Filed under: broadcast, directing, documentary, film, journalism, lecture, new media
I don’t talk about this much but… I am actually an academic (gasp! gasp!). I teach at HELP University-College and it’s quite a lot of fun! Above is an ad that appeared in The Star.
Anyway… I’ve been invited to speak at the International Conference On Youth Research organised by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia and the Ministry of Youth and Sports. The conference is on the 16th & 17th December 2008. But I’m sure all of you are only interested in my talk (title: Making Documentary Films About the Muslim World from an Autobiographical and Pop Culture Perspective) which is at 1pm on 17th December! Muahahahahahaha!!! Oh… and the venue is the Marriott Hotel, Putrajaya. Make sure you all show up to take a picture with me!!
Filed under: I'm Muslim Too!, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, lecture
I’ve been invited to screen my film I’m Muslim Too! at UiTM, Shah Alam, this Thursday, 17 July 2008. It starts at 8pm and will be followed by a Q&A/talk session with me. This is kind of a proud moment for me personally since when I was studying in UiTM in 1998, I attended a similar screening and Q&A session by U-Wei Hj Saari of his film Jogho. I was so in awe of his film. And now… I’m being invited. How cool is that?!?!? Muahahaha!!
Here are the details:
Screening of I’m Muslim Too! followed by Q&A/talk session with director Zan Azlee
Thursday, 17th July 2008
Starts at 8pm
Faculty of Artistic and Creative Technology
Universiti Teknologi MARA
Kampus Puncak Perdana
Blok 6, Jalan Pulau Angsa U10/14
40150 Shah Alam
Selangor.
Filed under: I'm Muslim Too!, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, journalism, lecture, new media, video blog
Check out the video. It’s Ali Sanaei, the bassist of Arsames who can only speak English by impersonating Robert De Niro. Quite a funny guy… and pretty good on the instrument too! I’m glad he’s in my film.
I’ve been working hard on ‘I’m Muslim Too!’. Not just on editing (damn its going slow!), but on trying to get it distributed and screened. The good news is that I’ve met with a couple of broadcasters and it looks promising. Now if I can just sit my butt down to finish the editing!
On another note, I’m heading down to JB next week for the FSI Education Fair to give a talk on documentary filmmaking. Why the hell would they want to listen to me? I dunno!! But hey, if you’re free and you’re down south, just pop by the Puteri Pacific Hotel. I’ll be hanging out at the HELP University-College booth. Come and say hi and I might just say hi back to you! And if you pay me RM5, I’ll even give you my autograph!
Some student of mine videotaped me giving a lecture! Bloody hell! (Sonia Heng… you’re going to get it from me tomorrow! I demand to be paid royalty!) But I guess this proves I’m a funny dude! Muahaha!!!
Filed under: The Look-East Project, broadcast, directing, documentary, film, film festival, internet, lecture, new media, video blog
I’ve been pretty busy lately. So instead of a ‘Look-East’ video blog entry, I’m offering an old documentary entitled ‘Tudung’ I did with the supposedly cute and talented Liew Seng Tat. It was originally done for the Goethe Institute’s Tudung Short Film Competition but has also gone on to screen at the 2006 Los Angeles Asia Pacific Film Festival.
Editing ‘The Look-East Project’ is taking up a lot of time. Hours of footage to look through and I’m no where close to coming up with a proper structure. But it’s fun, so no worries. I’ve also been doing some other work such as writing proposals for several future film projects which, rest assured, will be announced here if everything goes according to plan.
And… I’ll be lecturing again at HELP University-College after taking a two month break. I’ll be teaching the ‘Intro to Film’ course which I have taught several times before, and a new subject called ‘IT, Mass Media and Society’, which shouldn’t be a problem since I’ve been a bloody IT journalist since 2000! Students always mistake me for being one of them (thanks to my boyish good looks!) so I can’t wait to see if any girls hit on me on the first day of classes next week!
