Hello From Kaohsiung Taiwan. Asia Pacific Filem Festival Ke 53 photo diary

Hi kodoks, It is day three of the Asia Pacific Film festival in the industrial city of Kaohsyiung in SouthernTaiwan and it is cold. Of course we are not as famous as our hongkong, Japanese, Korean, indian, indonesian and thai counterparts but i think our contingent of 15 people are a great fun bunch to be with. Tonight is th awards night, lets see which award Malaysia takes back home tonight. quite exciting stuff. Menarik tertarik ia memang da bomb!!! Here are some photos of our adventure here. Enjoy.

Look Ma its me!!! Baru check in Kat E-DA Skylark Hotel Kaohsyiung.

Filem Papadom disaksikan oleh orang Taiwan. Yaaay!!!

Nana dgn isteriku di malam Apresiasi APFF 53. Party yang tak la Gila Babi Sangat.

Papadom dalam panggung di Kaohsyiung. Semua orang yang membantu kita di sini kebanyakkannya ialah student cina malaysia Kita yang belajar di sini.

Berberapa rakyat Taiwan yang menonton Papadom yang sudi bergambar dgn gua.
Press yang berada di Malam pembukaan APFF 53.
Pemberian payung sebagai tanda terimakasih penyertaan APFF 53

































All photos taken with my new Kick Ass CANON EOS 7D!!!.... terbaek!!! Gua rasa macam Ken Watanabe aje pegang kamera ni.
Hahaha...

Power to the People.
AFDLIN SHAUKI

Papadom is papadom.... My Spy is My Spy. Two different movies, two different agendas.

A lot of people have asked me why my latest movie 'My Spy' is not like Papadom and my answer is simple, the niat for each film is different. 'Papadom' was a project which delved in a subject that is very close to my heart, but 'My Spy' is something i did for fun. I just wanted to have fun and transfer that feeling to the viewing audience.

One review actually hit the nail on its head when he said "Leave your brain at home and just enjoy the fun." My SPy is a romp. A journey into frivolous fun like the pink panther, airplane, hotshots, etc. if you are looking for some intellectual discourse and stimulation, My SPy is definitely NOT FOR YOU. this movie was a made with a more rural and sub urban folks in mind.

In truth, when i did 'my spy' i nearly lost faith in making movies in malaysia because the sad truth was, people just love mindless entertainment, That is why the biggest grossing movie in malaysia is a very unscary mindless ghost movie. SO when KRU asked me to do 'MY SPY' i agreed to make a go at making the best produced mindless comedy film in Malaysia. Hahaha....

Yes i am wierd and i love to try new things. I love U-Wei and Arwah Yasmin's work but when i started out i told myself that i wanted to make movies that people watched... So i set out to balance audience satisfaction and good story-telling. I know i cannot be like them because i have a different mindset. i can only be me. i do what makes me feel happy. To feed my curiosity i love to try new things.

So this is it. MY SPY at cinemas near you. chow !!!

Afdlin Shauki

Papadom di panggung SEKARANG!!!

Papadom adalah cara saya untuk membawa ketengah satu masaalah besar kehidupan saya yang datangnya dari kelemahan diri saya yang sebenar. Saya takut untuk menjadi macam Saadom tapi cara Saadom bekerja di awal filem PAPADOM adalah saya. Apa yang saadom buat di pertengahan filem adalah apa yang afdlin shauki sanggup lakukan untuk anak dia.

Life is ultimately about balance. Life should be lived well spiritually and physically. These are the things that i still have not managed to achieve in my life. It's like knowing that smoking is bad for you but you cannot stop. I AM A WORKOHOLIC. i have a problem which stems from my passion to create and share my ideas with the world. I know i have I have to prioritize what is important to me but i am a person who believes that whatever i am doing and whomever i love are IMPORTANT. I wish that life was not that hard but i also realise that this is what life is about.

I am nobody special. I am just like you. I am just a man with a bunch of crazy ideas that i would like to see materialize into hopefully an entertaining piece of art. I DOn't know how long more i can keep this up though. I am not getting any younger and this business of trying to entertain people is very tough and taxing on my relationships and not too mention financially sapping especially living in Malaysia. I have to start thinking about my children and be there for them before they don't want me around anymore. They are my gems. What do i do???...

Gua agak confused dengan keadaan sekarang... tetapi gua masih mencari jawapan konflik hidup gua tu.


Papadom is my thoughts and my worst case scenario take on the matter.

Sebelum saya mengundur diri, sekali lagi saya nak mengulangi permintaan saya :

"Papadom berada di pawagam bermula hari khamis 8 hb oktober semalam. Saya ada satu Permintaan ikhlas kepada penonton papadom.Buat sesuatu yang luar Dari biasa. Lepas tonton papadom, jika anda menyukainya... SMS atau talifon bapa, ibu, isteri, awek, boyfren atau anak anda dan kata pada mereka yang anda sedang mengenang mereka dan anda sayang mereka. Anda Akan merasai sesuatu yang menakjubkan. Dan anda akan buat seorang budak gemuk teramat happy."


Power to the People. Love for all.

Afdlin Shauki

Selamat Hari Raya AidilFitri!!

Ampun Maaf saya pinta seikhlas-ikhlasnya kepada semua yang pernah terasa dgn saya, yang kadang-kadang apabila saya penat, sibuk atau bersama keluarga tak dapat saya layan awak. Kalau ada yang terbelanja saya, terlupa bayar sesuatu di restoran atau kedai barangan runcit, halalkanlah! next time saya bayar lebih. Selamat Hari Raya Aidilfitri Kepada semua kawan-kawanku...... Sentiasa jaga keselamatan dan kesihatan. I love you all.

CUCI THE MUZIKAL ... Akan Datang!!

Kawan gua Hans Isaac telah mengambil keputusan untuk melakukan sesuatu yang berani, selepas kejayaan filem CUCI sekarang beliau mengambil keputusan untuk melaburkan wangnya di dalam teater muzikal CUCI. Jadi berikanlah sokongan padu kepadanya dalam usahanya untuk memperkasakan seni teater di Malaysia ini. Gerenti Terbaekk di Ladang dan di Lautan dalam.

Power to the People

Afdlin Shauki