2010 Script Development Fund
LIST It must be a CamelCategory | Asian Project |
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Project | It must be a Camel |
Director | Charlotte LIM Lay Kuen |
Country | Malaysia |
Director's Profile |
Born in the historical town of Malacca in 1981, Charlotte Lim has assisted in direction and production for Malaysian new wave pioneers like James Lee and Ho Yuhang. In 2005, Charlotte got the opportunity to work as assistant director for notable directors like Tsai Ming Liang on I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone and Ang Lee on Lust, Caution. She has continued her dedication to being an assistant director for her fellow Malaysian new wave filmmakers in the multi-award-winning Flower in the Pocket (Liew Seng Tat). Recently she contributed as the dead of art department in Tan Chui Mui’s latest film Year without a Summer. Her own filmography includes La Invitation (2005) and Escape (2008). Both these 25-minute short films traveled to film festivals abroad. Especially Escape has been screened at international film festivals in Oberhausen, Rotterdam, Pusan and Vancouver. In 2009, Charlotte completed her debut feature My Daughter which was entirely shot on location at one of the UNESCO World Heritage Historical Towns, Malacca. It won the Jury Prize at the Marrakech International Film Festival (2009). Renowned Iranian director Abbas Kiarostami, who chaired the jury panel, highly praised the film as pure cinema. It also won the International Critics Award at the Deauville Asian Film Festival this year. The film was selected to be shown at various international film festivals including Pusan, Vancouver, Rotterdam, Göteborg, Buenos Aires, Creteil, Granada Cines Del Sur. |