Finas chooses Redha to represent the country for consideration in the Best Foreign Language Film category at the 89th Academy Awards
Redha, a Malaysian film on an autistic child and his family, is selected by Finas to represent the country in the Foreign Language Film category of the 89th Academy Awards.
The prestigious Los Angeles-based event will be held on February 26, 2017.
The film, directed by Tunku Mona Riza, has already won a string of international awards including Best Female Actress and the Special Jury Prize at the World International Premieres Film Festival 2016 at Manila, Philippines and the Merit Award at the Los Angeles Awareness Film Festival in America.
Redha also won the Special Prize nominated by the President of Tatarstan Republic for Humanism in Cinematography, the Special Prize of the Russian Guild Of Cinema Critics and the Best Actor in the Full Length Feature Film for Male Ensemble Actors; Namron, Harith Haziq and Izzy Zulkhazreef at the 12th Kazan International Muslim Film Festival 2016.
Redha is also set to represent Malaysia in the 4th Casa Asia Film Week in Barcelona and the 10th Asia Pacific Screen Awards in Brisbane, Australia.
Redha stars child actor Harith Haziq as the boy with autism, while Lojong is the character’s mother. Other actors include Namron, Remy Ishak, Nadiya Nisaa, Ruminah Sidek and Susan Lankester.
Redha follows a handful of other Malaysian films sent by Finas to compete in the Oscars – Puteri Gunung Ledang in 2005, Bunohan in 2013 and Lelaki Harapan Dunia in 2015.
The Academy Of Motion Pictures Arts And Sciences (which organises the Oscars) will only be making its final list of eligible foreign language films later in October.
From the list, nine will be picked on Jan 17 and only five entries will be included in the final list, to be announced on Jan 24.
Tunku Mona on her Facebook page revealed that she was inspired to make the film following true life accounts. She said she was also moved after meeting with certain individuals, including a boy with autism, Yong Yek Ming.
“I did this film because I was emotionally affected when I heard Bee Yang and arwah Shah’s story. I was moved when I met Yong Yek Ming, Puan Kamariah and other families.”
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