MOTHER BHUMI Selected for the Main Competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival!
\nBrought to life by a transnational team from Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Italy, directed by Chong Keat Aun, starring Fan Bingbing with Natalie Hsu, Bai Run-yin, and Pearlly Chua, Mother Bhumi will have its World Premiere at the 38th Tokyo International Film Festival, which kicks off on October 27, competing for the festival\u2019s highest honor.
\nFilmed in Director Chong\u2019s hometown of Kedah, Malaysia, the film draws on local legends. Out of rice-field disputes and rising unrest, a widowed Chinese-Siamese farmer and ritual healer transforms into \u201cMother Bhumi,\u201d confronting colonial wounds rooted deep in the land.
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\n\u25ba Presented by: SunStrong Entertainment | Sure Honest Holdings Limited | AMTD Pictures Production Limited
\n\u25ba In association with: Red Sea Fund | Volos Films Italia SRL | Southern Islet Pictures | Landscape Film Sdn Bhd | Berjaya Pictures Sdn Bhd
\n\u25ba Executive Producer: Datuk Wira Jment Lim | Victor Ren | Calvin Choi
\n\u25ba Co-Executive Producer: Tan Sri Vincent Tan | Fumei
\n\u25ba Producer: Wong Kew Soon | Stefano Centini | Zoey Teng
\n\u25ba Produced by: Janji Pictures | Volos Films Italia | Southern Islet Pictures
\n\u25ba Supported by: National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) | Hong Kong Asia Film Financing Forum (HAF)
\n\u25ba International Sales: REDIANCE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
MOTHER BHUMI Selected for the Main Competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival! Brought to life by a transnational team from Malaysia, Hong Kong, and Italy, directed by Chong Keat Aun, starring Fan Bingbing with Natalie Hsu, Bai Run-yin, and Pearlly Chua, Mother Bhumi will have its World Premiere at the 38th Tokyo International Film… Continue reading MOTHER BHUMI Selected for the Main Competition at the Tokyo International Film Festival!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":9857,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-announcements","entry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9856"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9859,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9856\/revisions\/9859"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9857"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sunstrongentertainment.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}