Ho Yuhang is an award-winning film director from Malaysia that started his career in the 1990s through commercial videos. Ho Yuhang chose to make films with strong characters. In this masterclass program, we will be discussing Ho Yuhang’s directing style and how to do character development for character’s in his films.
LPP 1 | THU, 1 DEC | 15:00 - 17:00
Ho Yuhang
Yuhang Ho was born and raised in Petaling Jaya. He took a degree in engineering at Iowa State University, but opted for a career in TV production when he returned to Malaysia. His debut feature MIN in 2003 was financed by television and shot on digital video, but was invited to many film festivals as a film and won the Special Jury Prize at the Festival des 3 Continents in Nantes, France. His subsequent features and shorts have been invited to an ever-widening circle of festivals and have won several more prizes, including the NETPAC Award and the Tiger Award for Best Short at International Film Festival Rotterdam.
BW Purbanegara
BW Purbanegara is a graduate of the Faculty of Philosophy at Gadjah Mada University and a self-trained filmmaker. His short documentary "Musafir" premiered in Berlinale 2009. His short fiction film "Bermula Dari A" (2011), was premiered in Busan International Film Festival, Clermont-ferrand International Short Film Festival, won Best Short Film Award at Pacific Meridian International Film Festival of Asia Pacific Countries in Vladivostok Russia, won Best Short Film Award in Hanoi International Film Festival, and also awarded Citra Award for Best Short Film in Festival Film Indonesia 2011. His first feature film "Tale of the Otherwords" (2017) won Best Screenplay and Special Jury Award at ASEAN International Film Festival and Awards (AIFFA), and Official Selection at Singapore International Film Festival (SGIFF).
