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Tan Chui Mui

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Tan Chui Mui
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese陳翠梅
Simplified Chinese陈翠梅
Hanyu PinyinChén Cuìméi
JyutpingCan4 Ceoi3 Mui4
Hokkien POJTân Chhùi-mûi

Tan Chui Mui (Chinese: 陳翠梅; pinyin: Chén Cuìméi; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Chhùi-mûi, born 1978) is a Malaysian filmmaker, film producer and director.

Background

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Tan was born in Sungai Ular, a small fishing village in Kuantan, Malaysia.[1] Her father is from Kinmen, Taiwan. She graduated with a Bachelor of Multimedia (Hons) in Film and Animation in 2002 from Multimedia University, Malaysia.

Career

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Wang Ge of Time Out Beijing identifies Tan Chui Mui of being at the forefront of a new wave of Malaysian filmmakers who deal with social issues.[2] In 2007, she received the Tiger Award from the 36th International Film Festival Rotterdam with her debut feature film Love Conquers All.[3] The film had previously won the New Currents Awards and Fipresci Award at the 11th Pusan International Film Festival in 2006.[4] In 2010, Year Without a Summer was selected for the Asian Cinema Fund, receiving funding for both the script and post-production.[5] She is also a prolific short filmmaker, who had won prizes in two short film festivals, Oberhausen Short Film Festival[6] and Clermont-Ferrand Short film Festival.[7] In 2008, she had a project of making a short film every month. She had made 7 short films, and she called them All My Failed Attempts.[citation needed] In 2010, she was a judge at the Malaysia Airlines short film competition.[8]

She has been actively involved in the Malaysia independent film scene, working as a producer, editor, script writer, and occasionally an actress. In 2004, she set up Da Huang Pictures with Amir Muhammad, James Lee and Liew Seng Tat.

Political views

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In December 2023, alongside 50 other filmmakers, Tan Chui Mui signed an open letter published in Libération demanding a ceasefire and an end to the killing of civilians amid the 2023 Israeli invasion of the Gaza Strip, and for a humanitarian corridor into Gaza to be established for humanitarian aid, and the release of hostages.[9][10][11]

Filmography

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As writer and director

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Year Title Notes
2005 A Tree in Tanjung Malim short film
2006 Love Conquers All
Company of Mushrooms short film; director only
South of South short film
2010 Year Without A Summer
2021 Barbarian Invasion

As film producer

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Year Title Notes
2005 Chemman Chaalai (The Gravel Road)
2006 Apa khabar orang kampung?
Before we fall in love again
2020 Sometime, Sometime Also actress

References

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  1. ^ Kwan, Brian (22 June 2009). "Close up… Tan Chui Mui". Time Out Kuala Lumpur. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  2. ^ Ge, Wang (22 August 2011). "Tan Chui Mui". Time Out Beijing. Archived from the original on 6 April 2014. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  3. ^ Vijn, Ard (14 December 2009). "The IFFR Shows the Whole World for Free that LOVE CONQUERS ALL !". Twitch Film. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  4. ^ Paquet, Darcy (19 October 2006). "'Love' Conquers Pusan Fest". Variety. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  5. ^ Noh, Jean (27 July 2010). "Pusan Asian Cinema Fund Supports Tan Chui Mui, Ashvin Kumar". Screen Daily. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  6. ^ Fahmi, Fadzil (3 July 2005). "Mui's Moving Movies". The Star. Retrieved 23 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Everyday Everyday". International Short Film Festival - Clermont-Ferrand. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 23 August 2013.
  8. ^ "MAS launches film contest". The Star. 13 March 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2013.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Gaza : des cinéastes du monde entier demandent un cessez-le-feu immédiat". Libération (in French). 28 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  10. ^ Newman, Nick (29 December 2023). "Claire Denis, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Christian Petzold, Apichatpong Weerasethakul & More Sign Demand for Ceasefire in Gaza". The Film Stage. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Directors of cinema sign petition for immediate ceasefire". The Jerusalem Post. 31 December 2023. Retrieved 24 January 2024.
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