Tiger Stripes
Promotional release poster
Directed byAmanda Nell Eu
Written byAmanda Nell Eu
Produced by
  • Foo Fei Ling
  • Patrick Mao Huang
  • Fran Borgia
  • Juliette Lepoutre
  • Pierre Menahem
  • Jonas Weydemann
  • Ellen Havenith
  • Yulia Evina Bhara
Starring
  • Zafreen Zairizal
  • Deena Ezral
  • Piqa
  • Shaheizy Sam
  • June Lojong
  • Khairunazwan Rodz
  • Fatimah Abu Bakar
CinematographyJimmy Gimferrer
Edited byCarlo Francisco Manatad
Music byGabber Modus Operandi
Production
company
Ghost Grrrl Pictures
Release date
  • 17 May 2023 (2023-05-17) (Cannes)
Running time
95 minutes
Countries
  • Malaysia
  • Taiwan
  • Singapore
  • France
  • Germany
  • Netherlands
  • Indonesia
  • Qatar
LanguageMalay

Tiger Stripes is a 2023 Malaysian Malay-language body horror[1] film written and directed by Amanda Nell Eu in her directorial debut.

The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2023 where it won the Critics' Week Grand Prize. It was selected as the Malaysian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.[2] The film was released in Malaysia censored, and the director has disowned the censored version of the film.[3]

Premise

Zaffan, an 11-year-old girl, starts to experience physical changes to her body when she is going through puberty.

Cast

  • Zafreen Zairizal as Zaffan[4]
  • Deena Ezral as Farah[4]
  • Piqa as Mariam[4]
  • Shaheizy Sam as Dr. Rahim, snake-oil exorcist[4]
  • June Lojong as Munah[5]
  • Khairunazwan Rodz
  • Fatimah Abu Bakar as headteacher[4]

Production

The film is an international co-production project involving eight countries, including Weydemann Bros from Berlin, Germany, Foo Fei Ling of Ghost Grrrl Pictures from Malaysia, Fran Borgia of Akanga Film Asia from Singapore, and Yulia Evina Bhara of KawanKawan Media from Indonesia.[6] The development of the film began in 2017.[7] During its production, Tiger Stripes had collected seven project development credits, including Open Doors Locarno Festival, Network of Asian Fantastic Films, Talents Tokyo, NMSP Project Development Fund, Hubert Bals Fund Bright Future, Less Is More event, and SEAFIC Lab.[8]

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2023.[9] It won the award for Critics' Week Grand Prize.[10] It will also compete in the Official selection at the 56th Sitges Film Festival.[11] It served as the closing film of 2023 Jakarta Film Week.[12]

In April 2023, Jour2fête acquired its distribution rights in France.[13]

In Malaysia, the film was released on 19 October 2023 only after it had been censored, which prompted the director to disown the film, saying that the released film was not the film that she made and won the prize in Cannes.[3]

Critical reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 20 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.8/10.[14] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 67 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[15]

Fionnuala Halligan of Screen International described the film as "a well observed, fiercely female-centred coming-of-age drama".[5] Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film with three stars out of five and praised Nell Eu's direction and the younger cast's performances.[4]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Cannes Film Festival 25 May 2023 Critics' Week Grand Prix Amanda Nell Eu Won [16]
27 May 2023 Caméra d'Or Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Ferrarese, Marco (7 May 2023). "Malaysian feminist body horror Tiger Stripes to debut at Cannes". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 25 May 2023.
  2. ↑ Peter Tan, John (6 October 2023). "Tiger Stripes Chosen To Represent Malaysia At Next Year's Oscars". The Rakyat Post. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  3. 1 2 Frater, Patrick (19 October 2023). "'Tiger Stripes' Director Amanda Nell Eu Denounces Malaysian Censored Release of Oscar-Hopeful Film". Variety.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bradshaw, Peter (17 May 2023). "Tiger Stripes review – coming-of-age body horror releases the monster inside". The Guardian. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  5. 1 2 Halligan, Fionnuala (17 May 2023). "'Tiger Stripes': Cannes Review". Screen International. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  6. ↑ Meza, Ed (22 February 2020). "Weydemann Bros. boards Argentinean, Malaysian Productions".
  7. ↑ Wong, Silvia (1 July 2023). "'Tiger Stripes' director Amanda Nell Eu tracks the wild journey of the award-winning Malaysian film". Screen Daily.
  8. ↑ Frater, Patrick (18 May 2023). "'Tiger Stripes' Is Highly Developed Product of Indie Film Support System". Variety. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  9. ↑ Dodman, Benjamin (20 May 2023). "Malaysian tweens earn their 'Tiger Stripes' in Cannes coming-of-age body horror". France 24. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  10. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (24 May 2023). "Cannes: Malaysian Genre Mash-Up 'Tiger Stripes' Wins 2023 Critics' Week". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  11. ↑ "The Festival's 56th Edition Kicks Off by Announcing its Complete Lineup". Sitges Film Festival. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 17 September 2023.
  12. ↑ Lavenia, Anastasya (31 October 2023). "Ditutup dengan Meriah, Jakarta Film Week 2023 Putar Film "Tiger Stripes"" [Closed with grandeur, 2023 Jakarta Film Week screens Tiger Stripes]. CXO Media. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ↑ Bataille, Emmanuel (19 April 2023). "Jour2fête distribuera « Tiger Stripes », en compétition à Cannes". Écran Total. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
  14. ↑ "Tiger Stripes". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  15. ↑ "Tiger Stripes Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  16. ↑ Keslassy, Elsa (24 May 2023). "Cannes' Critics' Week Honors Malaysian Film 'Tiger Stripes' With Grand Jury Prize". Variety. Retrieved 26 May 2023.

See also

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