Sumpahan Jerunei calls on uni students to submit movie poster design

THE producers and the cast members of an upcoming horror movie, Sumpahan Jerunei, gathered at Seri Pacific Hotel Kuala Lumpur recently to give a glimpse behind the making of the movie. They also announced the movie poster design contest.

The contest is a platform for students to take part and tap into their creativity to design the poster and to help them gain exposure via promotion in the international film market.

In the preliminary stage, all entries will be posted by @sumpahanjerunei Instagram account.

Contestants will be judged as follows:

• First round – contestants post their poster on their Instagram accounts and the contestants with the most likes will enter the semifinal.
• The posts with the most likes by May 31 will be shortlisted for the semifinals.
• In the semi-finals, all entries will be judged by a panel of judges from other universities. They will choose the final five.
• At the final stage, the finalists will be judged by producers and professional judges with extensive experience in the industry.

All announcements will be made on Sumpahan Jerunei’s Instagram account. Thus participants are encouraged to follow @sumpahanjerunei.

Before the contest, the producers visited many universities and schools with creative arts courses. Among them are Segi College Sarawak, Unimas, Swinburne University Sarawak, Utar, Unitar, Sekolah Seni Malaysia Kuching, Sekolah Seni Malaysia Kuala Lumpur.

They shared some insights about the making of Sumpahan Jerunei as well as briefed the potential participants for the movie poster design contest.

They will continue to visit more universities during the contest period.

The movie's producers, Datuk Nancie Foo and Datin Wendy Wong, hail from Produksi Seni 2020 Sdn Bhd. The production house has over 30 years of experience and has produced over 900 titles of various genres and programmes.

The cast members present were Bront Palarae, Uqasha Senrose, Tony Eusoff, Daiyan Trisha, Syafie Naswip, Amerul Affendi, Ruminah Sidek and Yuyun Hikmah.

Sumpahan Jerunei producers conducted a two-year research into the accuracy of the history and cultural background of Jerunei.

They hope it has translated into a cultural horror movie that will best educate the audience about the cultural heritage of Sarawak. Sumpahan Jerunei is the first movie that incorporates the history and heritage of the Melanau culture.

Based on true and ancient sacrificial rituals from the 13th century in Borneo, Jerunei tells the story of Dr Sani and a team that searches for his wife, who disappeared on an expedition to study a mysterious Jerunei (totem pole).

Combing through the jungle for answers, each member of Dr Sani’s team faces hallucinations, and malevolent disturbances and is transported to strange places. Things take a turn for the worse when one of them is taken over by dark forces from beyond the Jerunei.

Wendy and Nancie hope the contest will encourage youngsters to join in and get more industrial experience and gain international recognition.

They are also excited to gain more support from Malaysians as they are counting down to the release of Sumpahan Jerunei in July this year. – The Vibes, April 16, 2023