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A Window on Asian Cinema, 2025

The Fox King

여우왕

Director WOO Ming Jin

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Family/ChildCrime/ViolenceComing of Age

In a seaside village in Malaysia, Ali and Amir are fraternal twins so close they can almost communicate telepathically. Their mother has passed away, and their father, far from caring for them, only thinks of how to exploit them. Frequently bullied by their schoolmates, Ali and Amir find in each other their only source of strength and joy. Then one day, a beautiful new English teacher, Lara, arrives, and the two brothers′ relationship enters a new phase. The Fox King is directed by Malaysian director Woo Ming Jin, who won the FIPRESCI Prize at the Locarno Film Festival for Stone Turtle (2022). Indonesian superstar Dian Sastrowardoyo plays the enchanting yet mysterious Lara, heightening the film’s immersive atmosphere. The feverish emotional turmoil and growing pains of adolescence—sibling rivalry and jealousy, the agony of a first love one cannot possess, and a sense of guilt over a loss—are depicted amidst the heat of the tropical south.

Programme note by BOO Kyunghwan

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Screenings3

Sat, 09/20

16:0017:59

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 6

218Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Sun, 09/21

09:3011:29

LOTTE CINEMA Centum City 6

300Guest Q&AKE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Wed, 09/24

10:0011:34

Busan Community Media Center Open Hall

551KE, Korean subtitles + English subtitles or English dialogue

Film details

Director: WOO Ming Jin
Country/Region: Malaysia, Indonesia
Year: 2025
Length: 94min
Section: A Window on Asian Cinema
Edition: Busan International Film Festival 2025, No. 30
Format: DCP, Color
Selection: Official selection
Elsewhere: Festival page Letterboxd IMDb Wikidata TMDB Douban

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WOO Ming Jin

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Director: WOO Ming Jin
Producer: Yulia Evina BHARA, WOO Ming Jin, Edmund YEO, Chua Jing XUAN
Cast: Dian SASTROWARDOYO, Idhan AEDAN, Hadi PUTRA, Kin Wah CHEW, Amerul Efendi
Cinematography: Kong PAHURAK
Production design: Seng Tat LIEW
Editing: Carlo Francisco MANATAD, Edmund YEO
Sound: Vincent VILLA
Production company: KawanKawan Media, Greenlight Pictures, Sunstrong Entertainment, Da Huang Pictures

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