''Sell Out!'' is a 2008

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

set in

Malaysia Malaysia is a country in Southeast Asia. Featuring the Tanjung Piai, southernmost point of continental Eurasia, it is a federation, federal constitutional monarchy consisting of States and federal territories of Malaysia, 13 states and thre ...

which premiered at the

65th Venice International Film Festival The 65th annual Venice International Film Festival, was held from 27 August 2008 to 6 September 2008, at Venice Lido in Italy. The festival was dedicated to the late Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine.

where it also won the Young Cinema Award for Alternative Vision. It was written, edited and directed by Yeo Joon Han who is a graduate of the London Film Academy. Described as Malaysia’s first 'Manglish' (Malaysian-English) musical comedy, it points fingers at various institutions and people in the country, from bureaucrats and CEOs to artists and the media.

Plot

Self-absorbed Malaysian TV host, Rafflesia Pong (Jerrica Lai), whose art-discussion programme is dying from lousy ratings, stumbles upon a golden opportunity when her latest interviewee, an ex-boyfriend, dies in front of the camera. It is perfect timing as she has to find a way to come up with the ultimate reality show to outdo her American-accented pan-Asian rival. Eric Tan (Peter Davis) is a mild-mannered, half-English corporate slave who, like Pong, works for the Fony Corporation. He labours to create the perfect Soyamaker Machine but is constantly assailed by unreasonable insults from his megalomaniacal CEO bosses and is in love with Pong.

Awards and accolades

*WINNER Young Cinema Award for Alternative Vision - Venice Film Festival 2008 *WINNER NETPAC Award - Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival 2008 *Best Film of the Venice Critics Week 2008 - Italian Critics Poll, Cineforum *Awarded- Special Mention at the Barcelona Asian Film Festival!

List of Film Festivals and Premieres

1. Venice Film Festival, Critic's Week (World Premiere) 2. Vancouver International Film Festival (North American Premiere) 3. Pusan International Film Festival (Asian Premiere) 4. Taipei Golden Horse Festival 5. Zurich Film Festival 6. Hong Kong Asian Film Festival 7. World Film Festival of Bangkok 8. Karlovy-Vary International Film Festival *(2009) 9. Buenos Aires International Independent Film Festival (BAFICI) *(2009) 10. TromsØ International Film Festival, Norway *(2009) 11. Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland *(2009) 12 Barcelona Asian Film Festival *(2009) 13. Singapore International Film Festival (2009) 14. Festival Paris Cinema (2009) 15. Rome Asian Film Festival (2009)

Cast

*Jerrica Lai *Peter Davis *Kee Thuan Chye *Lim Teik Leong

References

External links

*
www.amokfilms.com

FANTASIA

NYAFF 2011: SELL OUT!

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