Chris Chong Chan Fui is a

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

n artist and filmmaker, who has worked in both Malaysia and

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.Eric Volmers, "Karaoke a 'gutsy' maverick winner". ''

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'', October 5, 2009. He is most noted for his short films ''

Pool Pool may refer to: Water pool * Swimming pool, usually an artificial structure containing a large body of water intended for swimming * Reflecting pool, a shallow pool designed to reflect a structure and its surroundings * Tide pool, a rocky pool ...

(Kolam)'', which won the

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at the

2007 Toronto International Film Festival The 2007 Toronto International Film Festival was a 32nd annual film festival held in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It ran from September 6, 2007 to September 15, 2007. The lineup consisted of 349 films from 55 countries, selected from 4156 submissio ...

, and ''

Block B Block B ( ko, 블락비) is a South Korean boy band managed by KQ Entertainment, and consists of seven members: Taeil, B-Bomb, Jaehyo, U-Kwon, Park Kyung, Zico, and P.O. Block B has received several accolades, including nominations for seven ...

'', which won the same award at the

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. Both films were also named to TIFF's annual year-end

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list of the year's best Canadian short films in their respective years. Originally from

Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the third-largest island in the world and the largest in Asia. At the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, in relation to major Indonesian islands, it is located north of Java, west of Sulawesi, and eas ...

, Chong lived and worked in Canada for a number of years after attending the

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as an international student. Prior to ''Pool'', he made the short films ''Crash Skid Love'' (1999), ''Minus'' (2000) and ''Tuesday Be My Friend'' (2006). Although both ''Pool'' and ''Block B'' were made while Chong was still based in Canada, he had returned to Malaysia by the time of his 2009 feature film debut ''

Karaoke Karaoke (; ; , clipped compound of Japanese ''kara'' "empty" and ''ōkesutora'' "orchestra") is a type of interactive entertainment usually offered in clubs and bars, where people sing along to recorded music using a microphone. The music is ...

''. The film premiered in the

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stream at the

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; and later won the Mavericks Award at the 2009

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. He has since concentrated primarily on art, including work in photography, painting and video installation.Anna Jamieson
"2 young Malaysian artists to watch: Chris Chong Chan Fui and Sharon Chin"
''Art Radar'', July 26, 2017.

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