Programs
Tiger Stripes
FILMeX Competition
Introduction
Malaysia, Taiwan, Singapore, France, Germany, Netherlands, Indonesia, Qatar / 2023 / 95 min
Director：Amanda NELL EU
Twelve-year-old Zafan attends an Islamic girls school. Expected by those around her to strictly adhere to conservative norms, yet she remorselessly delights in dangerous "deviant" acts as she carefreely plays with her friends-dancing and removing her scarf, and filming this act of disrobing on her cell phone. Gradually she discovers that her body is changing faster than anyone else around her. At first, her friends see her difference as a kind of privilege, but slowly she finds herself ostracized and bullied by her friends, and even her best friend Farah. Her problems don't end there, as her body continues to change. The feature-length directorial debut film of Amanda Nell EU who won a Talents Tokyo award in 2018 for this work when it was still in its planning stages. The frustrations and anxieties of adolescence-when women's bodies are changing, under the microscope of society-depicted through the metaphors of a horror film. Won the Cannes Film Festival Critics' Week Grand Prix.
Director：Amanda NELL EU
Amanda Nell EU graduated from the London Film School with an MA in Filmmaking and is an alumna of Berlinale Talents and Locamo Filmmakers Academy. Her short film "Lagi Senang Jaga Sekandang Lembu” (It's Easier to Raise Cattle) premiered in competition at the Venice International Film Festival. The film has continued to travel and win awards in many other international festivals, including a Special Mention at the International Short Film Festival Clermont-Ferrand. Her next short film "Vinegar Baths" has also won several awards in festivals, including Best Picture at Scream Asia's Horror Shorts competition. “Tiger Stripes" is her debut feature film.
Schedule
11/24（Fri）15:35 -
Yurakucho Asahi Hall
11/25（Sat）21:15 -
Human Trust Cinema Yurakucho