Stone Turtle

Malaysia, Indonesia | 2022 | 91min  

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Director: Woo Ming Jin

Produced by: Edmund Yeo and Woo Ming Jin

Co-Produced by: Cheng Thim Kian, Yulia Evina Bhara (Indonesia)

Written by: Woo Ming Jin, Neesa Jamal and Deo Mahameru (Indonesia)

Edited by: Edmund Yeo

Director of Photography: Kong Pahurak (Thailand)

Production Designer: Liew Seng Tat

Music by Phil Chapavich (Thailand)

Animation by Paul Williams (UK/Japan)

Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer: Chalermrat Kaweewattana (Thailand)

Starring：

Bront Palarae

Asmara Abigail (Indonesia)

Amerul Affendi

Maisyarah Mazlan

Alison Khor

Synopsis

Zahara, a stateless refugee, lives on a small remote island in Malaysia, where she makes a living selling turtle eggs. One day, Samad, claiming to be a university researcher, visits the island, wanting to employ Zahara to show him around. As the day goes on, Zahara and Samad become entangled in a dangerous dance of duplicity and deception.

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Director's Note

Festival&Award

75th Locarno Film Festival

Concorso internazionale

I’m very proud that the hard effort of our entire team has resulted in a film that we’re very satisfied with, and that a top-tier, historical festival like Locarno has selected STONE TURTLE for its Main Competition section. This is our World Premiere, so it is the beginning of our film’s journey. We are looking forward to present our film alongside other great filmmakers in the world at Locarno.

STONE TURTLE is a story about inclusivity and taking risks, which also embodies the spirit of this film, we made this film with some of the great talents from different countries, we also made this film to preserve some of the memories of our long-forgotten local folklore.