Shoot A Commercial For Malaysia Airlines!

This might be old news,but it's better late than never,eh?Plus I am getting a bit tired of just posting gaming news here,and so are you readers too.

Malaysia Airlines has organised a competition for all you budding filmmakers out there,and it cannot be more simple enough.All you guys have to do is shoot a video not more than 3 minutes long around the theme 'Malaysian Hospitality'.For those who are blur about our country's going-ons,Malaysian Hospitality is MAS's tagline,based on their international flight code,MH.

The winners will not only receive return trip tickets to ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD but also get your commercial shown on the airlines' in-flight entertainment system.To put it in another way,thousands of people flying Malaysia Airlines will be witness to your work.Pretty daunting,eh?Who knows,a famous Hollywood bigshot might give the public tv in front of his seat a glance and be interested in what he sees.

But winning isn't everything(O RLY?),this is the perfect opportunity to have your work judged by the cream of the crop of the local movie scene.Below are the judges who will be reviewing hundreds of entries and pick the winners.You might know some of them,or have seen their flicks.The descriptions are taken off the official site.I have paraphrased some of the sentences but the source is gratefully acknowledged.

Indira Nair,Senior General Manager, Communications

Indira's only been appointed for 4 years in her current position for MAS,but her real accomplishments come way before that.As the Chief Talent Officer,Asia Pacific at Ogilvy and Mather,a renowned advertising company,she has "helped the network attract, grow and retain the right people in the right roles. Her role included identifying and recruiting senior talent, developing and leading strategic training programs, internal communications and knowledge management.

Indira has worked with a number of networks, including Edelman Worldwide, Burson-Marstellar and MDK Consultants. She also worked with the Berjaya Group, where she helped set up Inter-Pacific Communications, the Group’s in-house marketing communications agency."

Tan Chui Mui

Perhaps most famous for her first feature film Love Conquers All,you might also know her as the director behind A Tree In Tanjung Malim and Everyday Everyday,all winning a slew of awards at international film festivals.

Tan Chui Mui is also very versatile in the way that she can play the roles of producer,scriptwriter and occasionally actress as well.Together with James Lee(Beautiful Washing Machine) and Liew Seng Tat(Flower In The Pocket),she set up Da Huang Pictures in 2004.

She is currently working on her next film while still being in the judges chair for this competition.Talk about dedication to her work.

Liew Seng Tat

Flower In The Pocket,though released a couple of years ago,still manages to rake in awards,most recently the Jury prize (Lotus du Jury) in 10th Deauville Asian Film Festival, France. Like studio mate Tan Chui Mui,he also produced a number of shorts before his first feature film.The shorts Bread With Strawberry Jam was a fave at the Malaysian Video Awards,and he has never failed to score the Audience Award each time he takes part.

Bahir Yeusuff

Bahir broke into the public limelight with the release of the "critically acclaimed" film S'kali and has never looked back.He took part in the 15Malaysia Project organised by Pete Teo last year,being at the helm of the short movie Meter,notable for starring UMNO Youth leader and ardent Twitterer,Khairy Jamaluddin.

Besides these guys,you also got Y.Bhg. Datuk Dr. Victor Wee Eng Lye,Chairman of Tourism Malaysia and George Aveling,CEO of TMI Malaysia to please.

if you think you got what it takes to be Malaysia's latest up and coming filmmaker,hit the link to sign up.Hurry though,as the closing date for submission of movie is the end of March!

Me and my mates are entering too,so hopefully we'll meet each other if we end up on the winners' list.Of course,you'll place lower than us ;-)