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This screening is presented with English subtitles. Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
Malaysia2023 95 minMalay with English subtitlesToronto PremiereHorror
Free-spirited 12-year-old Zaffan is the first of her friends to get her period and experience the body-changing horrors that come with puberty and menstruation. Set in a kampong, or a Malaysian village, structured around patriarchy and religious expectations, she tries to conceal her pubescent traits out of fear of ostracization. Panic spreads in the village when a monster or demonic spirit is rumored to be roaming the surrounding jungle. Exposed by her peers, Zaffan eventually learns to embrace herself in the face of exclusion and cultural condemnation. A coming-of-age body horror that playfully weaves elements of Southeast Asian folklore, Tiger Stripes is a roaring celebration of embracing monstrosity and otherness.
– Sarah Barzak
Zafreen Zairizal
Deena Ezral
Piqa
OFFICIAL SELECTION
Cannes Film Festival, Critic’s Week, 2023
Sydney Film Festival, 2023
Fantasia Film Festival, 2023
AWARDS
Cannes Film Festival, Critics’ Week Grand Prize, 2023
Amanda Nell Eu
Amanda Nell Eu is a Malaysian-born director who explores the female body and identity within the sociocultural context of Southeast Asia. She graduated from London Film School and is an alumni of the Berlinale Talent Campus and Locarno Filmmakers Academy. Tiger Stripes is her debut feature film, and is the first Malaysian film to win an award at Cannes.
14A
Content Warning: Blood, bullying, physical violence
11 Nov, 2023 7:30 pm
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This screening is presented with English subtitles. Wheelchair spaces and step-free seating is available for this screening – click below to book accessible seats.
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