Interest in conflict

Journalist-filmmaker Zan Azlee has a penchant for making documentaries in war zones ... and for Patani-style nasi kerabu.

SOME years ago, Zan Azlee was this long-haired young guy that I knew from his short films that were screened at Kelab Seni Filem Malaysia’s regular short-film showcases. The short films he made with his friends were whimsical comedies, with a touch of Kevin Smith’s slacker absurdism.