Stone Turtle

Ming Jin Woo / Malaysia

Screening

FILMIN

2nd NOV - 3rd DEC

Film Information

Year: 2022

Duration: 91'

Language: VOSE / VOSC

Genre: Drama

Synopsis

Zahara, a stateless refugee, lives on a small remote island in Malaysia, where she makes a living selling turtle eggs. One day, Samad, claiming to be a university researcher, visits the island, wanting to employ Zahara to show him around. As the day goes on, Zahara and Samad become entangled in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.

Director

One of the leading voices of the Malaysian New Wave, director Woo Ming Jin’s is the first Malaysian director in history to represent the country in the ‘Big Three’ International Film Festivals: Cannes, Berlin and Venice Film Festival.