OASIS OF NOW

In Kuala Lumpur, a Vietnamese door-to-door apartment housekeeper makes her ends meet while secretly meeting her daughter who lives with locals, until a Malay stranger mistakes her as his family during an immigration raid.

Director & Screenwriter: Chia Chee Sum
Producer: Lee Yve Vonn
Country of Production: Malaysia, Singapore, France
Language: Mandarin, Malay, Vietnamese, Cantonese
Total Budget: 485,000 USD
Production Company: Afternoon Pictures Sdn Bhd, The Common Ist Sdn Bhd, Akanga Film Asia, La Fabrica Nocturna Cinéma

Awards

Locarno Open Doors ARTE Kino Prize 2020
Talents Tokyo Award 2020
SEAFIC Award 2021
WCF Europe –TFL Audience Design Award 2021
Talents Tokyo Development Fund 2021

Official Selection

Locarno Open Doors Hub 2020
Berlinale Talent Project Market 2021
Purin Pictures Spring Grant 2021
Aide aux Cinemas du Monde Film Fund 2021
World Cinema Fund Europe 2021
IMDA's Southeast Asia Co-production Grant 2022

World Premiere at Busan International Film Festival 2023 (New Currents)

Featured

Director
CHIA Chee Sum

CHIA Chee Sum is a Malaysian filmmaker and co-founder of film and animation production company theCommonist. He is an alumnus of Asian Film Academy and FIRST Training Camp. His 2018 short film HIGH WAY won Jury Prize at the Busan International Short Film Festival.

Producer
LEE Yve Vonn

LEE Yve Vonn is a Malaysian producer and alumna of BiFAN’s Asian Filmmakers Lab of Fantastic Film School, Kyoto Filmmakers Lab, and Busan Asian Film School. She produced the shorts BLACK HOLE MONSTER by Sim Seow Khee (2018, Oberhausen and SeaShorts) and BLIND MOUTH by Chris LEONG (2017, Taipei Golden Horse and Tampere).