Fish Balls
Indonesian Premiere
14 minutes | 2024 | Malaysia | Body Horror | 
Mandarin | English Sub. | Age Rating
Sinopsis
A man’s genitals are transforming into a snakehead fish. Unable to escape his voyeuristic past, he struggles between the fine line of his humanity and animalistic nature.
Jadwal
XXI Studio 5 | Dec 5, 2024 | 15:15 WIB
Biografi Sutradara
Anwar Johari Ho
Graduating from the University of Reading, UK, Anwar’s thesis short film Forget Me Not garnered accolades at multiple festivals, and his subsequent short, Burung-Burung, premiered at Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival (2020), winning the Jury Prize Award at the Mini Film Festival (2021). His next short film, Fish Balls (2024) had its international premiere at the Ngilngig Fantastic Asian Film Festival. He has also directed multiple shorts and web series in Phnom Penh, Cambodia in 2021.
An alumnus of the inaugural Malaysian Development Lab for Fiction Feature Films (mylab) in 2022, he's now developing his debut feature film, Under Foreign Skies. Beyond film, Anwar relishes spoiling his cat Clementine, gaming, and of course, watching films.
Kru & Pemain
Production Company Zi An Pictures, Transitional Cinema
Producer Eleanor Teh, Victor Chen Yee Fei
Scriptwriter Andy Darrel Gomes, Victor Chen Yee Fei, Anwar Johari Ho
Cinematographer Kiefer Yu
Production Designer Ravindran Krishnan
Editor Andrew Joseph
Main Cast Kahoe Hon, Elise Shick
Notable Achievement
- Seashorts Film Festival, Malaysia. 2024
- Ngilngig Fantastic Asian Film Festival, Philippines. 2024
Filmography
- Forget Me Not (2019)
- Burung-Burung (2020)
- Don’t Get Too Close To That Edge (2023)
Contact
[email protected] (Eleanor Teh)