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The filmmaker is a laureate of the Women In Motion Emerging Talent award. A program initiated by Kering that supports the work of women in cinema.
At the age of 38, Malaysian director Amanda Nel Yew has achieved a breakthrough, winning the support of the film world with her first film. Presented at the Cannes Film Festival last year, Tiger Stripes walked away with Critics Week’s top prize. A fantastic fable from which so much is derived Kerry Or The Exorcist that in the tales of Malaysian folklore, the film follows a rebellious 12-year-old girl who, upon reaching puberty, finds her body changing until it takes on the appearance of a strange and unyielding animal… At a girls’ college. This heroine named Zafan is a rebel. When her first period appears, her body becomes covered with hair, and a dull savagery takes control of her personality.
Girly (in form) as subversive (in substance), Tiger Stripes above all is the story of emancipation. “This story is a parable about the intimate struggle we wage to discover our wildness and individuality, to embrace our independence and the power it gives us,” explains Amanda Nell Yun, director of the prestigious Center for the Arts at St. Martins. the school and the London Film School did not escape Kering. she won the Emerging Talent Prize from Women In Motion 2024, which aims to promote women in the arts.
Source: Le Figaro
