Jin Ong (; born 19 June 1975) is a Malaysian film director and screenwriter. His first feature film Abang Adik has shortlisted for 7 awards at the

60th Golden Horse Awards The 60th Golden Horse Awards () took place on November 25, 2023, at the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall (Taipei), Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taipei, Taiwan. Organized by the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival Executive Committee, the awards honoured t ...

, and won 9 international film festival awards including the Humanitarian Spirit Award, the Audience Choice Award of the 37th

Fribourg International Film Festival The Fribourg International Film Festival (FIFF) is an annual film festival in Fribourg, Switzerland. It is focused on selected films from Asia, Africa and Latin America. The Grand Prize is the main award of the Fribourg International Film Festival. ...

, the Golden Mulberry Award, the Black Dragon Award, and the White Mulberry Award for first time director at the 25th Udine

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Career

Head of More Entertainment, produced film projects that have been selected for the Golden Horse Venture Capital Conference many times, and served as the organizing committee of two AIM Chinese Music Awards Ceremony President. In 2022, he directed his first feature film Abang Adik, starring

Wu Kangren Wu Kang-ren (; born 24 November 1982), is a Taiwanese actor. He debuted in the short film ''Fragile in Love: Poetry in Motion'' in 2007 and gained wider recognition for his role in the 2009 television series ''Autumn's Concerto''. He won the G ...

and

Jack Tan Tan Chek Yao (; born March 3, 1991) also known as Jack Tan, is a Malaysian actor, singer and screenwriter. He has received several awards for his films and performances, including '' Shuttle Life'' which won several accolades at the New Talent Aw ...

. The film had its world premiere at the 37th

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, and won the Humanitarian Spirit Award and the

Audience Choice Award An audience is a group of people who participate in a show or encounter a work of art, literature (in which they are called "readers"), theatre, music (in which they are called "listeners"), video games (in which they are called "players"), or ...

. At the 25th Udine

, he won the highest awards, the Golden Mulberry Award, the Black Dragon Award, and the White Mulberry Award for first time director, he became the biggest winner at the film festival. The film was also shortlisted for 7 awards at the

, including

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, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor,

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, Best Makeup & Costume Design, and Best Original Film Song Awards.

Filmography

References

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