TK CHENG
Filmmaker
Features Film
MAIDEN HOME
친정
(In developing)
Berpulang
After ten years of marriage to an “imported” bride, a Korean man visits his wife’s homeland in Indonesia. He becomes vulnerable in a foreign land and sees his control shaken by his family as a stranger. The wife's ritual begins, and the Children start speaking the local language. His patriarchal power is overthrown, only to discover a new face of her.
Production Companies
KINN PICTURES, MEME PRODUCTION
Countries
KOREA, INDONESIA, MALAYSIA
Genres
MYSTERY, THRILLER, HORROR, SOCIAL ISSUE
Languages
KOREAN, BAHASA INDONESIA
KEY PERSONS
Director / Writer | SINN Kirin |
South Korea
SINN Kirin is a director, screenwriter, and visual arts planner based in Seoul, South Korea. She holds a bachelor's degree in Multimedia/Animation from Korea National University of Arts and will be pursuing a Master's in filmmaking at Luca School of Arts in Belgium starting in September 2023.
With 10 years of experience in the advertising industry as a creative director and videographer, she has directed corporate campaign videos, brand films, TV commercials, and art exhibitions.
Kirin made her debut with the short film "O Ki-in's Sin, Misattribution" (2014), which received esteemed recognition including the Jury Grand Prize and Lighting Award at the 4th Chungmuro Short Film Festival, as well as the Bronze Award at the 14th Korea Youth Film Festival. This film was also selected as a Finalist Nominee at the 10th Jeju Film Festival and as a candidate for the Korean Short Film Special Selection at the 15th Gwangju International Film Festival.
Her latest short film, "Abnormal Prime Time" (2021), received production support from the Korea Creative Content Agency and had its world premiere at the Minikino Bali International Short Film Festival. It was officially selected for various film festivals such as the International Thai Film Festival, Kathmandu International Mountain Film Festival, Wench Film Festival, and TerrorMolins SECCIÓ GLOBUS in 2022-2023. Additionally, the film won the editing award at the 12th Chungmuro Short Film Festival.
Since graduating from the Bifan Fantastic Film School in 2022, Kirin has been developing her first feature film, "Maiden Home," which has now been selected for the NAFF IT Project Market.
Co-Writer | Kevin RAHARDJO |
Indonesia
Kevin RAHARDJO (b. 1999) is a screenwriter, director and producer based in Jakarta, Indonesia. Currently he is working as a screenwriter at Come and See Pictures founded by Joko Anwar & Tia Hasibuan.
Rahardjo takes on the role of a producer for Rafki Hidayat’s first feature film, ‘Parasomnia,’ which earned the NAFF Award for Best Project at BIFAN NAFF Project Market 2023. Additionally, he serves as a screenwriter for Sinn Kirin’s feature project ‘Maiden Home,’ which received the VIPO Award at BIFAN NAFF Project Market 2023.
His recent graduation short ‘Accidentally Intentional’ premiered at Palm Springs International ShortFest 2023 and in-competition at Nashville Film Festival, Flickers’ Rhode Island International Film Festival and Minikino Film Week.
Producer | CHENG Thim Kian |
Malaysia
CHENG Thim Kian is a Malaysian Chinese film producer and director. He has been selected for the Kyoto Filmmaker Lab (2015) and the Asian Film Academy (2016); held in high regard for the latter, he was awarded with the Dongseo University Scholarship Fund. In 2018, he is one of four directors selected for the Golden Horse Film Academy. Thim Kian is one of only 33 filmmakers selected from across Asia for the 2021 International Film Business Academy of Busan Asian Film School (AFiS). Recently, Thim Kian just attended Fantastic Film School at Bucheon International Film Festival.
Thim Kian also is a filmmaker who works mostly as a producer and assistant director. Most recently, he co-produced a feature film, STONE TURTLE (dir by WOO Ming Jin) has its world premiere and won the FIPRESCI award in the Locarno International Film Festival 2022. Besides director WOO, Thim Kian working experiences with internationally acclaimed Malaysian directors included but not limited to Edmund YEO, CHONG Keat Aun, and James LEE as well as foreign director like Yukisada Isao. He was involved with a few projects that went to a few film festivals around the world. Notably films directed by Edmund Yeo, MALU (2020), AQERAT (2017); The Story of Southern Islet (2020, dir by Chong Keat Aun); Two Sisters (2019, dir James Lee); Fly by Night (2018, dir Zahir Omar); Pigeon (2016, dir Isao Yukisada, Segment from Asian Three-Fold Mirror project); Second Life of Thieves (2014, dir Woo Ming Jin).
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Kinn Pictures (South Korea)
Kinn Pictures is a video production founded in 2020 by director Kirin Sinn. It specializes in planning and producing contents across diverse media and formats, such as media art, advertising videos, opening sequences, and immersive content. It is currently planning and developing its first feature film Maiden Home.
meme Productions (Malaysia)
Meme Productions is a film studio based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia founded by independent filmmaker CHENG Thim Kian. Since our formation in 2016, we’ve produced 6 independent short films and travelled to numerous international film festivals.
Meme is an element of culture, a behavior that is passed from one person to another by non-genetic means. That is what we’re doing now. To transmit good ideas and thoughts using visual media. Our services include producing feature film BTS, corporate, editorial, and promo videos. We also proudly support top-of-the-line movie productions as line producers and assistant directors.