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Yasmin Ahmad Chosen Best Director At 22nd Mff

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 8 (Bernama) -- The late Yasmin Ahmad was chosen as the best director for her film 'Talentime' at the 22nd Malaysian Film Festival (MFF), here Saturday night.

She won a trophy and a cash prize of RM20,000 which were received by her younger sister.

Yasmin also won the award for the best screen play for the film, for which she also received a trophy and RM15,000 cash prize.

Talentime also won the award for the best supporting actor through Mohd Shafie Naswip who walked away with a trophy and a cash prize of RM10,000.

Earlier at the award presentation held for the first time at the Dewan Canselori Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Talentime was among the four films that received the Special Main Jury Award.

The other three films were 'Kami - The Movie', 'Histeria' and 'Geng: Pengembaraan Bermula'.

Yasmin, 51, died on July 25 at about 11.25 pm after suffering a stroke and brain haemorrhage.

The 22nd MFF also showed a video clip that lasted about two minutes in memory of the film director.

The brief video clip, with actress and singer Adibah Noor as the narrator, showed excerpts of the films and commercials directed by her.

Meanwhile the film 'Papadom' directed by Afdlin Shauki won the best film award for which he received a trophy and a cash prize of RM50,000.

The Best Actor Award was also won by Afdlin, while the Best Actress Award went to Liyana Jasmay, both through the film 'Papadom'.

The best actor and best actress each won a trophy and a cash prize of RM15,000.

The 22nd MFF also chose Omar Man and Mariani Ismail as the winners for the Best Veteran Actor and Best Veteran Actress Awards respectively.

Also present at the ceremony were the Sabah Yang Dipertua Negeri Tun Ahmadshah Abdullah, Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman and Information Communication and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Utama Dr Rais Yatim.

-- BERNAMA

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