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First Choice (TBC)
第一志愿Directed by Liang Dehui, Di Yi Zhi Yuan (First Choice, TBC) follows two longtime friends attending different schools in Malaysia as graduation forces choices about their education and families' expectations.
About the Work
Tang Xin and Zhe Yu have known each other since childhood, but attend different kinds of secondary school. As they reach graduation, each must navigate Malaysia's routes into further education alongside the hopes of their family. Their decisions begin to pull the friends toward different futures.
Liang Dehui directed the 30-minute short, completed in 2016. It screened in the short-film programme at Springtime KwanTeo 2018.