Taufik Hidayat wins Best Actor, Michelle Lungan wins Best Actress at 20th Mini Film Festival 2024

Dr Ringah (left) presents the award for Best Actor to Taufiq Hidayat for his role in 'Love on Screen'.

By Wilfred Pilo

KUCHING, July 22: Taufik Hidayat won the Best Actor Award for his role in ‘Love On Screen’ at the 20th Mini Film Festival 2024, while the Best Actress Award went to Michelle Lungan for her role in ‘Senandika’.

This year’s edition of the longest-running annual short film festival in Malaysia was held at the Multipurpose Hall, La Promenade Mall last night. The festival was organised by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Faculty of Applied And Creatives Art (FACA) and supported by Sarawak Arts Council and the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS).

Other winners are as follows:

Best script
— ‘BELANA’ by Miqaeel Mukhalis;
Best production design — Farah Farhana Hasim for ‘Love On Screen’;
Best sound design — Mohamad Danish Lud for ‘Di Kala Senja’;
Best editing — Mohammad Anas Mohd Sadon for ‘Senandika’;
Best cinematography — Arazee Imran for ‘Senandika’;
Best director — Mohammad Anas Mohd Sadon for ‘Senandika’;

Student Category Jury’s Award — ‘Sesak’ by Putri Hurriyah;
Jury’s Award winner — ‘The Missing Trophy’ by Wong Ga Dong;
Borneo Category Jury’s Award winner — ‘The Lady in White’ by Angkasa Ramadhan;
Best Documentary winner — ‘Pak & Me’ by YLT Production;
Best Short Film winner — ‘Senandika’ by The Owls Studio;
Best Jury award winner — ‘Payback’ by The Liberte;
Student category Best Short Film winner — ‘The Next Stop’ by Chun Chuan Cha;

Open category best short film winner — ‘Please Hold the Line’ by Tan Ce Ding;
Borneo category best short film winner — ‘Red Lips’ by Pawadi Jihad; and
Open category special mention winner — ‘A Misfit Tiger’ by Bennial Soo.

Dr Fitri Suraya (right) presents the award for Best Director to Mohammad Anas Mohd Sadon for ‘Senandika’.

The film festival featured several highlights such as workshops with renowned Malaysian actor, director, producer and screenwriter, Dato Afdlin Shauki, a screening and discussion session of the film ‘Imaginur’ with the director Nik Amir Mustapha and an exclusive film screening from Japan sponsored by Japan Foundation with the award-winning Japanese director Emma Kawawada.

The event also witnessed award-winning singer Roxy Ixzy, JayC Ho, Elizabeth Bungan, TaDan from Miria and Adruce Azman performing.
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Among those present at the award ceremony were Unimas’s Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Academic and International Dr Fitri Suraya Mohamad Hapni Joblie, Deputy Dean of Student Affairs and Alumni Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Dr Abdul Riezal Dim, Deputy Dean Industry Involvement, Community and Commercialisation Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Dr Ringah Kanyan, Japan Foundation KL and Japanese Film Festival Kyoko Kugai (JFKL) and Emma Kawawada, Majlis Seni Sarawak chief executive officer representative Elizerbeth Patterson, and FINAS representative Gregory Wee. — DayakDaily