Hungry Ghost Diner
Malaysia | 2023 | Cantonese/Hakka/Malay | 116 min | Supernatural/Urban Fantasy | DCP
Synopsis
Having long recovered from the childhood trauma of her mother’s death during the Ghost Festival, Bonnie Lam begins experiencing strange incidents after the mysterious appearance of her uncle, Ah Kiu, one night after business closure. This encounter eventually leads her to make a trip back to her hometown of Behrang Stesen, where she learns from her father, Bobby, that she had just missed an opportunity to meet Ah Kiu once more after he had suddenly passed away. With emotions running high, Bonnie and Bobby get into a heated argument. Bonnie zips back to the city but encounters an abrupt border closure due to the pandemic. Stranded with nowhere else to go, Bonnie retreats to her family’s old coffeeshop to make peace with her father but is shocked to discover that it’s haunted by ghosts of her deceased relatives returning for the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Credits
| Original Title | 餓⿁食堂 |
| English Title | Hungry Ghost Diner |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Exhibition Format | DCP |
| Director | Cho We Jun |
| Producer | Lim Benji, Lee Yve Vonn |
| Screenplay | Cho We Jun |
| Cinematography | Tan Teck Zee |
| Cast | Chen Keat Yoke, Eric Chen, Sam Chong, Fabian Loo, Chen Puie Heng, Tam Yee Swee, Diana Kok, Joyce Hon, Bella Rahim |
Company
Kinovisuals
Lim Benji
benji@kinovisuals.com
Sales
Bounty Films
Leslie Morris
leslie@bountyet.com.au
Director
Cho We Jun
Malaysia
After graduating with honours in Actuarial Science from the University of Kent, We Jun first started his career in finance, then consumer durables, before pursuing filmmaking full-time in 2012. In 2014, he apprenticed under production designer Tim Hutchinson (Willow) during a 2-month- long Art Direction industrial training for Pinewood Studios Malaysia. In 2015, he was selected by Tiger Beer to direct a short film, “Coaster”, under the mentorship of Baltasar Kormákur (Everest). Several of We Jun’s short films have been selected for competition at international film festivals in Japan, Germany, Mexico and Poland. Hungry Ghost Diner is his debut feature film.
