CATEGORY
2014-Globalisation
The first international screening
TUZUN AĞIRLIĞI
Margaret Bong
Malesia, 2014, 73’
Editing: Sankha
Photgraphy: Khoo Eng Yow, Margaret Bong, Ezarisyirwan Bin Basri
Producer: Margaret Bong
Producer Company: Joonloo Studio
Music: Joonloo Studio
Sound: Abraham Japheth Jarak Albert, Zaafar Shim, Margaret Bong
Synopsis:
Weight of Salt gives a glimpse into the life of the last active salt maker family in an isolated highland in Borneo. It is a portrait of a tribe with simple life, but not after 2009 when the first road connecting this remote village to the populated lowlands was completed.
Director Biography:
Margaret Bong was born in Sarawak, Borneo. As an independent filmmaker, she has written, produced and directed several shorts including fiction and documentary, which have been screened, broadcasted and exhibited internationally. ‘Weight of Salt’ is her first feature length documentary.
Director Filmography:
Weight of Salt, 2014,
FATIHA ,2010,
Eyefinger, 2008,
Retrace, 2007,
TUDTU, 2006,
Lie Beneath
Red Drawing, 2004
Website:
http://joonloostudio.blogspot.com/