Malaysian filmmaker bags top prize in Tokyo


Singapore film director Edmund Yeo delivers a speech after recieving the Best Director award for his movie Aqerat (We the Dead) during the Tokyo International Film Festival (TIFF) closing ceremony in Tokyo on November 3, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / Toshifumi KITAMURA

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian director Edmund Yeo (pic) wanted to provoke thought about the dilemma of the Rohingya with his movie Aqerat, which won Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Fest­ival (TIFF).

“I just wanted to ask questions with this film. The Rohingya plight is still happening. I don’t have answers, I’m just a filmmaker.

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