Snow in Midsummer (film)

Snow in Midsummer is set in Kuala Lumpur at two different periods of time: first on May, 13, 1969, and then, on May 13, 2018; it revolves around Ah Eng, a young man, and his mother who lose contact with the father and brother of the first amid political riots, in the first part, and, in a second chapter, the remembrance of this moment 49 years later.

• Wan Fang as Ah Eng
• Pearlly Chua as Dou E
• Rexen Cheng as Hokkien Boy
• Pauline Tan as Eng's mother
• Peter Yu as Kooi
• Alvin Wong as Fong

Snow in Midsummer is Chong Keat Aun's second feature film after The Story of Southern Islet (2020).[8][9]

Jment Lim, founder of SunStrong Entertainment,[10] is the executive producer of the film, which was previously honored with the ‘French CNC Cash Award’ at the 2020 Golden Horse Film Project Promotion,[11][12] and has also received support from the Singapore Film Commission (SFC)’s Southeast Asia Co-production Grant (SCPG), TAICCA's Taiwan International Co-funding Programme (TICP) [13] and the Taipei Film Fund from the Taipei Film Commission (TFC).[14]

Filming was wrapped by August 2022.[15]

Snow in Midsummer received positive reviews. A review at Loud and Clear stated "Undoubtedly, Snow in Midsummer is going to be more impactful for those in the audience who know about the May 13 acts of violence in Kuala Lumpur and may have a strong cultural memory of the event. Nonetheless, the impressive sound design and camerawork allow us to sympathize with this historical event through the eyes of the main character. The film is heartbreaking in its recollection of such a significant moment in Malaysian politics, one that the general public should know more about since it has such an impact on our present, as the film so brilliantly shows us with its time jump to 2018. "[20] Another review compared the film to Hou Hsiao Hsien's A City of Sadness[21] while a third stated, "Snow in Midsummer leaves behind the lavish reconstitution of the past, for an approach closer to the cinema of Apichatpong Weerasethakul (the scene with the mobile excavator disturbing the resting place of ghosts is a clear reference to his masterpiece Cemetery of Splendour), halfway between harsh reality and strong spirituality. The emotions conveyed are just as powerful in both cases, whatever the era displayed and the pictorial approach opted for.'[22] An independent reviewer praised the slow pace but astute sense of rhythm of the film, and the simplicity and strength of the plot[23]

• Snow in Midsummer at IMDb
• Giornate degli Autori Official