SUB CATEGORY :

SHORT FILM

COMPANY ENTERING :

GRAPH STUDIO SDN BHD, KUALA LUMPUR

TITLE :

SETTING MOON

BRAND :

KANCIL AWARDS 2019

ADVERTISER :

4AS (ASSOCIATION OF ACCREDITED ADVERTISING AGENTS MALAYSIA)

FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY :

GRAPH STUDIO, KUALA LUMPUR

DIRECTOR :

CHAN TEIK QUAN

CINEMATOGRAPHER :

PATRICK CHUA

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR :

MELISSA LIM

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER :

KENNETH LIM/DERRIK YAW

FILM PRODUCER :

MUSA

PRODUCTION DESIGNER :

LIM XIN YANG

POST-PRODUCTION COMPANY :

GURAFU POST, KUALA LUMPUR

EDITOR :

KELVIN LOH

COLORIST :

JAWAGAR SAMIDURAI

FLAME ARTIST :

SYAHIR KHUZAIMI

SPECIAL EFFECTS COMPANY :

GURAFU POST, KUALA LUMPUR

SOUND PRODUCTION COMPANY :

LAB STUDIO, KUALA LUMPUR

SOUND DESIGNER :

YUEN YIET SOO

MUSIC COMPOSER :

CLINTON LIEW

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

IN THE VERY END, ONCE A SOUL HAS BEEN CLEANSED OF ITS PAST, IT WILL TAKE ONE LAST JOURNEY TO THE DEEPEST OF THE ABYSS FOR A NEW BEGINNING. TO FULFILL HER FILIAL PIETY, A YOUNG WOMAN ACCOMPANIES HER MOTHER ON THE JOURNEY TO THE END OF HER BEING. UNDER THE SETTING MOON, THEY REMINISCE ABOUT THE PAST.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

THE CHINESE TITLE OF THE FILM, 孟 (MÈNG), IS THE NAME OF THE CHINESE GODDESS OF FORGETFULNESS, 孟婆 (MÈNG PÓ), WHO STATIONS AT THE FINAL STAGE OF THE CHINESE UNDERWORLD, BREWING HER ‘SOUP OF FORGETFULNESS’ (迷魂湯). EVERY DEAD SOUL WILL COME FACE-TO-FACE WITH MENG PO, WHO SERVES THEM THE SOUP THAT WILL CLEANSE THEM OF THEIR EARTHLY SINS AND MEMORIES. ONCE THEY HAVE CONSUMED THE SOUP, THEY FORGET EVERYTHING OF THEIR CURRENT LIFE, AND BECOME PURE. THEY WILL THEN BE SENT OFF FOR REINCARNATION, AND THE CYCLE OF LIFE AND DEATH BEGIN AGAIN.