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Directed by Tan Ce Ding

Please Hold the Line

Country of Origin

Malaysia

Runtime

18 : 30

Producer

Edward Lim
Yap Khai Soon
Tan Ce Ding
 
Director Biography – Tan Ce Ding
 

Tan Ce Ding is a Malaysia-based filmmaker who works as a Director and Writer. He is an alumnus of the Asian Film Academy (AFA) where he won the Motion Picture Association (MPA) President’s Special Recognition Award. His short film “The Masseuse” (2018) is successfully acquired by Hollywood powerhouse Miramax Studio, to be developed into a feature film. In 2022, he directed and wrote his latest short film “Please Hold the Line”, which had its World Premiere in the 79th Venice Film Festival.

 

 

 

Film Overwiew

A young scam call operator is thrust into a moral dilemma as she navigates a life-changing situation.

 

Stills

Trailer

Screenings/Awards

Venice Film Festival
 
Venice
Italy
September 9, 2022
World Premiere
Official Selection, Orizzonti Short Film Competition
 
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival
 
Clermont Ferrand
France
January 27, 2023
Official Selection
 
Stockholm International Film Festival
 
Stockholm
Sweden
November 8, 2022
Official Selection
 
Santa Barbara International Film Festival
 
California
United States
February 7, 2023
American Premiere
Official Selection
 
Leeds International Film Festival
 
Leeds
United Kingdom
November 3, 2022
Official Selection
 
Palm Spring International ShortFest
 
California
United States
June 20, 2023
Official Selection
 
Vienna shorts
Vienna
Austria
June 1, 2023