TIGER STRIPES
Fantasy | Running Time: 95 minutes
2023 / Malay
Country: Malaysia, Taiwan R.O.C., Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia and Qatar
Directed by: Amanda Nell Eu
MENA Premiere
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Amanda Nell Eu studied at London Film School. Her first short film, It’s Easier to Raise Cattle, competed in Venice in 2017 and won a special mention in Clermont-Ferrand. She has joined both the Berlinale Talent Campus and Locarno Filmmakers’ Academy. Her films explore the female body and identity within the cultural context of Southeast Asia. Tiger Stripes is her first feature.
SHOWTIME
Tue 05 Dec | 3:55 PM - 5:35 PM
VOX Cinema Imax 7 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
VOX Cinema Imax 7 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
Wed 06 Dec | 8:40 PM - 10:20 PM
VOX Cinema 6 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
VOX Cinema 6 Red Sea Mall
Price: 40 SAR
ProducerFoo Fei Ling, Patrick Mao Huang, Fran Borgia, Juliette Lepoutre, Pierre Menahem, Jonas Weydemann, Ellen Havenith, Yulia Evina Bhara
CastZafreen Zairizal, Deena Ezral, Piqa , Shaheizy Sam, Jun Lojong, Khairunazwan Rodzy, Fatimah Abu Bakar
ScriptwriterAmanda Nell Eu
Zaffan goes to a strict girls’ school in rural Malaysia, where her youthful high spirits – dancing and climbing trees in the rainforest – mark her out as a rebel. At 12, she is also the first girl in her class to reach puberty, meaning that her body changes in ways regarded as shameful. When girls start to collapse around her with inexplicable fainting fits, she is identified by teachers as a dark spirit who has cursed the school. Little do they know that she does have a secret self – one with a tail and teeth. Drawing on the playfully scary spirit of old-school Asian monster movies as well as traditional myths, Tiger Stripes is raw, joyful and buoyed by great performances from its young rookie cast.