KwanTeo Film Archive · Creator
Chong Keat Aun
张吉安Chong Keat Aun is a Malaysian multidisciplinary artist working across directing, screenwriting, scoring, broadcasting, theatre, dance, and community cultural research. From 2005 to 2020 he led the "Sound Archaeology of Dialects" project, travelling through towns across Malaysia to collect oral histories, folk songs, and performative traditions from more than 400 elderly people of diverse ancestral origins.
About the Creator
Chong Keat Aun is a Malaysian multidisciplinary artist working across directing, screenwriting, scoring, broadcasting, theatre, dance, and community cultural research. From 2005 to 2020 he led the "Sound Archaeology of Dialects" project, travelling through towns across Malaysia to collect oral histories, folk songs, and performative traditions from more than 400 elderly people of diverse ancestral origins.
张吉安身兼编导、配乐、广播、剧场、舞蹈、文史研究和社区艺术工作者多重身份。2005年至2020年间发起《乡音考古》计划，走遍马来西亚各大小城镇，采集400多位各籍贯老人过番口述、歌谣、曲艺、歌册等。
Works
Not yet archived: 《南巫》 The Story of Southern Islet（2020；张吉安首部长片；凭本片获第57届金马奖最佳新导演）; 《摇篮凡世》 Pavane for an Infant（2024；代表马来西亚角逐第98届奥斯卡最佳国际影片奖）; 《地母》 Mother Bhumi（2025；入选第38届东京国际电影节主竞赛并世界首映）
Awards
- 2020年，凭首部长片《南巫》获第57届金马奖最佳新导演。