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Joel Soh
Joel Soh (born August 16, 1987) is a Malaysian film director, producer and writer. He is the founder and managing director of his own production company Blackflag, and most recognized for his works in the Polis Evo franchise. Recognized for his contributions to Malaysian cinema, Joel's films have a combined box office of over RM100 million, making him one of the highest-grossing film producers in Malaysia, with Polis Evo 3 collecting RM54 million. Early life and education Joel was born in Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia, a coastal town where his interests in the creative arts developed at a young age. He moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2005, at the age of 18, to pursue filmmaking at the National Cultural Arts and Heritage Academy (ASWARA). That year, he was awarded the Astro Scholarship Award and was given the opportunity to complete his Cambridge A-Levels at Taylor's University, and to pursue a Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree at Emerson College, Boston, where he gradua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kuala Terengganu
Kuala Terengganu (; Terengganu Malay language, Terengganu Malay: ''Kole Tranung''), colloquially referred to as KT, is the administrative, economic and royal List of capitals in Malaysia, city of the state of Terengganu, Malaysia. Kuala Terengganu is also the seat of Kuala Terengganu District. It is also the only List of capitals in Malaysia, royal capital among the nine royal states of the country to bear its state's name. Kuala Terengganu is located about 440 kilometres northeast of Kuala Lumpur on the East Coast of Peninsular Malaysia. The city is situated at the estuary of Terengganu River, facing the South China Sea. As a district, Kuala Terengganu is the smallest in terms of area, but it and Kuala Nerus District that together form the city area has the largest population in Terengganu. The city population was 406,317 in 2010The total population and total area also includes the population and area for the district of Kuala Nerus, which was a part of the district of Kuala T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polis Evo 2
''Polis Evo 2'' (also known as ''Police Evo'' for Indonesian release) is a 2018 Malaysian buddy cop action film. Co-produced and distributed by Astro Shaw, the film was directed by Joel Soh and Andre Chiew, starring Zizan Razak and Shaheizy Sam reprise their respective roles, with Indonesian actress Raline Shah joined them as the main cast. It revolves Malaysian and Indonesian police to crippled a group of terrorists attacking a hostile village and detaining residents as hostages. The film was released on 22 November 2018 and is a sequel to the 2015 film of the same title. In December 2018, ''Polis Evo 2'' was listed by the local Malaysian newspaper ''Harian Metro'' as among the top 10 local films in Malaysian history. A third sequel of the film was released in May 2023 with Syafiq Yusof took the role as the director. Plot In Bongsun, Pahang, a shootout occurs between the Malaysian police and terrorist members of al-Minas. The shooting ends with the leader of al-Minas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Malaysian Film Directors
Malaysian may refer to: * Something from or related to Malaysia, a country in Southeast Asia * Malaysian Malay, a dialect of Malay language spoken mainly in Malaysia * Malaysians, people who are identified with the country of Malaysia regardless of their ethnicities. Most Malaysians are of Malay, Chinese and Indian descent. ** Malaysian diaspora, Malaysian emigrants and their descendants around the world * Malaysian cuisine, the food and food culture of Malaysia * Malaysian culture, culture associated with Malaysia * The call sign and colloquial name of Malaysia Airlines See also * Malaysian names, names as used by the Malaysian people * * * Malays (other) * Malaya (other) * Malay (other) Malay may refer to: Languages * Malay language or Bahasa Melayu, a major Austronesian language spoken in Indonesia, Malaysia, Brunei and Singapore ** History of the Malay language, the Malay language from the 4th to the 14th century ** Indones ... {{disambiguati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Births
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Malaysia Film Festival
Malaysia Film Festival (FFM; ) is an annual awards ceremony organized by the ''Entertainment Journalists Association of Malaysia'' to honour excellence in Malaysian film. It is considered to be Malaysia's own equivalent to the Academy Awards and it is one of the major entertainment awards presented in Malaysia, alongside the Anugerah Bintang Popular for the entire entertainment industry (similar to the Anugerah Skrin) and Anugerah Industri Muzik for the music industry. The events used to be hosted by the ''Persatuan-Persatuan Kebudayaan'' mainly in Singapore to recognise excellence in the film industry especially Malay films. Upon the establishment of the Entertainment Journalists Association of Malaysia, FFM was appropriately schemed and outlined in a way to help and oversee the progress of Malaysia's own Malay films, in which their production and direction by the Malaysian people itself would be able to compete with those of international films brought into the nation. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Experts (2024 Film)
''The Experts'' is a 2024 Malaysian Malay-language heist film directed by Andre Chiew and Nazim Shah with story by Joel Soh who also produced the film and Kyle Goonting, head of production and development at Astro Shaw. Co-produced and distributed by Astro Shaw and TGV Pictures, the film stars Aaron Aziz, Syafiq Kyle, Remy Ishak, Mimi Lana and Ray Dapdap as family members. The film began its development in 2022 after Movement Control Order was ended due to COVID-19 pandemic. It was originally planned in 2019 after completed ''Polis Evo 3'' script but was abandoned for two years. The film later ran its photography in Kuala Lumpur especially in Sheraton Imperial as the main place. The film will released in Malaysia and Singapore on 23 May 2024 in conjunction with school holiday. Premise After a decade of hard-earned peace, ex-criminal siblings are ruthlessly dragged back into their treacherous past. A notorious gangster's blackmail forces them into a heart-pounding heist, wher ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polis Evo
''Polis Evo'' ( English: ''Police Evo'') is a 2015 Malaysian buddy cop action comedy film directed by Ghaz Abu Bakar and written by Joel Soh, Kyle Goonting, Anwari Ashraf and Adib Zaini. The film casts includes Shaheizy Sam, Zizan Razak, Nora Danish, Mimi Ernida, Hushairy Hussein and Pablo Amirul. The film tells the story of two police officers, Inspector Khai (Shaheizy Sam) and Inspector Sani (Zizan Razak) who have very different personalities but are forced to work together to bring down a drug trafficking operation. The film was released theatrically on September 17, 2015, nationwide. ''Polis Evo'' has won three awards from ten nominated categories during the 28th Malaysian Film Festival. As of 2019, it is currently ranked the ninth highest-grossing Malaysian film of all time. A sequel, '' Polis Evo 2'' completed filming in January 2018. Zizan Razak and Shaheizy Sam will reprise their lead roles and will be joined by Erra Fazira, Hairul Azreen and also Indonesian star, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cemetery Of Splendour
''Cemetery of Splendour'' (, ) is a 2015 Thai drama film written, produced, and directed by Apichatpong Weerasethakul. The plot revolves around a spreading epidemic of sleeping sickness where spirits appear to the stricken and hallucination becomes indistinguishable from reality. The epidemic is a metaphor for personal and Thai social issues. The film premiered in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival to critical acclaim. Plot Soldiers with a mysterious sleeping sickness are transferred to a temporary clinic in a former school. The memory-filled space becomes a revelatory world for housewife and volunteer Jen, as she watches over Itt, a handsome soldier with no family visitors. Jen befriends young medium Keng, who uses her psychic powers to help loved ones communicate with the comatose men. Doctors explore ways, including colored light therapy, to ease the men's troubled dreams. Jen discovers Itt's cryptic notebook of strange writings and blueprint sketc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharnaaz Ahmad
Sharnaaz Ahmad Bin Basir Ahmad (born 30 August 1985) is a Malaysian actor, host, director and producer. He is a well-known character actor who always portrays anti-heroes and was nominated for several awards for his acting talent. Personal life Sharnaaz is the son of Datuk Basir Ahmad, a businessman in Penang. Basir was closely connected to the family of P. Ramlee. He participated in several bands during the 60s era of pop yeh yeh. Sharnaaz joined Prodigy Syndrome Management in 2010. Career He debuted in 2009 with a small role in the drama series ''Tari Tirana, ''directed by Mohammed Shahrulezad. He appeared in the drama/comedy series ''K.I.T.A. ''directed by Michael Ang. He appeared in ''Dottie'' in 2010 and in the telefilm ''Ungunya Cinta''. He first played the lead in ''Seru,'' directed by Pierre Andre. In early 2011, he appeared in the category Artists Popular New Male in Anugerah Bintang Popular Berita Harian 2010. In 2013, he appeared in plays directed Michael Ang su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Office
A box office or ticket office is a place where ticket (admission), tickets are sold to the public for admission to an event. Patrons may perform the transaction at a countertop, through a hole in a wall or window, or at a Wicket gate, wicket. By extension, the term is frequently used, especially in the context of the film industry, as a metonym for the amount of business a particular production, such as a film or theatre show, receives. The term is also used to refer to a ticket office at an arena or a stadium. ''Box office'' business can be measured in terms of the number of tickets sold or the amount of money raised by ticket sales (revenue). The projection and analysis of these earnings is greatly important for the creative industries and often a source of interest for fans. This is predominant in the Hollywood movie industry. To determine if a movie made a profit, it is not correct to directly compare the box office gross with the production budget, because the movie thea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fast X
''Fast X'' is a 2023 American action film directed by Louis Leterrier from a screenplay written by Dan Mazeau and Justin Lin, both of whom also co-wrote the story with Zach Dean. It is the sequel to ''F9 (film), F9'' (2021), the tenth main installment, and the eleventh installment overall in the ''Fast & Furious'' franchise. It stars Vin Diesel as Dominic Toretto, alongside Michelle Rodriguez, Tyrese Gibson, Ludacris, Chris "Ludacris" Bridges, John Cena, Nathalie Emmanuel, Jordana Brewster, Sung Kang, Scott Eastwood, Daniela Melchior, Alan Ritchson, Helen Mirren, Brie Larson, Rita Moreno, Jason Statham, Jason Momoa, and Charlize Theron. In the film, Toretto must protect his family from Dante Reyes (Momoa), who pursues revenge for his father's death and the loss of their fortune. Development on a tenth main ''Fast & Furious'' film began by October 2020, with Lin returning to direct. The film's official title was revealed when principal photography began in April 2022. Lin left a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of The United States
The cinema of the United States, primarily associated with major film studios collectively referred to as Hollywood, has significantly influenced the global film industry since the early 20th century. Classical Hollywood cinema, a filmmaking style developed in the 1910s, continues to shape many American films today. While French filmmakers Auguste and Louis Lumière are often credited with modern cinema's origins, American filmmaking quickly rose to global dominance. As of 2017, more than 600 English-language films were released annually in the U.S., making it the fourth-largest producer of films, trailing only India, Japan, and China. Although the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand also produce English-language films, they are not directly part of the Hollywood system. Due to this global reach, Hollywood is frequently regarded as a transnational cinema with some films released in multiple language versions, such as Spanish and French. Contemporary Hollyw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
