Malaysia, Singapore | 7 min | Silent, B&W | Malay Intertitles, English Subtitles | HD
- Sharjah Biennial 2013, curated by Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Ikram brings home his classmates to feed Julia, his blood-sucking stepmum. When Julia starts flirting with a classmate Ikram has been secretly admiring, he flies into a rage of jealousy. An adaptation from a short story by Faizal Sulaiman, Kopi Julia is a film tribute to the Malay horror films made in the 50s in Singapore.
Also starring Adeline Setiawan, Ong Szu Jie, Vicki Yang and Miu Miu
Crew
Executive Producer Amir Muhammad
Directed and produced by Tan Bee Thiam
Adapted from “Kopi Julia” by Faizal Sulaiman, a short story in Kopi (published by Buku Fixi)
Photography by Looi Wan Ping
Edited by Liao Jiekai
Music by Benjamin Lim Yi
Assistant Direction: Vicki Yang
Makeup: Colin Moy
Casting: Wesley Leon Aroozoo
with thanks to Stephane Lasserre, Max Lim and Sherman Ong
Tan Bee Thiam is a filmmaker with the 13 Little Pictures film collective and the editor of Cinemas of Asia, the Journal of the Network for the Promotion of Asian Cinema.
