Sumodopon

School

IACT COLLEGE

Lecturer(s)

Azizul

Brand

Rational

Sumodopon, a KadazanDusun word which means sunset, is a story inspired by my life living in Kuala Lumpur as a Sabahan. My family and I moved to Kuala Lumpur at the age of 9 and my expectation of the city life experience was soon crushed when I realise that many people here did not know the existence of my home state, including my primary school teachers. I felt alienated from the world as people question the kind of life of live, even though our life were not that different from each other. The questions regarding what kind of outfit I wear and if I live on trees in my hometown did not stop after graduating secondary school. It only got worse from there when random people bullied me for my “lack of knowledge on technology” or for my Malay accent. The first act of Sumodopon was written from my younger self’s perspective, while the end of the second and final act were written from my current perspective, in which I learned to appreciate and embrace for who I am regardless of what e

Group Members

Director: Feijee Natalie Minin
Writer: Feijee Natalie Minin
Producer: Caleb Wong Xuan
Camera Operator: Feijee Natalie Minin
Lights: Jason Nathan
Offline and Online Editor: Feijee Natalie Minin
Art Director: Caleb Wong Xuan
Wardrobe: Feijee Natalie Minin
Storyboard artist: Feijee Natalie Minin