sweet dreams .....

KELAB SENI FILEM MALAYSIA presents the World Premiere
of SWEET DREAMS: (Duration: 1 hour 30 mins) A digital
feature by Shan Duration: 1 hour 30 mins. Showtime: 8
pm, 18 August 2006, HELP University College. Open to
all.

Synopsis

A dream house. A dream car. A dream wife… That is
every single man's aspiration in life. But will these
dreams come true for everyone?

For Jeeva, our TV journalist hero in SWEET DREAMS,
owning a house becomes his one single obsession. Only
then can he settle down with a wife – the main
obsession of his parents. Jeeva's life soon becomes
complicated - first, with his family's insistence at
getting him married. Then his life is turned upside
down when, together with his friend, Elangovan, he
falls prey to a con man who absconds with his money
after promising to get them two luxurious houses. They
get pulled deeper into uncharted territory when they
decide to hire shady characters to go after the con
man.

Will the two friends get their hard-earned money back?
Will their families stand by them even though Jeeva
has let them down? Shunmugam explores the trials and
tribulation of young men in today's Malaysia. Life,
truly, is something to be learnt from.

Director's Statement:

I got the idea for SWEET DREAMS after hearing about my
scriptwriter's experience when trying to buy a house.
My budget was very tight and so I felt that this story
would be easy to do as it would not involve too many
characters. We brainstormed the story and drew
scenarios from our own life experiences.

`To make it appear more realistic, we minimised the
crew (actually, there was no crew! He, he, he!). A few
of my film school classmates helped out by acting in
small roles and in post-production. I used wireless
microphones so that the actors could move around
freely. For the tracking shots, I used mini skateboard
wheels and water pipes for the rail tracks. I wanted
to do it like shooting a documentary.'

Brief Bio of the Director:

Shan (b. 1974) graduated from Akademi Filem Malaysia
in 1999. He worked as a Camera Technician with Film
Equipment Gallery until 2001, handling all manner of
cameras, from film to video and stills. From 2002, he
was with ASTRO and directed 52 episodes of the Tamil
magazine program, `Unggal Virrupam.' His foray into
narratives began as an Assistant Director for the
Tamil TV drama, `Pavithra.' As a cameraman, he has
shot Tamil and Malay dramas, among them, `Piala Untuk
Mama' and `Nasib O Nasib' for the NTV7 Odisi series.
He handled the underwater camera for the Chinese
movie, `Crazy Tourist' and shot stills for local
feature films, `Manjari' and `Susuk'.

He has since directed `Tomi Cinta Delia' (for the
Odisi series for NTV7), a Tamil drama for TV2,
`Letchiyem,' documentaries, commercials and TV
fillers. His shorts, `No Worry, Chicken Curry' and
`Me, My Mother and Mosquito,' won Gold Awards, with
`Oh, My Goat,' winning a Silver Award at the MVA.
`Sweet Dreams' is his first feature.