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[Photo] Farewell 2016. It is fitting that I remember this year through photos from my upcoming film Aqérot, my short film Love is a Dog From Hell, and my end year trips to Busan and Tokyo Film Festivals. I look forward to another great year in cinema.

[Photo] Girl searching for a better future #aqerot

[Photo] Making an important phone call

[Photo] Boat's not in good shape.

[Photo] Cow's living the good life.

[Photo] Man and lighthouse

[Photo] Fried noodles express

[Photo] Cycling under the watch of Lord Buddha

[Photo] Stone pillars in the middle of the forest

[Photo] Morning flights are great for sleeping

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Ryusuke Hamaguchi's 5-hour opus HAPPY HOUR

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My love letter to Iwai Shunji's Love Letter

[Photo] Can't ride a bike here

[Photo] Houses left behind by time.

[Photo] Valley of Hope

[Photo] What's outside the window?

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ASIAN THREE-FOLD MIRRORS: REFLECTIONS @ TOKYO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2016

[Photo] Birthday cake for my aunt and cousin is the greatest birthday cake ever.

[Photo] Just a quick glimpse of Shibuya

[Photo] Late night laundry

[Photo] Tea ceremony at the Japanese Directors Guild party

[Photo] Endless tunnel

[Photo] Flight to Tokyo

[Photo] Wefie? Memefie? #isupportbiff

[Photo] Yes. The world is indeed a neverending film.

[Photo] Behind me (and this scenery), we were shooting a zombie scene. #zombitopia

[Photo] Mmm. Early film shoot.

[Photo] In this suffocating heat of Malaysia, this Fukuoka Zen temple I visited felt like a distant dream

[Photo] Bye bye Fukuoka

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[Video] I had half an hour to cut together a reel, this was my attempt

[Photo] Had to complete my Fukuoka experience by having yatai ramen

[Photo] Yup, the very Zen temple constructed in Japan

[Photo] Shofukuji Zen Temple, the first Zen temple in Japan

[Photo] Having been drinking coffee nonstop since 5am, I feel like flying too. Good morning Fukuoka!

[Photo] Tenjin Chou Park, historical and renowned... Pikachu nest

[Photo] During the rain, Hakata Station is drenched in colours

[Photo] Flowers and trees at Ohori Park swaying gently. Then it rained.

[Photo] Discovering Ohori Park

[Photo] Saying hello to my first friend at Ohori Park, Fukuoka

[Photo] After Alor Setar, I'm waiting to fly off to Fukuoka

[Photo] Paddy field dance 3

[Photo] Paddy field dance 2

[Photo] Paddy field dance

[Photo] Soulful mountain

[Photo] Elephant mountain

[Photo] Drowning in an ocean of paddy fields

[Photo] Patriotism is such a faraway thing.

[Photo] A glimpse of Alor Setar Tower

[Photo] Poor girl took a train to Busan

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Trailer of Asian Three-fold Mirror 2016 : Reflections (Brillante Mendoza, Isao Yukisada and Sotho Kulikar)

[Photo] Watching koi fish from afar

[Photo] Apichatpong Weerasethakul corner at the Thai Film Museum. You can see his film props and 2010 Palme D'or trophy

[Photo] I didn't know who Sugihara Chiune was until his biopic was shown in Malaysia few months ago. He was a Waseda alumni, this is his memorial.

[Photo] Entering the Hanazono Shrine

[Photo] Some serenity in the middle of Shinjuku

[Photo] Milestone Cafe at Takadanobaba

[Photo] New covers of Japanese literary classics are brilliantly blasphemous. #bungoustraydogs

[Photo] With Ultraman around, this park feels safe

[Photo] All Ultraman ever wanted was to play some pachinko.

[Photo] Don't remember seeing Tokyu Plaza Ginza the last time I was here

[Photo] I was finding Dory

[Photo] Yurakucho Center Building as night falls

[Photo] Kachidoki Bridge a few hours after midnight

[Photo] A pleasant afternoon, a nice view. The right place to play Pokémon Go

[Photo] Flyers and pamphlets advertising Chinese Opera performances in Malaysia. No Facebook.

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Shohei Imamura's Karayuki-san, the Making of a Prostitute (1975)

[Photo] An exhibition of songs in different Malaysian Chinese dialects

[Photo] Happy belated birthday #MinaFujii @fujii_mina_0715 ! Our short film LOVE IS A DOG FROM HELL (co-starring #YukiKubota @yuki_kubota.0615 ) is premiering at Bucheon Fantastic Film Fest next week! #bifan #久保田悠来 #藤井美菜

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Remembering Abbas Kiarostami and rediscovering his films

[Photo] Film shoot happening outside a traditional Chinese pharmacy.

[Photo] Two ladies hanging out at the park after midnight

[Photo] I stumbled upon some a top secret midnight mooncake picnic

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WATCH: Woo Ming Jin's 2005 short film CATCHING THE SEA

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Treasure trove of Andrei Tarkovsky videos

[Photo] Mayjune finding inspiration for her upcoming concert

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AFTERNOON RIVER, EVENING SKY, my 2010 short film

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5 scenes I loved in Wong Kar Wai films

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Nicole赖淞凤【和时光拔河】 官方完整版 MV

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Singaporean premiere of Woo Ming Jin's RETURN TO NOSTALGIA

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Nicole 赖淞凤 【和时光拔河】 MV 30秒预告 (30-second trailer of a music video I did)

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THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES go to FilmDoo! + THE SECOND LIFE OF THIEVES interview with Woo Ming Jin

[Photo] Mmm, good chicken rice place.

[Photo] Yet another Beijing photo from last December

[Photo] Superheroes everywhere...

[Photo] Walking past Meiji Shrine on New Year's Eve

[Photo] Another Beijing photo from last December

[Photo] Found some old Beijing photos taken last December

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Liliosa Hilao and the Martial Law (a scene from River of Exploding Durians)

[Photo] Roberto Bolano, Umberto Eco and Arivind Adiga. 9.90 ringgit each. I couldn't resist.

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I can't believe these videos of mine are 10-12 years old already...

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RIP Prince

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WATCH: Woo Ming Jin's really funny IT'S POSSIBLE YOUR HEART CANNOT BE BROKEN starring fellow filmmakers Tan Chui Mui and Liew Seng Tat

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Cast and crew's Instagram posts about Isao Yukisada's PIGEON shoot

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Photos from Isao Yukisada's PIGEON film shoot

[Photo] Old man vs group of thugs

[Photo] After shooting a scene at Youth Park

[Photo] Simple Penang meal

[Photo] Admiring the exquisite performances of Masatoshi Nagase and Sharifah Amani. What a joy to see them share the screen together. It's day 2 of Director Isao Yukisada's PIGEON shoot. #asian3mirror

[Photo] Yeah! We have just started shooting Isao Yukisada's PIGEON! #asian3mirror

[Photo] Ponderous pussycats

[Photo] Tempted by the food, but nowhere to sit.

[Photo] Hello again Penang

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[Video] Buskers at Nasi Lemak Bumbung

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Sometimes in life, falling in love is like being bashed in the head by a hammer

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个人觉得不能错过的大马中文电影

[Photo] Crawling behind a shopping mall

[Photo] Shibuya in the morning before I left Tokyo.

[Photo] ZARD debuted 25 years ago. Died too young. Sorely missed. Legend.

[Photo] Girl standing on a bridge

[Photo] An intense confrontation.

[Photo] Magnificent trees in shrine.

[Photo] Having our steamboat dinner soon! Happy Chinese New Year!

[Photo] Nice view. No viewers though.

[Photo] A part of the city forgotten by time

[Photo] Impressive row of motorbikes

[Photo] Busy morning market

[Photo] Busy morning market

[Photo] Location scouting! Let's make a great film together!!

[Photo] Landscape with no mist.

[Photo] Fast and furious in Georgetown

[Photo] Reaching the edge of Penang

[Photo] She was waiting for her ride.

[Photo] Sound of sea waves is always soothing

[Photo] Voyeuristic shot of a boat rower

[Photo] Under the sheltering sky

[Photo] Old house by the sea in Penang

[Photo] Morning in Penang

[Photo] Continuing my way to Penang.

[Photo] Hanae had newfound fascination for French New Wave films

[Photo] In Ipoh briefly for its famed chicken noodles.

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RIP Jacques Rivette

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Tony Rayns' open letter to the people of Busan supporting the work of Busan International Film Festival Director Lee Yongkwan

[Photo] Location scouting

[Photo] A policewoman told me that he took the best police photos.

[Photo] Felt as if I've traveled back in time

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RIP Alan Rickman

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RIP David Bowie // Space Oddities

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Trailer of Woo Ming Jin's documentary RETURN TO NOSTALGIA

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We Support Busan International Film Festival

This was how I ended 2015 and welcome the arrival of 2016