Pilgrim Pictures

09/12/2023

Happy to share that THE NOTE received Special Mention at the Viddsee Juree Awards Asia 2023!

24/11/2023

Please feel free to share! Looking for actors in Malaysia:

Fill in the audition form at:
https://tinyurl.com/buahcasting

Story: Set some time ago (perhaps the 1960s?), a woman unsatisfied with her domestic life meets someone who lives a life that she desires.

We're casting the below supporting roles. Filming in early March 2024 in Malaysia. All roles are Malay-speaking. Talents must have a good enough command of English to understand directions in English.

Please note that we will only be contacting shortlisted applicants for an audition. Due to limited resources, we are sorry that we will be unable to reply to unselected applicants.

WOMAN DRIVER
Female, ethnic Malay preferred, looks 20s to early 40s.
Confident, fearless, carefree, friendly, ahead of her time.
Talent must have a driver’s licence, be open to showing hair and not wearing hijab

BOMOH
Male, ethnic Malay preferred, looks 40s to 50s.
Serious, cautious, has a way with words.

31/10/2023

THE NOTE's a finalist at the Viddsee Juree Asia Awards 2023! Here's your chance to catch it and other finalist shorts. Vote your favourite by clicking on the ❤️ button so that one of us filmmakers may win the Audience Choice Award!

Watch THE NOTE:
https://www.viddsee.com/video/the-note/

Watch the finalists' films:
https://www.viddsee.com/channel/juree/viddseejureeasiaawards2023/opencategoryfinalists

29/10/2023

Please feel free to share!

“Buah”
CASTING CALL
a short film by Jen Nee Lim

In the late 1960s, a pregnant woman repeatedly tries to abort her foetus without success, till she meets someone special.

Filming in January 2024.
Talents must be fluent in Malay and understand English.

Send your contact details, headshots, full body shots and showreel (if any) to:
[email protected]

Email heading: “Buah” Casting - Role Name(s)

Shortlisted applicants will be contacted for an audition.

SITI
Female, ethnically Malay, looks early 20s.
Stubborn, rebellious, newly-pregnant, yearns for a life beyond domesticity.

IBRAHIM
Male, ethnically Malay, looks 20s.
Siti’s husband, easy-going, contented, yearns to be a father.

WOMAN DRIVER
Female, ethnically Malay or Peranakan, looks 20s to early 40s.
Confident, fearless, carefree, friendly, a woman ahead of her time.
Talent must have a driver’s licence.

FATIMAH
Female, ethnically Malay, slightly plump, looks 30s.
Devoted wife and caring mother of 3 young children, level-headed, traditional.

08/07/2023

THE NOTE is at the 23rd Korea Q***r Film Festival 한국퀴어영화제 KQFF right now! Catch it if you're in Seoul!

07/06/2023

THE NOTE's heading to South Asia's biggest q***r film festival - KASHISH Mumbai International Q***r Film Festival happening today till 11 June. Happy Pride Month! 🌈

15/09/2022

UNMOTHER is selected for mylab!

The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) has partnered with the Singapore Film Commission (SFC), the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) and Taiwan Creative Content…

01/09/2022

This month, THE NOTE's in Japan! We're in competition at the 27th Aichi International Women's Film Festival on September 10. On September 24, we're heading to the 15th 関西クィア映画祭　Kansai Q***r Film Festival (JAPAN)!
AIWFF:
https://www.aiwff.com/2022/en_films/competition/film-competition-nominated-films-and-special-screening/
KQFF:
https://kansai-qff.org/2022/en/films-subtitle-info-and-suchedule.html

22/06/2022

13/05/2022

THE NOTE will be having her Canadian premiere on 27 May at the 32nd Inside Out LGBT Film Festival in Toronto, happening 26 May - 5 June 2022!
https://insideout.ca/toronto-films/shorts-something-to-tell-you/

01/04/2022

UNMOTHER, our feature film in development, is selected for Fiction Lab at the 4th Full Circle Lab Philippines 2022!

MANILA, PHILIPPINES, MARCH 30, 2022 — The Full Circle Lab Philippines (FCL PH), a development program of the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP) in partnership with Tatino Films, has revealed its full lineup of participants as it return to its first onsite event after two years of h...