
Gwai Lou
Directing
Biography
David Yanez aka Gwai Lou is a filmmaker who is currently based in Malaysia. Filmmaking isn't a profession but a way of dealing with his life.
Known For

A drug dealer finds himself in hot water when the merchandise he’s carrying for a local kingpin is lost. Fearing his vicious boss’ retribution, he sets off to make amends, in a visceral, kinetic film that knowingly plays with genre conventions.
Macai

Moon Lee, a celebrated award-winning actress, has become a full-time mom and divorcée since retiring. Desperate to regain her sense of self, she jumps at the chance to work with her long-time collaborator, director Roger Woo, again. Only this time, he casts her as the lead in a do-your-own stunts martial arts film. The role requires extensive training and though Moon is at first uncertain, she leaves her young son in the care of Roger’s assistant and commits herself to back-breaking training. As soon as she starts to gain some confidence, Roger breaks the news to her: the only way the film can move ahead is to cast her ex-husband, Julliard, as the male lead.
Barbarian Invasion

Two girls walk and talk about a forbidden thing one of them ought to do.
The Girls Are Alright
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Ayah

A 32-year-old barber enjoys his modest life but struggles with a deep sense of loneliness, believing that marriage could fill the void. Under pressure from his family, friends, and society, he embarks on a quest to find the perfect partner, exploring everything from dating apps to traditional matchmakers. Despite this, he faces a series of disappointments and rejections. As his search spirals into frustration, he begins to doubt if the life he seeks is even possible or if he's just chasing an illusion.
Simple Manusan

Karthi, a disgruntled assistant on commercial productions, is working on an honest, personal film script, but his project is without industry backers. In the dispiriting pursuit of his dream, he loses his love and sinks into alcoholism, until he meets a kindred spirit adrift in the world.
Blues

The story of the forest giant
This Land Of Mine

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Kuleshov Noir

Sancho, a Spanish go-getter, arrives in Manila seeking for a job promised to him by his friend, Alonso. However, upon arriving in the Philippines he discovers that his friend has disappeared under strange circumstances. In his quest of locating Alonso, Sancho finds himself unwillingly caught up in a whirlwind that is the underworld of prostitution, drug trafficking and corrupted police from the hand of Alonso's girlfriend, Clarisse, a young prostitute. Throughout his investigation, that is nothing more than a flight forward, Sancho will stumble into the backstage of this tropical paradise of cheap beer and pretty women for sale. Facing a terrible decision to choose between his friend, and who he used to be, and her lover, whom he has madly fallen in love with.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow

After cutting himself accidentally during one of his live-streaming sessions, Farid, a boy from a rural area of Malaysia, is offered money by one of his followers to do it again.
Bugs

Disappear talks about the acceptance of death as a decisive step towards adulthood, and specifically about this “passage ritual” in the “Millennial” generation, since they have had to grow up seeing life through a screen.
Disappear
An elusive detective follows a Filipino expatriate through Kuala Lumpur's multicultural hotpot. Lost in between the neon lights and the noise, something will connect the two women
Target

After years abroad, Amber returns to Malaysia seeking closure with her ex-lover, Jun, but when she finds her, Jun claims not to know her, sparking a tense game of cat and mouse in KL that will unravel painful secrets.
We Are The Jungle

A baby trafficking syndicate sells a baby to an interracial couple who have been unable to conceive their own. Soon, they find renewed joy that had since been lost over the past years of their marriage - as told through the perspective of the baby.
Can you love me most?
In a post-nuclear jungle where silence and ruins reign, a lone scrap collector, tormented by her past, accidentally encounters a boy reduced to slavery.