Malaysian Animated Short Film Wins Best Animation Award At San Diego Comic Con

YouTube filmmaker and cancer survivor Jared Lee accomplished another filmmaking milestone at the 2023 San Diego Comic-Con (SDCC) in the United States, on Wednesday, 26 July. Lee's Horologist short film won the Best Animation award at the San Diego International Independent Film Festival held as part of SDCC 2023. This makes Lee the first Malaysi...

A Malaysian-Based Studio Was Involved In The Mandalorian

The first episode of The Mandalorian Season 2 just debuted yesterday, and it was pretty great (check out my spoiler-free review here). However, there was another interesting detail, not in the episode itself, but strangely enough, during the credits. It turns out that a VFX studio based in Malaysia, Base FX, is responsible for partially con...

The Garden Of Evening Mists Is A Powerful Malaysian Period Piece

We don't often get local period pieces here in Malaysia, but The Garden of Evening Mists is exactly that; a film adaptation from the 2012 English-language novel of the same name by Tan Twan Eng. The movie is set in three different timelines, each exploring a different stage in the life of protagonist Teoh Yun Ling. These different eras encompas...

Do Malaysian YouTube Gamers & Streamers Need FINAS Licenses?

Well, that escalated quickly. We recap the recent Malaysia FINAS license kerfuffle and whether it affects the future of video game streaming and content creation. You may want to check this video out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsvxEoyA2Gk...