The Filmmaker-In-Residence Program
▲ Fikri Jermadi
TALKING IN BED (2011)
Writer & Director: Nadiah Ahmad
Producer: Diaz Hernawan
Cinematographer and Editor: Low Weiyan
Composer: Lim Min Tze
Lighting Director: Veknesuaran Thiagarajan
Assistant Directors: Anjani Nuranda and Maryam
Mahbobibrojerdi
The inaugural FIR was Fikri Jermadi, an award
winning young filmmaker and SASS alumnus. He was
followed by Azharr Rudin, a key figure in the Malaysian
independent film scene and Jules Rahman Ong a
journalist and award-winning documentary filmmaker. CHECKMATE (2011)
Writer & Director: Eng Sze Jia
Producer: Fikri Jermadi
Cinematographer: Hema Balasundaram
Editors: Farah Zulfefly & Lee Jung Ai
The following students films have been made to date:- CASSANDRA (2012)
Writer & Director: Lestari Hairul
Executive Producer: Azharr Rudin
Producer: DonMichael Solis Chen
Director of Photography: Malek Hue
Art Director: Traceline Choo
Sound Editor: Jerome Nasution
FOLLOWING (2012)
Director: Fikri Jermadi
Writers: Nur E’zzah Mahmud & Nur ‘Aisyah Ezral
Producer: Muzzafar Shah Hanafi
Cinematographer: Diaz Hernawan
Editor: Fikri Jermadi
Following was selected for the Malaysian Short
Film Showcase program at the 2013 Kota Kinabalu
International Film Festival, as well as for the South
East Asia in Competition category at the 2014
Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, Cambodia.
▲ Jules Rahman Ong
KOPI DAN DIA (2012)
Writer, Director & Editor: Fikri Jermadi
Producer: Muzzafar Shah Hanafi
Executive Producer: Amir Muhammad
Cinematographer: Diaz Hernawan
Sound Designer: Adi Iskandar
Cassandra was screened on the local screening
circuit, including Filmmakers Anonymous 19 in June
2013, where five of the ten short films selected were
made by SASS students.
I AM (2012)
Writer & Director: Sheril A Bustaman
Producer and Production Manager: Lestari Hairul
Executive Producer: Azharr Rudin
Director of Photography: Malek Hue
Editor and Colourist: Vince Cheong
Sound Editor: Vince Cheong
Kopi Dan Dia was a part of KOPI – Antologi Filem
Pendek. It placed 2nd for the Audience Award (Best
Short Film) at Freedom Film Fest 2013, and was also
selected for the South East Asia in Competition category
at the 2014 Chaktomuk Short Film Festival, Cambodia. TERTEMU TEMUAN (2014)
Writer, Director & Producer: Agnes Hanying Ong
Editors: Agnes Hanying Ong and Le Yong Chin
Cinematographer: Agnes Hanying Ong
Production Assistant: Khashayar Mohammadi
Subtitles: Agnes Hanying Ong and Riccardo Wong
ICE (2011)
Writer & Director: Lim Min Tze
Producer: Fikri Jermadi
Cinematographer: Brad Liew
Editor: Brad Liew and Irene Hui
Composer: Lim Min Tze COME HELL OR HIGH WATER (2015)
Writer, Director & Editor: Sheril A Bustaman
Associate Editor: Mohammed Abdul-Mateen
Sound Recordist and Stills Photographer: Chrishandra
Sebastiampillai
Stenographer: Wong Swit Yen
BROKEN SOURCE (2011)
Writer & Director: Brad Liew
Producer: Fikri Jermadi
Cinematographer: Low Weiyan
Production Designer: Farah Amirah Zulkefly
Editor: Brad Liew Come Hell or High Water made the local screening
circuit to critical acclaim, including the Kota Kinabalu
International Film Festival 2015 with the renowned
local film historian Hassan Muthalib observing “Sheril
has achieved as a student with this film is much more
than many veterans have managed in the industry.”
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▲ Azharr Rudin
The Filmmaker-in-residence (FIR) program was
conceptualised by Dr Andrew Ng not long after the
sudden demise of our beloved film studies colleague,
Ben McKay in 2010. The key idea is to allow
promising young and experienced local filmmakers
use their knowledge and experience to help students
who are interested in the craft of film-making develop
their own projects.