KUALA LUMPUR: The short film All Who Leave Go There by Ikram Haizammuri has been picked as the grand prize winner at the BMW Shorties 2023.
The 12-minute reel focuses on the lives of Malaysians in rural communities that live in government aided housing projects.
It highlights the community’s limited exposure to the bustle of the big city, and how some struggle to adapt their outlook and improve their living conditions, shown through the main character Ady and the friends he surrounds himself with.
Ikram took home RM80,000 as part of a production grant after his film was selected by a panel of judges from the creative industry comprising Sun-J Perumal, Ko-chin Chen, Tunku Mona Riza, Ghazi Alqudcy and Jasmin Suraya Chin.
