Apprentice (Feature)

Film

Dir: Junfeng Boo
Cast: Firdaus Rahman / Wan Hanafi Su / Matsura Ahmad
Production: Akanga Film / Cinema Defacto

Aiman, a 28-year-old correctional officer, is transferred to a maximum security prison. He strikes up a friendship with Rahim, who is revealed to be the chief executioner of the prison, and one of the world’s most prolific. Can Aiman overcome his conscience and a past that haunts him to become the executioner’s apprentice?

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AWARD AND NOMINATION


OSCAR
Best Foreign Film Nomination
2017

CANNES FILM FESTIVAL
Une Certain Regarde
Official Selection
2016

TIFF
Contemporary World Cinema
Official Seelction
2016

LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Official Selection
2016

CAMERIMAGE
Debut Film Selection
2016