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Bleat! is an international co-production led by Choo Mun Bel of Sixtymac Pictures (Malaysia), Bradley Liew of Epicmedia Productions (the Philippines) and Dominique Welinski (France), with international sales managed by Belgium-based Hors Du Bocal.
Groundbreaking Malaysian-Tamil story
Film writer and director Ananth said: “I have always had an inescapable feeling about my Malaysian Tamil culture. Growing up, especially during those awkward puberty years, I wrestled with questions about who I was and where I fit in. The expectations felt heavy, sometimes impossible, and my community always seemed to be in a constant state of change. So, I turned myself into a goat and threw myself into the middle of all that inevitability – and somehow, that became a film about what makes being Malaysian Tamil so special.
International collaboration with regional pride
Co-producer Liew added, “This is Southeast Asian storytelling at its most specific and universal. Bleat! reflects our region’s diversity, wit and layered humanity.”
Bleat! follows Malaysia’s growing international film presence. In 2023, director Amanda Nell Eu’s Tiger Stripes won the Critics’ Week Grand Prize for a feature film. BLEAT! continues this momentum – this time, making history in the short film category.
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