"Kerja Kahwin" to screen in Italy this October

The Anwardi Jamil film has been chosen for the Asian Film Festival


(Right) Janna Nick as Farah, the main lead for "Kerja Kahwin".

29 Sep – Malaysian film "Kerja Kahwin" or its English title; "A Very Malay Wedding", has been chosen to screen at the Asian Film Festival which will run from 12 to 16 October at Carpi, Italy.

The producers of the film are honoured that their first film has been chosen to be screened at the festival which will also be screening other films from famed industry people like Ringo Lam, Christopher Doyle and Stanley Kwan.

Last July, the Anwardi Jamil film made its premiere at the One Country One Film festival at Apchat, France.

The Wayang Pondok Sdn Bhd film under the support of FINAS and Imagica South East Asia as well as FELDA, follows the story of a girl named Farah, who wants to fulfil her grandmother's wishes of her getting married in a traditional Malay wedding at their kampong.

Although the film is not being released in cinemas, it has been screened at pop-up cinemas around the FELDA territory.