BAPAK BOREK, ANAK RINTIK - SHORT FILM

'Bapa Borek, Anak Rintik' is a student final year project by 13:12 pictures under MMU Faculty of Cinematic Arts. It is a family-drama short film that tells a story about a guy in his mid-30s, who struggle to choose between his work or his own family. The film shows how a small decision will change a life. 

THE STORY

Nizam is a 34 years old guy who is working as a cell tower technician. His job is already part of his life and being an 'on-call' job, he is constantly receiving many calls. His job also requires him to travel back and forth. At the same time, he is tied to his responsibility as a son to take care of his father in the hospital. Plus, it does not help him much that his father is always wanting his son to come to visit him in the hospital even though he knows that his son is still working.

The point that flips his life is when his father's constant calling distracts him and cause him to make a mistake during work. His boss is very unforgiving about that and threatens to fire him on that day if he does not fix back his mistakes. After that, he got a call from the hospital saying that his father is in a critical condition. He is in a tight spot where he needs to decide between going back to his workplace to fix his mistake or going back to the hospital to see his father that is in a critical condition.

DIRECTOR'S STATEMENT

"During my father's last moment, I was late to be by his side because of other stuff that I chose to do first instead of meeting my own father. I regret my decision back then and always hoping that I will have my redemption by this film."

- KYUMSHALLBURN

BUDGET BREAKDOWN

Our budget can be divided into three categories, pre-production, production, and post-production. The main expense in pre-production is the salary for actors, which will be RM2840. As for production, the money will go into camera equipment rental, RM850, production design fee RM1000, and contingency fee RM1640. For post-production, the main cost will be the film festival entrance fee, which we have given the budget of RM150.

Our total budget is RM8000, and we are seeking for RM7000 is this crowdfunding campaign.

PRODUCTION TIMELINE

MEET OUR 13:12 PICTURES CREW!

We are presenting together at our campus Final Screening

Director: Kyumshallburn

Abdul Qayyum Yuzwan also is known as Kyumshallburn. He is an independent filmmaker based in Malaysia. His passion for film making started at an early age as he aspires to be a film director since young. 'Doa Seorang Anak' is his first attempt for long-form documentary as he observes the life of a child in an Islamic boarding school.

                                       Producer: Rex Tan Chwan Shiuh

Rex Tan likes to travel with a good book. He enjoys watching movies but sometimes it is better to go out than staying at home. Currently, he is a film student, and he aspires to be a photojournalist. 

                                             Scriptwriter: Asyiqin Balqis

Asyiqin is the co-writer for 'Bapa Borek, Anak Rintik'. She was interested in writing because of his cousin who works as a screenwriter as his side job. She is working hard by gaining many experiences from other filmmakers because she dreams to do her own story and make it into a film.

                                    Cinematography: Saiful Ridhwan

A boy with 5 years experience in 3D graphic design, CGI, and animation. He believe that the future of cinema lies in the understanding of more than just analog filmmaking and would love to show the abilities of digital filmmaking (tools) towards a broad audience.

                                       Sound & Editor: Dhirhaj Jeevan

Dhirhaj is but a vessel for creativity, thus taking the helm of editor and sound for this short film and a handful of others. If not weaving a story together, he is busy rocking out with his metal band DYING FATE; concocting bone-crushing music to take the world by storm! (hopefully)

                                    Production Designer: Thivyashini

Thivya is an all rounder art lover! She has deep appreciation for art with many different forms. Production design has been her way of creating art for 2 years and hopefully more years to come!

For more inquiries, you can reach us out at: 

[email protected] (Producer's email)

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https://www.instagram.com/13.12pictures/

In general, this film is about disconnection. And we can see this through the main character journey. Technologies supposed to bring us closer together but the way we see, is we are much more disconnected than ever. This is the story we want to tell.

As student filmmakers, finance is our biggest obstacle, we have started to look for funding from film funds and investors from the industry and we have to say it is not an easy journey. Therefore, we started this campaign in Mystartr to show who we are, and what we are doing, and your supports means everything to us!