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Silver Screens & Guitar Strings – S2 Ep 12: Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kok Rui shares Hong Kong journey

Sunny Side of the Street wins nomination for coveted Golden Horse award

Updated 3 years ago · Published on 20 Oct 2022 1:00PM

Silver Screens & Guitar Strings – S2 Ep 12: Malaysian filmmaker Lau Kok Rui shares Hong Kong journey
Writer and director Lau Kok Rui joins hosts Datuk Kamil Othman and Manvir Victor on this week's instalment via video call. – ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes pic, October 20, 2022


LAU Kok Rui, or Rui as he is known, wrote and directed his first movie to bag six nominations at Taipei's Golden Horse Awards. 

The results will be known on November 19 and he joined Datuk Kamil Othman and Manvir Victor to share his journey of moving to Hong Kong 14 years ago and how it helped set his career up for this moment.

– ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes pic
– ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes pic


 
Rui also adds some never-before-heard stories about both the stars of the movie, the experienced Anthony Wong and newbie Sahal Zaman, a 10-year-old Pakistani boy. 

The movie is the debut project of PETRA Films, headed by Darren Shaw and PETRA Group chairman Datuk (Dr) Vinod Sekhar.

– ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes pic
– ABDUL RAZAK LATIF/The Vibes pic


 
Listen in and find out more about this movie and send in your thoughts via Twitter @manvirvictor. Updates on the screening of the movie in Malaysia and Asia will be available soon. – The Vibes, October 20, 2022

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