How To Read A Film: A Beginner Film Language Workshop by Andy Darrel Gomes

Is there more to a movie than what meets the eye?

How do shapes, colours and movements on screen influence us?

This session encourages audiences to develop an active film-watching experience by sharing some of the basics of cinema language.  

Speaker Bio:

Andy Darrel Gomes is a Malaysian director, writer, actor and educator in theatre and films. His credits include “My Ba’s Radio”, (2017) screened at Short Shorts Film Festival, Japan and won Best Film at the Mantova Lovers film festival, Italy. “Hawa” (2016) won the grand prize at BMW Shorties. As an actor, he appeared in “Ola Bola” (2016) and “Aqerat” (2017). His recent endeavours include providing the American Blu-Ray commentary for Tsai Ming Liang’s “Rebels of the Neon God” and creating works as a part of the film collective, Transitional Cinema. He currently lectures at Sunway University.

This workshop is supported by the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Sunway University.