Directing
Ridhwan Saidi
Known for
Directing
Credits
18 titles
Ridhwan Saidi is a Malaysian film director, theatre practitioner and novelist. His short films include Sisa Binasa (2019), and No Love for the Young is his debut feature. The author of multiple novels, Ridhwan co-founded independent publishing house, Moka Mocha Ink, and established open theatre collective Ensembel Teater Kaos Nol.
Known for
A salesman talk about consumer culture along Jalan Melayu, Kuala Lumpur
Kaki Lima
2009
NRTentang Cinta is about two lovers reassessing their relationship by asking what is love. As they walk from a public space to a more private open-range farm, their discussion becomes more intimate. They talk about the idea behind honeymooning, trust and nostalgia.
Tentang Cinta
2021
An adaptation of Haruki Murakami short story
Sesudah Suboh
2013
Micro drama adapted from a playlet called Korban Bulan Madu
Closing Time
2025
A man and a woman have a conversation near a waterfall
Sesuap Kaseh
2019
A story about a bicycle in the local community
Basikal Tua
2011
Film credits
Behind the camera
A salesman talk about consumer culture along Jalan Melayu, Kuala Lumpur
Kaki Lima
2009
NRTentang Cinta is about two lovers reassessing their relationship by asking what is love. As they walk from a public space to a more private open-range farm, their discussion becomes more intimate. They talk about the idea behind honeymooning, trust and nostalgia.
Tentang Cinta
2021
An adaptation of Haruki Murakami short story
Sesudah Suboh
2013
Micro drama adapted from a playlet called Korban Bulan Madu
Closing Time
2025
Micro drama adapted from a playlet called Korban Bulan Madu
Closing Time
2025
A man and a woman have a conversation near a waterfall
Sesuap Kaseh
2019
A story about a bicycle in the local community
Basikal Tua
2011
A journey of a group of men wanting to throw away the remains of a djinn from their master’s body. They’re instructed by a shaman to throw an earthenware jar containing the djinn into the farthest lake. In the middle of the way, they’re confronted by a forest spirit imparting advice in pantun form. Will they listen to the advice? An ecological purbawara story about the evil deed of disposing forbidden subtance into public spaces that are detrimental to the locals. Inspired by true story.
Sisa Binasa
2019
A group of coworkers have lunch together You figure it out
Lunch Time
2015
NRA debt collector is investigating a murder case involving his borrowers. The savage nature of man and the meaning of responsibility are explored in this short film.
Penyiasat Malam
2021
NRSet against the backdrop of an ever-evolving Malaysian capital, a contemplative protagonist navigates the emotional debris of a dissolved relationship through a series of surreal, elegiac recollections that blur the line between historical memory and psychological dreamscape.
Tears in Kuala Lumpur
2025
NRSet against the backdrop of an ever-evolving Malaysian capital, a contemplative protagonist navigates the emotional debris of a dissolved relationship through a series of surreal, elegiac recollections that blur the line between historical memory and psychological dreamscape.
Tears in Kuala Lumpur
2025
A story about The Harlot, The Client, His Wife & Her Lover
The Harlot, The Client, His Wife & Her Lover
2015
NRWhat is passion? What is pleasure? Actors and non-actors contemplate questions of the heart and play a game of word association, ruminating on definitions. And when words are inadequate, they employ movement. Drunk on life, art and a youthful honesty, characters reveal their inner worlds, relating a generation’s sensibilities.
No Love for the Young
2020
What is going on this table Find out Find out Find out
Misteri Atas Meja
2018
NRTwo women meet weekly to devise a performance on becoming their fictional characters. In this process personal stories co-exist with written texts, that leads to issues pertaining identity, nostalgia and longing.
Menjadi Laila dan Sairah
2021
NRTwo women meet weekly to devise a performance on becoming their fictional characters. In this process personal stories co-exist with written texts, that leads to issues pertaining identity, nostalgia and longing.
Menjadi Laila dan Sairah
2021

