Malaysia has one of the highest rates of scam calls in the world, numbering over 90 million calls a year. Even with a population that’s one third of that amount, the multilingual nature of Malaysians results in the nation being a massive contributor to that statistic. Tan Ce Ding takes a look at the phenomenon with his Orizzonti-premiering short, focusing though, not on the victims, but on the people who end up doing this kind of jobs.
Please Hold the Line is screening at Venice International Film Festival
A sleepy young employee is making scam calls following a specific script, eventually passing her “customers” to her supervisor, in an operation that seems to function exactly as phone marketing/sales. As soon as her time is up, she meets with a friend and colleague, who is supposed to let her know how and where she can have an abortion. A bit later on,...
Please Hold the Line is screening at Venice International Film Festival
A sleepy young employee is making scam calls following a specific script, eventually passing her “customers” to her supervisor, in an operation that seems to function exactly as phone marketing/sales. As soon as her time is up, she meets with a friend and colleague, who is supposed to let her know how and where she can have an abortion. A bit later on,...
- 9/9/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Suspense-thriller series “Model Family” has been set as the first original production from the horror channel Thrill, which is operated by Hong Kong-based Celestial Tiger Entertainment. The show will make its debut in time for Halloween.
Directed by Malaysian filmmaker Adrian Teh (“Paskal: The Movie”), “Model Family” is a two-parter revolving around a single-parent family who uncover the dark secrets of other families living in a seemingly perfect neighborhood. Starring singer-songwriter Uriah See (“Fried Rice Paradise”), singer-actress Thor Yin Wi, and actress-model Kendra Sow, part one of the show will premiere on Thrill on Oct. 31, with the second to follow on Nov. 7.
“Model Family” marks Teh’s first production after emerging from a Covid-19 lockdown, he said in a statement. As of Thursday, Malaysia has had over 17,000 cases with 167 deaths. Thursday saw a surge of the number of infections with 660 new cases. The show will also be a showcase of Malaysian talent,...
Directed by Malaysian filmmaker Adrian Teh (“Paskal: The Movie”), “Model Family” is a two-parter revolving around a single-parent family who uncover the dark secrets of other families living in a seemingly perfect neighborhood. Starring singer-songwriter Uriah See (“Fried Rice Paradise”), singer-actress Thor Yin Wi, and actress-model Kendra Sow, part one of the show will premiere on Thrill on Oct. 31, with the second to follow on Nov. 7.
“Model Family” marks Teh’s first production after emerging from a Covid-19 lockdown, he said in a statement. As of Thursday, Malaysia has had over 17,000 cases with 167 deaths. Thursday saw a surge of the number of infections with 660 new cases. The show will also be a showcase of Malaysian talent,...
- 10/15/2020
- by Vivienne Chow
- Variety Film + TV
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