December 15, 2020
June Lojong in a still from Roh (Soul), the low-budget horror film Malaysia is submitting to the Academy Awards.
Kuman Pictures
It was quite surprising to see Malaysia, a country where genre literature and films are often censored or outright banned, announce a low-budget supernatural horror movie as its official submission for the best international film category at the next Academy Awards.
Roh (2019), which translates as Soul , is the debut feature of Kuala Lumpur-based film director Emir Ezwan. His clever short film RM10 (2016), which follows the journey of a 10 Malaysian ringgit banknote as it changes hands on a sultry Kuala Lumpur night, won the Festival Filem Malaysia’s best short film award in 2016.