History
Astro Shaw and Tayangan Unggul
Established in 1996 under the Astro Shaw and Tayangan Unggul brand, its initial focus was to enhance the film industry in Malaysia through high quality production and compelling storytelling. Astro Shaw produced its first film ''Nafas Cinta'' in 1998. The movie starred Awie and received a great reception when released in cinemas. Nafas Cinta paved the way for Astro Shaw to expand its film production efforts and since 2001, Astro Shaw has released over 80 films. In 2010, Astro Shaw further expanded its reach by producing its first Chinese language film Woohoo. Since, Astro Shaw has release 5 more Chinese language films including ''The Journey''. In 2014, '' Maindhan'' became Astro Shaw's first Tamil-language Malaysian film. The film had a limited release on 9 August 2014 in Malaysia, Singapore, and Tamil Nadu. It emerged as the highest grossing locally produced Tamil film of all time before being beaten by '' Vedigundu Pasangge'' in 2018 which was co-produced by Astro Shaw.Box Office
From 2010 to 2013, top grossing Malaysian movies only averaged around RM8 million in the local box office. Astro Shaw defied all odds and raised the benchmark for local films in 2014, breaking the RM15 million mark with The Journey (RM17.28 million). The Journey was the first Chinese language film to top the local box office for its respective release year, a feat no other production company has been able to achieve. By achieving RM38 million with '' Hantu Kak Limah'', it became the first local film to surpass the RM30 million gross box office (GBO).Accolades
Astro Shaw produced its first award-winning film ''KL Menjerit'' in 2003. The film won in 8 categories for The 16th Malaysia Film Festival including Best Film and 2 categories during the TV3 Screen Awards. Following from the success of '' KL Menjerit'', Astro Shaw has gone on to win over 170 awards from local and foreign film festivals. Astro Shaw, ''The Journey'' won best film in the KL Film Critics Awards and Best Non-Malay Language Local Film and the special Jury Award at the 2014 Malaysia Film Festival. ''The Journey'' and '' Ola Bola'' were selected to compete in the Far East Film Festival. Most recently, Astro Shaw's upcoming film ''The Garden of Evening Mists'' due to release in January 2020, was nominated in 9 categories for theForeign Film Investments
''The White Girl'' (2017), a Hong-Kong film co-directed by Christopher Doyle and Jenny Suen and Astro Shaw’s first foray into North Asian films, competed at the 2017 London Film Festival.Business Expansion
Astro Shaw has since ventured beyond film production and is a film distribution and marketing partner in Malaysia and internationally. The 2019 children's film, '' BoBoiBoy Movie 2'' was distributed and marketed by Astro Shaw.Films
Malay
English
Tamil
Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin and Hokkien)
References
{{Astro Holdings Sdn Bhd Astro Malaysia Holdings Astro Malaysia Holdings subsidiaries Film production companies of Malaysia Privately held companies of Malaysia Mass media companies established in 2005 2005 establishments in Malaysia