Indera

Opening Film  Southeast Asian Premiere

Malaysia | 2024 | Malay | 103 min | Horror | DCP

Synopsis

1970s. JOE loses his wife in a horrifying accident that also injures him and his daughter SOPHIA. While Joe recovers, Sophia somehow is traumatized to a degree that she no longer speaks. After numerous attempts of failed treatment, Joe hears about a special healer near Tanjong Rambutan who has a home ward for children with trauma. Encouraged by a friend’s suggestion, Joe brings Sophia to the healer’s home. The healer Aishah, offers Joe a job as a workman to repair her house. While fixing the house, Joe begins having bizarre ghost-like sightings. So does Sophia, who sleeps in a room with the other girls. One night she sees an image of a creepy demonic entity coming out of an old bathroom-well, but it disappears when she wakes the others up.

Credits

Director

Woo Ming Jin is one of the leading voices of the Malaysian New Wave and has hadhisfilms screened in Cannes, Berlin and Venice. His first film Monday Morning Glory(2005)screened at the Berlin International Film Festival, while his second, Elephant andtheSea(2007), won awards in Torino, Cinema Digital Seoul, Portugal and Spain filmfestivals. Woman on Fire Looks for Water (2009) premiered at the Venice International FilmFestival,while Tiger Factory (2010), premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. It won the Special JuryMention at the Tokyo Film Festival in 2010. His latest film, Stone Turtle (2022), played in Main Competition at the LocarnoInternational Film Festival and won the Fipresci Prize (International Critics Prize). Thefilmwas hailed by Variety as ‘Stunning mystery that puts a supernatural twists on real worldtrauma…’ (Peter Debruge). Ming Jin is also a producer of many award winning films, notably Aqerat (We, TheDead)in 2017 that was the winner of Best Director and Newcomer Actress at the TokyoInternati

Screening Schedule

22-Jul-24
Mon
17:00