Very Very Important Funeral (非常葬礼)
LOGLINE
After the death of their Muslim-convert Chinese father, a Chinese Taoist elder brother and his Malay Muslim younger half-brother fight for different burial rituals, they engage in a ferocious Godzilla-like battle of wits over their father’s dead body.
COUNTRY/REGION : Malaysia
GENRE : Dark Comedy, Drama, Action, Fantasy
LANGUAGE(S) : Cantonese, Malay
TOTAL BUDGET : MYR 3,515,975
PARTICIPATION IN OTHER LABS/ EVENTS :
2021 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion
Lim Kean Hian
Director & Scriptwriter
In 2003, Kean Hian flew to Taiwan and studied in Shih Hsin University at Department of RTF. After graduate he became an apprentice at Tsai Ming-Liang’s film company. In 2009, he furthered his studied at Taipei National University of Arts for an MFA in Film Making. In 2013, The Innocent Desire nominated in 15th Taipei Film Festival Best Short Film. In 2015, he returned to Malaysia. In 2017, Never Was The Shade won the Grand Prize for BMW Shorties. In 2019, Langit Budak Biru nominated in Best Live Action Short Film at 56th Taiwan Golden Horse Award.
Omar Yunus
Producer
Omar Yunus ventured into filmmaking since 2011. He consistently started managing projects from 2013 as Production Manager for Web, TV, OTT and films ranging from small budget to big scale mainstream projects. He started producing since 2019 and never look back since. He was part of the production team for Keluarga Baha Don 2, made for a regional OTT platform, Viu, which has won the Best Comedy Programme in the recent Asian Creative Academy Awards. Other than that, he worked in projects such as Fly By Night and One Two Jaga which has travelled to festival circuits around the world.