
Passing of another great celebrity ... this time our very own award winning film director Yasmin Ahmad. Her interracial love story Sepet (2004) was accorded the Best Film Award and the Best Original Screenplay Award at the Malaysian Film Festival 2005. It also bagged the Asian Film Award at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2005, and the Grand Prix Award at the Creteil International Women's Film Festival in the same year.
Her other films included:
Gubra (2006) - won the Best Screenplay award at the Malaysian Film Festival 2006
Mukhsin (2006) - won the Generation kplus - Best Feature Film and the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix award at the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Asean Film at the Cinemanila International Film Festival 2007
Muallaf (2008) -won the Asian Film Award - Special Mention at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2008
Talentime (2009)
Her other films included:
Gubra (2006) - won the Best Screenplay award at the Malaysian Film Festival 2006
Mukhsin (2006) - won the Generation kplus - Best Feature Film and the Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk Grand Prix award at the Berlin International Film Festival and Best Asean Film at the Cinemanila International Film Festival 2007
Muallaf (2008) -won the Asian Film Award - Special Mention at the Tokyo International Film Festival 2008
Talentime (2009)
Actress Azean Irdawaty wrote a special poem dedicated to Yasmin:
She was an angel
God sent us
No, he lent us
To be a storyteller
Who spun stories of
Magic, joy and enchantment
Who we often lose sight of
Her fight was brief
Her leaving was a grief
Just like her movies
The end came too soon
But her wisdom remain
like words to a tune
That we will hold dear
Forever you will be near.
I love you Yasmin
I will miss you always.




