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Pavane for an Infant

搖籃凡世

CHONG Keat Aun

  • 117 min
  • 2024
  • Docu-Fiction
  • Malay, Cantonese, English, Mandarin
  • Chinese and English subtitles

Canadian Premiere

4:45 PM, SAT, AUG 16

Innis Town Hall

Set in a Kuala Lumpur baby hatch, this quietly powerful film confronts reproductive injustice in Malaysia’s multi-ethnic, multi-religious society. As rising conservatism casts care work as moral failure, Lai Sum (Fish LIEW) and her co-workers navigate stigma, silence, and institutional control to support those with nowhere else to turn. When she intervenes to help Siew Man (Natalie HSU), a pregnant underage girl considering abortion, their lives become perilously entwined in theocratic and patriarchal forces.

Director

CHONG Keat Aun headshot

CHONG Keat Aun is a Malaysian Chinese director, antique collector and community arts project curator. In 2017, his short film Cemetery of Courtesy was nominated for the 22nd Busan Film Festival – Wide Angle Category. In 2020, his debut feature The Story of Southern Islet won him the Best New Director Award at the Golden Horse Awards. His sophomore feature Snow in Midsummer premiered in Venice Days in 2023 and subsequently received 9 nominations at the Golden Horse Awards. Pavane For An Infant is his third feature film.

Credits

  • DirectorCHONG Keat Aun
  • Principal CastFish LIEW, Natalie HSU, YUAN Teng, Ben YUEN, Pearlly CHUA
  • ProducerWONG Kew Soon
  • ScreenplayCHONG Keat Aun
  • CinematographerLEUNG Ming Kai
  • Production DesignerSOON Yong Chow
  • EditorEmily LEUNG Man Shan
  • SoundTU Duu-chih, WU Shu-yao
  • MusicYII Kah Hoe, CHONG Keat Aun