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Salam Gembira

International Premiere

111 minutes | 2024 | Singapore | Drama – Comedy | 🔊 English, Malay, Dutch, Mandarin | English Sub. | 17+

Synopsis
Sinopsis

Moe, a Singaporean Malay-Muslim man, cohabits with his Dutch girlfriend Samantha in the Netherlands, which is forbidden in Islam. When his staunch Muslim parents surprise him with a visit, Moe gets Samantha to switch places with her gay brother Daniël, so that their relationship will remain a secret. Before long, Moe’s parents start to suspect that their son is gay too.

Schedule
Jadwal

XXI Studio 4 | Dec 4, 2024 | 13:00 WIB

Director's Biography

Biografi Sutradara

Dzul Sungit

Dzul Sungit

Dzul Sungit is a Singaporean Malay director of various crime drama series for Singapore's television network Mediacorp, including "Mata-Mata", "CrimeWatch" and "9 Nyawa".

He is the editor of two Dutch feature documentaries, "Sayed, Soccer Talent", which won Honourable Mention at the Gulf Film Festival in Dubai, and "Voordeel van de Twijfel", which premiered at the Dutch Film Festival. He has experience directing in 16 countries for 2 seasons of the Singapore travelogue series OIe Ole Temasya and won the Best Scriptwriting Award during Pesta Perdana in 2017 for the first season.

His independent feature documentary "I Hugged the Berlin Patient" (with co-director Edgar Tang) is broadcast on MTV Latin America and won the Excellence Award at the Canada Film Festival. In 2019, Remi M Sali’s "Konpaku", of which Dzul is the Director of Photography, was shown at the Far East Film Festival in Udine, Italy. In 2020, they paired up again with Dzul as Art Director and Editor for the feature film "Not My Mother’s Baking".

Currently, Dzul lives in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where he works as a freelance director/editor.

Cast & Crew

Kru & Pemain

Production Company Studio59 Concepts

Producer Ho Pak Kin, Remi M Sali, Mariana Ismail, Agnes Gerrits-Lim

Scriptwriter Remi M Sali, Dzul Sungit

Cinematographer Henk Leurink

Editor Dzul Sungit

Main Cast Rizal Aiman, Mitchell Van Kleef, Rafaat Haji Hamzah, Rozita Abu

Notable Achievement

Filmography

Contact

pakkin@studio59.com.sg (Ho Pak Kin)