one hope yo! )
one love undivided
(aa~ one~)
that's what it's all about
(that's what it's all about~)
please won't you fall in one by one by one with me?

here in my home
(here in my home~)
i'll tell you what it's all about
there's just one hope here in my heart
(one love one love one love ^^)
one love undivided
that's what it's all about
please won't you fall in one by one by one with me?