2008 has been great for Amok Films and Sell Out!

2009 promises to be equally exciting, with a list of great festivals on our calendar: Karlovy-Vary International Film Festival, Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival, Era New Horizons in Poland, Tromso International Film Festival in Norway, just to name a few!

2009 is also when Sell Out! will have its first commercial release, right here in Malaysia. It's something we've very much looked forward to since the beginning because we made the film for Malaysians. It's a little nerve-racking, though, just wondering what the response will be like. And then, it is very likely that Sell Out! will be released in Italian cinemas next year and that will be a record of sorts for a Malaysian film!

If everything works out, we should also be starting work on our 2nd feature film by early 2009. It's a film I've wanted to make for a long time, so I really hope the financing will fall into place and I'll finally get my hands dirty getting it to the big screen. I've decided to give it the working title of "Miss Piggy's Pomelos and Their Influence on the Gnat Pact People" ha ha. Some of you might know why :-)

I wish everyone has a rollicking good Christmas and an unbeatable 2009 (until 2010, of course, which will hopefully be even better)!

Happy holidays!

joon han