Regional Feature: LELAKI HARAPAN DUNIA (Men Who Save the World)

Lokasi Pemutaran & Waktu:
MINIHALL IRAMA INDAH, Denpasar | Sabtu/Sat 17 Oktober 2015, jam 17:15 – 18:50 WITA

“Lelaki Harapan Dunia” (Men Who Save the World)

(Liew Seng Tat/  Malaysia / 2014 / 94’00” / Fiksi)

Seorang bekas penyanyi professional,Pak Awang ingin menghadiahkan sebuah rumah kepada anak perempuannya yang akan menikah. Akan tetapi, rumah tersebut terletak jauh di dalam hutan.

Former professional singer, mr. Awang, presents a house to his soon to be married daughter. Yet, the house is located deep in the middle of the forest.

Tentang film:
Liew Seng Tat membangun proses pembuatan film ini di residensi sutradara di Cannes – Cinéfondation dan berpartisipasi pada the 2011 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. Diproduksi di Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Lelaki Harapan Dunia seharusnya dipersipakan sebagai film panjang pertamanya, namun akhirnya Seng Tat menyelesaikan Flower in the Pocket lebih dahulu. Untungnya, sukses film debutnya ini justru membuka jalan kepada sutradara muda ini untuk mendapatkan bantuan dari berbagai penjuru dunia untuk memproduksi Lelaki Harapan Dunia.

Liew Seng Tat developed Lelaki Harapan Dunia at the Cannes Director’s Residence — Cinéfondation and participated at the 2011 Sundance Screenwriters Lab. The film, shot in Kuala Kangsar, Perak. Lelaki Harapan Dunia was supposed to be Liew’s debut feature film but he ended up shelving it and making Flower in the Pocket first. Luckily, the critical success of Liew’s debut paved the way to the young director receiving grants from all over the world for Lelaki Harapan Dunia.

The film had its world premier at the 67th Locarno International Film Festival on 6 August 2014. Its North American premier was held at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival on 4 September 2014. The film was released in Malaysia on 27 November 2014.