Pergi...

Five days short of it being three years ago on 13 August 2006, I was in PWTC.

It was for the Festival Filem Malaysia ke 19.

Malam itu, Gubra menang Filem Terbaik, as well as meraih kemenangan dalam kategori Pelakon Wanita Terbaik (Sharifah Amani), Lakon Layar Terbaik (Yasmin Ahmad) dan Poster Terbaik.

I remember Nani getting in trouble for her, "I sound stupid if I speak in Malay.." acceptance speech.

Malam tu, I remember kak Min was doing the judging for the first BMW Shorties in Sentul (which was the time she started getting to know my sister yang jadi ringleader for that event) and didn't attend, and aku ber SMS ngan dia je pasal kemenangan Gubra, and I remember how proud I was that the film did the impossible to win that night.

I also remember also being upset because FFM snubbed kak Min for Best Director. It was like acknowledging everything good about the film - and yet saying SHE wasn't good enough.

I remember she told me, "It's ok lah, sayang" when she joined us for the post party to celebrate the win with us and her 'family' who put together Gubra.

I remember people within the film fraternity masa post party sibuk berdebat kata bagaimana Gubra tak layak, and another movie lebih layak simply because it had a bigger budget and more cast members, which was the most polite comment they had for Yasmin and Gubra.

I remember nearly smacking at least one 'veteran' for rude remarks made about Yasmin.

I remember Yasmin telling me, "Let's just celebrate.. alhamdullilah.. someone saw Gubra fit for something," and laughed.

So many things I remember.

Five days to three years later from those memories, tonight.... the announcement for Festival Filem Malaysia ke 22 came out and announced kak Min won Best Director - an award that eluded her with Sepet, Gubra and Mukhsin.

She also won Lakon Layar Terbaik for Talentime, Syafie won for Best Supporting Actor and Jac won for Most Promising Actress.

It's six days more to years too late as far as I'm concerned.

Why do our people always celebrate talent when it's too late. Five days to three years too late. What next? A posthumous Datukship?

FESTIVAL FILEM MALAYSIA 22
Anugerah Perdana (14 anugerah)
Filem Terbaik - Papadom
Pengarah Terbaik - Yasmin Ahmad (Talentime)
Pelakon Lelaki Terbaik - Afdlin Shauki (Papadom)
Pelakon Wanita Terbaik - Liyana Jasmay (Papadom)
Lakon Layar Terbaik - Yasmin Ahmad (Talentime)
Cerita Asal Terbaik - Afdlin Shauki (Papadom)
Sinematografi Terbaik - Mohd Nor Kasim (Setem)
Penyunting Terbaik - Faizul Mohd Noh (Setem)
Skor Muzik Asal Terbaik - Syed Ahmad Faizal (Papadom)
Filem Komedi Terbaik - Los dan Faun
Filem Animasi Terbaik - My Telatori (The One Academy of Communication Design)
Filem Pendek Terbaik - Permata Bonda (Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia)
Filem Digital Terbaik - Aathma (Demaz Entertainment)
Filem Dokumentari Terbaik - Bumi Pribumi (Finas & Q-Plez Communication)

Anugerah Cipta (11 anugerah)
Pengarah Harapan - James Lee (Histeria)
Pelakon Pembantu Lelaki Terbaik - Mohd Shafie Naswip (Talentime)
Pelakon Pembantu Wanita Terbaik - Salina Saibi (Bohsia:Jangan Pilih Jalan Hitam)
Penataan Seni Terbaik - Nazrul Asraff Mahzan (Setem)
Penataan Bunyi Terbaik - Mohd Mohsin Osman (Cicakman 2)
Pelakon Kanak-Kanak Terbaik - Mohd Hadziq (Syurga Cinta)
Pelakon Harapan Lelaki - Zahiril Adzim (Kami The Movie)
Pelakon Harapan Wanita - Jaclyn Victor (Talentime)
Pereka Kostum Terbaik - Shen Imagineering (Cicakman 2)
Lagu Tema Asal Terbaik - Sayangku Di Sisimu (Jin Hutan)
Poster Terbaik - Histeria

Filem Box-Office - Geng Pengembaraan Bermula
Anugerah Penggiat Belakang Tabir - Omar Man
Anugerah Pelakon Veteran Wanita - Mariani Ismail
Anugerah Pelakon Veteran Lelaki - S.Shamsudin


PS - Congrats to Syafie and Jac... you guys deserve it. Also to Liyana (holler, babe!) Tahniah gak to Afdlin and family for wins for Papadom and Los Dan Foun as well as the Tayangan Unggul family for notching up quite a few wins for Setem (though Gaya, you know I won't agree on the editing part... merasalah aku kena carut pasnih)

PPS - Kak Min... too late or not, you deserve that win. Our prayers are with you always, and I know you parents must have been so proud tonight.

PPPS - The impossible has happened. Maybe there is hope...

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Quickie

Ok aku nak fast entry sebab sibuk esok so nak tidur sangat. Selain kerja, esok ulangtahun bonda aku yang tersayang, so kalao leh nak celebrate kalao sempat.

Siang tadi lari ke Akademi seperti biasa. Selepas memastikan everything ok yang mana memerlukan aku, aku pun lari ke sidang akhbar pelancaran rancangan realiti baru Astro yang akan ditayangkan melalui saluran Astro Ria dan Prima. Camna tuh?

Well, rancangan yang di berikan nama Anak Wayang, akan fokus pada pencarian anak seni dalam bidang lakonan. Seperti konsep Akademi Fantasia, rancangan diari harian, yang di panggil Sesi, dan rancangan result akan di beri nama Pentas Anak Wayang. Bahagian rancangan realiti tuh, akan ditayangkan melalui Astro Ria, dan drama yang akan menampilkan peserta akan di tayangkan melalui Astro Prima.

Audition da nak mula in just over a week, beginning from Johor Bahru, followed by Penang and then Kuala Lumpur. Korang just keep an eye out for the announcements.

Kenapa aku ke sidang akhbar tuh? Sebab... teka dapa korang dapat layan tiap-tiap hari melalui Sesi?

Cantik ok rambut Faz skang... meletop!


Yeap. This was the announcement aku nak sampaikan pada peminat Fazura. She will be the host for diari harian peserta melalui Sesi. Yeay! Rusdi Ramli akan menjadi hos tuk Pentas Anak Wayang lak.

Here are some other pics from the event.

Pentas pelancaran anak wayang


Sketsa kelakar Faz dan Rusdi


Rusdi, Faz dan orang orang kuat Astro


Rusdi and his wife, Sharon... my old college mate. Bakal menimang cahaya mata bulan lapan ni... besh!


Pas abih, aku dan Faz, gerak skali ke Bandar Utama to make our way to Cineleisure for the gala premiere of Talentime, the latest movie from Yasmin Ahmad.

Tuh dia Faz jadik model!


Salah satu pelakon Talentime - Jac, with her mom


Also in the cast - Pam Chong


With her mom. Also in the movie.


Snappy snappy!


The cast and the people behind Talentime


Mawi dan Ekin as well as Nasser pon ada nak nonton


Jac and Nani


Along with Yana and Sazzy


Aizat and adik dia, Alif (eh... tol kan dude.. or did I get your name wrong?)


Oh my God!!! All I have to say about Talentime is.. YOU MUST WATCH IT!!!!

If there is one Malaysian made movie in your life you have to watch - it's Talentime.

Kalao korang nak tengok filem yang bebetul melambangkan semua cultural, social and religious beliefs that we have in our diverse melting pot of a nation called Malaysia - watch Talentime.

Kalao korang nak filem yang bebetul realistik in documenting what all of us have at one time of another faced...watch Talentime!!!

Aku tatau camna nak cakap agik. Aku tanak review at all. Cukup aku cakap (tanpa perasaan bangga at all malah melarikan diri sembunyi) aku nangis gila babiks!!! Malu siot! Abih je, kuar kredit aku larikan diri takot orang nampak mata aku bengkak! Merasalah!

Go alone kalao nak bebetul feel. Then bak yang tersayang kalao nak add feel. Then bak family so leh feel bersama. Besh gila! Pendek kata, wajib tengok ok! Rugi kalao tak.

I think this is Yasmin's most accessible movie yet, and ramai akan suka for sure. Yang pasti, aku warning dulu! Bak tisu lebih sikit. Faz seb baik ada tisu sekotak! Yang penting tiga panggung abih time gala premiere tuh, ramai yang kuar mata bengkak ok!

Yang pentingnya, pastuh meet kak Vee gi minom kat Rasta. Tapi syukur, mungkin rezeki bakal datang, kami dijoin oleh seorang CEO yang set up meeting tuk aku. Adalah benda nak bincangkan, yang sebenarnya aku da patah semangat tapi kini diberikan nafas baru kot.

Sampai rumah, layan Diari. Alamak... cam banyak isi kan Diari ari nih. Layan.... tapi ampun sapa nak carot sora aku tuh. Aduh... tapi kelakar kan. Aku suka Yazid ngaku dia mampu nitis airmata da skang walaopon dia tak feeling memula. Sebenarnya dia kata dulu dia heran orang nangis nangis ni dalam Akademi. Skali dok dalam... hambik ko! Heh... tu la. Bebudak nangis korang carot.

Korang tatau perasaan to be housed in quarantine with strangers yang memacam perangai dan peel away from your loved ones. The stress gets to you ok. Yang penting aku tengok bebudak sorang sorang da mula show their true personalities. Tunggu seminggu agik... ko tengok la diri meka yang sebenar.

Ok la.. sapa lom layan Diari... ni dia. Aku nak membuta da. Goodnight...


PS - Esok besh kat Akademi!!!

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