The Wong sisters played by (from left) Joey Leong, Ethel Yap, Oon Shu Ann and Michelle Chong sharing a light moment.
The Malaysian director is having the time of his life with a new film, ‘Our Sister Mambo’.
Doors do open after a major award. In 2010, Malaysian filmmaker Ho Wi Ding won Best New Director at the Golden Horse Awards in Taiwan, the country where he is based till today. The victory was doubly sweet because of the Herculean effort it took to make his debut feature Pinoy Sunday. But it only really hit home for Ho what a big deal the Golden Horse was in these parts, when his father in Johor described to him over the phone what he was holding in front of him – his son’s photo on the front page of a local Chinese daily.
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