Liew Seng Tat (born 30 September 1979) is a

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filmmaker based in

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Early life

Liew Seng Tat was born in an area of Kuala Lumpur called Jinjang. He graduated from the

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, majoring in 3D animation.

Film career

Seng Tat has been actively involved in the Malaysian independent film scene since 2003. His first live-action short film "Bread skin with Strawberry Jam" garnered much attention and won at the 8th Malaysian Video Awards. In 2004, he set up Da Huang Pictures with Amir Muhammad, James Lee, and Tan Chui Mui. In 2007, his first feature film '' Flower In The Pocket'' made its world premiere at the 12th

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and won the New Currents and the KNN Audience Awards.12th Pusan International Film Festival Information
The film has also won the VPRO Tiger Award at the 37th

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2008, "Le Regard d’Or" (Golden Gaze) Award at the 22nd

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2008, and the Jury prize (Lotus du Jury) at the 10th

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2008.

Filmography

Feature Films

* '' Flower In The Pocket'' (2007; New Current and KNN Audience Awards, 12th

, 2007; VPRO Tiger Award, 37th

, 2008; "Le Regard d’Or" Award, 22nd

, 2008; Jury prize "Lotus du Jury", 10th

, 2008) * '' Men Who Save the World'' (2014)

Short Films

* ''Daughters'' (2006, Malay, Drama; Commissioned by 36th

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, as part of Meet the Maestro

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programme). * ''Man In Love'' (2006, Malay, Comedy Drama; 36th

) * ''Matahari'' (2006, Documentary; 36th

) * ''Tudung'' (2005, Malay, Documentary; 24th

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) * ''Flower'' (2005, Mandarin & Malay, Comedy Drama; Opening film at the 2006 Busan Asian Short Film Festival; 35th

; 2004, 9th Malaysian Video Awards (MVA) Best Short Film Drama (Open) Silver; 2005, 9th Malaysian Video Awards Best ASEAN Short Film Bronze) * ''Not Cool'' (2004, Cantonese & Malay, Comedy Drama; 2004, 9th Malaysian Video Awards Best Short Film Drama(Open) Gold; 2004, 9th Malaysian Video Awards Best ASEAN Short Film Gold) * ''Bread Skin With Strawberry Jam'' (2003; 2003, 8th Malaysian Video Awards Best Short Film Drama (Open) Gold; 2003, 8th Malaysian Video Awards Best ASEAN Short Film (Below 60 min) Silver) * ''Don't Play Play'' (2002, Hokkien & English, 3D animation, Comedy Drama; 4th Mise-en-scene Genre Film Festival 2005; Short Shorts Film Festival Asia, Japan 2004; 26th Asian American International Film Festival, New York 2003; 9th International Animation Festival in Japan, Hiroshima 2002) * ''The Good and the Evil'', 2000 (3D animation) * ''Citizens'', (2017), co-written and co-directed with

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References

External links

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Da Huang Pictures

VPRO Tiger Awards

DVD of Liew Seng Tat
{{DEFAULTSORT:Liew, Seng Tat 1979 births Living people People from Kuala Lumpur Malaysian people of Chinese descent Malaysian film directors Malay-language film directors