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The Pirate & The Emperor’s Ship by Khoo Eng Yow

Raintown Film Festival

Date: 14/09/2025

Time: 2:00PM


Language: Hokkien, Indonesian

Subtitle/Surtitle: English, Chinese

Category: Film

Tags: Screening

Duration: 65 minutes without intermission

Doors Open: 45 minutes before the event

Seating: Free Seating

Dress Code: Casual

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The Pirate & The Emperor’s Ship will be screened at the 2nd Raintown Film Festival on Sunday, 14 September 2025, followed by a Q&A session with director Khoo Eng Yow and field researcher Ah Kew. Admission is free and on a first-come, first-served basis - book now to reserve your seat.

Ticketing

Sunday

14th

Sep 2025

2:00PM (GMT+8)

With Q&A

About

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SYNOPSIS
The notorious "Pirate King" Tan Lian Lay once terrorised the waters of Perak Malaysia and Bagan Siap-Api, Indonesia. His personal story and the history of his coastal bases are a mix of fact, fiction, legend, myth and religious belief.

Field researcher Lee Eng Kew (aka Ah Kew) retraces how a notorious criminal went from being a powerful gang leader to a hunted man, and later became revered as a deity. It is a story that encompasses the WWII Japanese occupation of South East Asia, the British colonial rule, and the power of the assimilation of myth into history, which still affects people today.

TRAILER
https://youtu.be/tf0U91cpmyA?si=1pft0LGXmXUQeB-9

TIMETABLE (14/09/2025, SUN)
0115PM - 0200PM 
Show your registration QR code to our staff at the registration counter (Paragon Cinema Taiping Mall)
0200PM - 0330PM
The Pirate and The Emperor's Ship - Movie Screening (Hall 3, Paragon Cinema Taiping Mall)
0330PM - 0400PM
Q&A session with director Khoo Eng Yow and field researcher Lee Eng Kew.

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CONTACT
If you have any inquiries, please do not hesitate to contact our ticketing manager Mr. Neoh at 010-3718561 via Whatapps.

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*Register online to secure your ticket early. If you're unable to redeem it online, you may claim it at our registration counter at Paragon Cinemas Taiping Mall, 15 minutes before the movie starts - on a first-come, first-served basis.

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