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Obituaries
Yasmin Ahmad, 1958 - 2009
Farewell Storyteller
http://yasminthestoryteller.blogspot.com
Award-winning film director Yasmin Ahmad has died at 11.25pm, 25 July 2009 from massive bleeding in the brain at the Damansara Specialist Hospital. She had undergone surgery following her collapse at the TV3 headquarters Seri Pentas on Thursday.
The 51-year-old movie maker was famed for her advertisements and films capturing the essence of multiracialism in Malaysia.
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Her first film was Rabun in 2002. Yasmin's films have won many international awards and praise from the critics and public alike. Most of her films have been screened at the Berlin, San Francisco, Singapore and Cannes (film market) international film festivals. Her films were featured in a special retrospective at the 19th Tokyo International Film Festival in October 2006. An April 2007 retrospective of her feature films was sponsored by the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, University of Hawaii, and the Honolulu Academy of Arts.
COMMERCIALS:
* Petronas TV Commercial (for Chinese New Year, Hari Raya, Deepavali & National Day)
* Yuzy (2000) Petronas Road Safety Campaign
* Vas Dentures (2000) Celcom
* Tan Hong Ming In Love (2007) Petronas Merdeka Day commercial
* Family (2008) for the Singaporean Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
* Funeral (2009) for the Singaporean Ministry of Community Development, Youth and Sports
AWARDS & NOMINATIONS
* Malaysia Video Awards for Best Director (1999) - Forgiving Petronas commerciaL
* Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Malaysia's Golden Kancil Award for Best Advertising Agency (1999/2000)
* Malaysia Video Awards silver award for Best Scriptwriting (2000)Yuzy Petronas Road Safety Campaign
* Malaysia Video Awards bronze award for Best Scriptwriting (2000)Vas Dentures Celcom
* Malaysian Film Festival awards for Most Original Story and Best Film (2005) Sepet
* Malaysia Film Festival awards for Best Screenplay and Best Film (2006) Gubra
* Berlin International Film Festival Grand Prix award by the Kinderfilmfest International Jury and Generation K-Plus Crystal Bear Special Mention (2007) Mukhsin
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Pina Bausch, 1940-2009
German contemporary choreographer, Pina Bausch died on 30 June 2009, five days after being diagnosed with cancer. The 68-year old choreographer was artistic director of her company in Wuppertal for more than thirty years, and was one of the most influential figures in the European Tanztheater movement.
Bausch's choreography often featured themes of brutality, pain and alienation pierced by flashes of humour, which she developed by drawing from her dancers' memories and fantasies. Her works also became famous for their large scale sets: the stage covered in a thick layer of peat for her Rite of Spring, or 20-foot walls of mud in Victor.
With her controversial works, Bausch was often reviled but just as often succeeding in inspiring generations of dancers and choreographers, both in Malaysia and abroad. While her sudden death is shocking, her work will continue to amaze for many years to come.
For more information about Pina Bausch and to see videos of her work, see http://www.guardian.co.uk/stage/pinabausch .
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