TOP 10 RERUN

· WHERE THE FISH LOOKED UP 一只鱼的天空 BY YEO JUN YU (BEST SHORT FILM AWARD, BEST SCRIPT AWARD )

Synopsis: Two boys are on their way home with a fish they just bought. But something unexpected happens, the plastic bag with the fish in it ripped on the way. They don’t know what to do, only that they have to try to make it through.

·  HUJAN DI TENGAH HARI (MIDDAY RAIN) BY FARIS NABIL (BEST SOUND DESIGN AWARD)

Synopsis: Hujan di Tengah Hari is a wordless short film that drifts through lives caught between moments of change, between development and destruction, longing and release. It contemplates the cycles of nature and the impermanence of human connection. A reminder that even in the middle of our midday, under sudden grey skies, there is stil time to sing.

·  MADELEINE 潮湿衣服 (AI FILM) BY GOH ZI WEI (SPECIAL MENTION AWARD)

Synopsis: On a rainy day, she recalled her mother in her hometown through the smell of clothes...

·  KUALA LAIN BY ADAM TAUFIQ SUHARTO

Synopsis: A filmmaker returns to his hometown, Kuala Selangor, to make a short film about an alien who wants to borrow humans' ability to remember the past, being nostalgic. The filmmaker, who has not returned to his hometown for a long time, is trapped in nostalgia after seeing how his hometown is changing.

·  HADIAH DARI HUJAN (GIFT OF RAIN) BY AEI RAA (THE RAINMAKER AWARD)

Synopsis: This story follows Syahir and Remi in a small town by Sungai Dara, stuck in rain and after, their sun filled journey to the river.

·  CHILI, GARLIC AND ONION 辣椒 蒜头 洋葱 BY KENT TAN (BEST DIRECTOR AWARD)

Synopsis: Threading chilies, garlic, and onions, a young man journeys through towns and villages, searching for the elusive serenity between memory and belief – a place where he might connect with the vast sky.

·   I TALK TO THE RAIN 我向雨倾述 BY VINCENT CHONG CHUN YANG

Synopsis: The rain never stops. She's trapped in a damp, rotting house—how long, she no longer knows. Rain fills her mouth, echoes in her dreams, and becomes her only voice. When she finds a page drawn with strange flowers, she begins to believe: the rain speaks. It speaks of death. Of rebirth. Through storm and mud, she runs - chased by silence, hunger, and memory. Rain hides her footsteps. Rain carries her whispers. This is a whisper in the rain - a captive girl’s secret dialogue with the world, with nature, and with herself.

·  RACUN DI NADI BY NAJIB YA'ACOB (BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY AWARD)

Synopsis: Amir and Izzat, two brothers bound by trauma and silence, embark on a grim journey to confront their past and the abusive father who shaped their lives.

·  THULIR (SPROUT) BY KUHANRAJ RAJASINGAM

Synopsis: Making your kite is the new Pendidikan Seni Visual task. As Santosh’s favourite subject is it, he excites to make and show it to his friends. He wants to fly the kite but rain becomes a hurdle for it. However, the rain itself gifted him an unexpected surprise which helps him for his science subject.

·  DRIP BY DRIP 滴答滴答 BY LIANG XUAN (BEST SOUND AWARD )

Synopsis: The house is drenched - rainwater has crept in, soaking every corner. I begin searching through cabinets, through old belongings of my mother and me, unaware that I’m slowly peeling back each rain that ever fell beneath our eaves.