The fire of adolescence Adam Zainal. Adam Zainal
ADAM ZAINAL addressed the subject of teen pregnancy in his short film
Kantoi in 2019. The 25-minute film was even nominated for best short film at the Malaysia International Film Festival and Freedom Film Festival.
It has since been screened at numerous schools and events to create awareness on teen pregnancy. It has also attracted the attention of a production house, Super Wonderful Films, which gave him an opportunity to direct his first feature film.
“They loved the way I told my story in
Kantoi,” said 25-year-old Adam, a graduate from the Faculty of Cinematic Arts at the Multimedia University in Johor.
The world cinema section of MIFFest includes Korean film Light For The Youth from director Shin Su-won. Photo: YouTube
The fourth edition of the Malaysia International Film Festival (MIFFest) is now set to be held later this month as an online-only event.
The festival was originally scheduled to take place as an in-person event in December and got as far as announcing its selection.
However, Malaysia s coronavirus control measures were increased at the beginning of November, causing cinemas across much of the country to close.
MIFFest organisers said in November that they hoped to be still able to put on a real-world festival in January when cinemas reopened.