Three short films from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) – Spark, Granted and Menanti (Waiting) – screened during last year’s fifth edition of PRISM UBD Short Film Festival, have been selected into part of the Asia Rising 2023 online screening organised by the National University of Singapore (NUS).
The films were made by Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) students in the Design and Creative Industries (DCI) programme.
This is the third consecutive year that the university has a maximum of three works being screened in the annual online event across ASEAN member countries. This is also the first time for a UBD smartphone-made short film (Menanti) by DCI students to be screened in the regional film festival.
Following the inauguration of Asia Rising online screening in April 2021, which featured 10 student short films from De La Salle University (The Philippines), NUS and UBD, Asia Rising 2023 online screening features 12 short films produced by students enrolled in six universities among four ASEAN member countries.
The theme of Asia Rising 2023 is ‘Portals and Passageway’, inviting creators to explore the invisible links hidden in ordinary lives and view the world from a different angle. The purpose of Asia Rising 2023 online screening, as per the NUS organiser, is to “celebrate how Asia’s next generation of filmmakers capture on film, the moods and manners of our time”.
For the third consecutive year, FASS DCI students used the platform to demonstrate their visual storytelling talents and explore the common concerns about reality and imagination in the intersection of time and space.
Granted crew members are Mohammad Azhar bin Haji Mohammad Khir, Siti Hafizah binti Abdullah Mohamdel Lazawardi, Awangku Muhammad Azizul Hakiem bin Pengiran Abdul Rahim and Muhammad Alif Afiq bin Haji Hasmiewandi.
The Menanti crewmembers are Nur Jazmeen Farzana binti Amirnuddin, Siti Nur Izzati Qurratu’ain Rahim and Moza.
The Spark crewmembers are Muhammad Amar Mubasyir Junaidi, Muhammad Faiz Juni, Fathin Nadhiroh Rosli and Mohammad Afiq Danial Iran Sunarddy.
