A shadow puppet (wayang) workshop by the Sekolah Main Wayang collective, which returns to the stage at SeaShorts 2025 with an Orang Asli folk tale performed by Semai youth. Photo: Fairuz Sulaiman
If you haven’t been travelling much this year, let the SeaShorts Film Festival 2025 be your passport to stories from across the nation and the region.
This year’s edition – happening at Golden Screen Cinemas Lalaport BBCC (on Jalan Hang Tuah, KL) and YWCA Kuala Lumpur (12, Jalan Hang Jebat) from Oct 16–19 – features a special live theatre collaboration with community arts group Sekolah Main Wayang, bringing indigenous Semai youth from Bota, Perak to the festival stage in a celebration of their Orang Asli heritage and creativity.
