About this project
What happens when life takes a different turn - in the city that never sleeps?
HUJAN PANAS (AFTERNOON RAIN) is a 20 minute short film that revolves around Zaki, a Malaysian man, whom for the longest time has dreamed about coming to America. He enrolls himself in a business course and finds himself in New York City – and moving into an apartment with two illegal Indonesian immigrants; Ferdy and Mira, in Flushing, Queens.
As he grapples with the harsh reality of living in the city, he finds himself slowly attracted to Mira. She helps him realize the possibilities of starting life anew – possibilities that are threatened by an impending marriage and his awaited return to Malaysia.
I've been living in New York for three years but have never made a Malaysian film set in this city that I have grown to both love and hate. HUJAN PANAS is definitely my passion project before I leave New York for good at the end of this year! Currently, my producer and I are putting together an amazing cast and crew for a nice, breezy fall shoot come late this September.
What I am hoping for is the support of all friends and family in both United States and Malaysia to make this project happen! We are currently $3500 from our total budget of $16 253, but the more money that we can get, will go miles towards ensuring this project's success :)
This will also be the first immigrant film to feature a Malaysian as the main character, and the whole film will be shot in Bahasa Melayu/Indonesia.
Please help support a fellow Malaysian filmmaker, and I vow to return the favor in any way that I can! :)
Terima kasih!!!
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Nadiah Hamzah is a Malaysian filmmaker and a Masters of Fine Arts (Film & TV) candidate at the prestigious Tisch School of the Arts, New York University. She has written and directed more than four short films; and worked as a cinematographer on 10 others.
In 2010, she was awarded a competitive department fellowship, and interned on the upcoming HBO documentary If God Is Willing and Da Creek Don’t Rise directed by Oscar-nominated director Spike Lee. Her last short film, Sub Rosa (HD/Color/2009) is also currently traveling the festival circuit.
Hujan Panas (Afternoon Rain), her MFA thesis film, revolves around a Malaysian man who finds himself yearning for the comforts of all things familiar when he tries to live the American Dream in New York City, and is currently in pre-production.
She lives in Brooklyn, New York but anticipates a return to Malaysia to tell more stories of love, life and humanity, especially those that transcend cultural barriers and celebrate the racial diversity of her country.
