Amanda Nell Eu | Film Director & Screenwriter of Tiger Stripes - Cannes Critics’ Choice Winner

Listen by Heart | Stories from Women of the South China Sea | Peacebuilding for Mental Health

Originally released on Feb 2, 2024: AFT Podcasts present the Listen by Heart Podcast, where we feature Stories from Women of the South China Sea. Presenter Jasmine Low speaks with Amanda Nell Eu, a Malaysian film director and scriptwriter known for her recent body horror film Tiger Stripes - set in a Malaysian jungle in which a girl experiences a strange metamorphosis as she comes of age. The film won the Critics' Week Grand Prize (Semaine de la Critique Cannes) when it was shown at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival in France in May 2023, and it was then selected as the Malaysian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. Amanda runs Ghost Grrl Pictures with a cofounder. Amanda is known for an earlier film about two teenagers and a female vampire who solely attacks men, an urban legend tale in Malaysia and Indonesia - titled, “Lagi Senang Jaga Sekandang Lembu” or in English, “It's Easier to Raise Cattle" was featured at the Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival in 2018. Connect and follow Amanda Nell Eu via Facebook, Instagram or IMDB. Read more on the official website of the Listen by Heart podcast in https://ListenbyHeart.Webprojx.com. Watch Tiger Stripes: * Australia and New Zealand theatrical release this Feb 3 - Mar 1, 2024 presented by Screenxcope. Visit https://www.gointernationalgroup.com/au/ to learn more. * Southeast Asia on Netflix this Feb 15, 2024. ---------------------------- CREDITS --------------------------------- You have been listening to Jasmine Low’s Audio Journey experience, an AFT Podcasts production. Our purpose: Listen by Heart Podcast is an audio project that sets out to record and archive stories from women of the South China Sea, an area of much interest lately. As we document and record all of these stories, we will also be digitising and creating an online presence for women of Southeast Asian heritage and honouring the women who came before them. Our Mission: Listen by Heart Podcast aims to serve as the Sentinels of the South China Sea, keeping our region at peace. Production Credits: An open-source project created, narrated and produced by Jasmine H. Low (jasminelow.com). An AsiaFitnessToday.com Podcast Production. Supported by GoInternationalGroup.com. Website by WebPROjx.com. #ListenbyHeart | https://listenbyheart.webprojx.com Would you have a tale to share or know somebody who does? Do you identify as a woman with heritage from the nations encircling the contentious South China Sea? Wherever you are in the world, we'd love to hear from you. Enjoy & subscribe to the Listen by Heart Podcast on your favourite platform: Apple podcasts https://bit.ly/listenbyheartpodcast, Spotify spoti.fi/3yfxWNZ, Google podcasts bit.ly/3la7C46, Player FM https://bit.ly/listenbyheartplayerfm, YouTube.com/@AFT-tv etc.

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