Locarno Winner Woo Ming Jin Wraps Telepathic Twins Film ‘The Fox King’

Award-winning Malaysian filmmaker Woo Ming Jin has wrapped principal pictures on his newest movie, “The Fox King,” the producers revealed on the Cannes Movie Pageant.

Set in a coastal Malaysian city within the early 2000s, “The Fox King” tells the story of Ali and Amir, inseparable fraternal twins with a telepathic bond. The brothers are compelled to fend for themselves when their father abandons them after remarrying a youthful bride. The arrival of a brand new trainer, Lara, assessments their brotherly bond.

The movie is headlined by Indonesian star Dian Sastrowardoyo (Netflix’s “Cigarette Lady”) alongside Idan Aedan (“Blood Flower”), Amerul Affendi (“I.D.”), Chew Kin Wah (“Rain City”) and newcomer Hadi Putra.

“The Fox King” participated within the Tokyo hole financing market and the QCinema venture market in 2023. The movie is a Sunstrong Leisure (Venice choice “Snow in Midsummer”) manufacturing in collaboration with fellow Malaysian corporations Greenlight Photos and Da Huang Photos and Indonesia’s KawanKawan Media. The movie can also be supported by the Malaysian Nationwide Movie Growth Company (FINAS).

The manufacturing staff consists of Edmund Yeo and Woo from Greenlight Photos, whose final movie, “Stone Turtle,” gained the FIPRESCI Prize at Locarno 2022. Chua Jin Xuan of Da Huang Photos (Shanghai winner “Barbarian Invasion”) and Yulia Evina Bhara of KawanKawan Media (Venice winner “Autobiography”) function co-producers.

That is the second collaboration between Greenlight Photos and KawanKawan Media after “Stone Turtle.” Jakarta-based KawanKawan Media is thought for regional co-productions together with Cannes winner “Tiger Stripes” and Locarno winners “Dreaming & Dying” and “Whether or not The Climate Is High-quality.”

Nationwide Movie Growth Company Malaysia (FINAS) chair Kamil Othman stated: “In a world going borderless, it’s inevitable that artistic works is not going to stay untouched by the chances it gives. It has all the time been the aspiration of FINAS to encourage co-productions because the means to create synergies that in any other case wouldn’t be doable. ‘The Fox King’ is one such venture main the best way to set the stage to create tales that may resonate with audiences from all around the world.”

Woo added: “As a twin myself, I needed to discover the little nuances of twins that run the spectrum of getting an unequivocal bond, but in addition the competitiveness, pettiness and all the pieces in between. I’m very grateful to be working with Dian Sastro. She is a titan of Indonesian cinema and somebody I’ve admired for a very long time. Teaming with Yulia once more on this movie is icing on the cake.”