Chan Teik Quan

Directing

Chan Teik Quan

Born 1996-01-16 · Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

Chan Teik Quan, born in 1996, is an assistant lecturer in the Faculty of Cinematic Arts at Multimedia University, Malaysia. His short film, 'Setting Moon', won the Jury's Choice and People's Choice Awards at the Kancil 666 - Young Directors Challenge 2019, as well as the Silver Award for New Director Lotus at ADFEST 2021. His short films have been screened at various international film festivals, including Singapore International Film Festival, Jogja-NETPAC Asian Film Festival, Minikino Film Week, and Cardiff International Film Festival, among others. He often draws inspiration from the mortality of human life and the impermanence of conditioned things.

Acting credits

Behind the camera

Anitya (Impermanence) poster
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People using their senses to 'feel' their surroundings before everything changes with time.

Anitya (Impermanence)

2016

Suri poster
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Suri (a representation of Mahsuri and ‘penunggu’) submits her whole being to an old yet charming kampong house and vows to remain devoted for better or worse. Every once a month, Suri performs a ritual that she believes will strengthen the bond between her and the house. In return, the house blesses her with beauty and grace. As she ages, Suri loses her sense of identity and starts to give in to temptations. The story then follows how Suri battles between facing her personal desires and tending to the house.

Suri

2017

Suri poster
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Suri (a representation of Mahsuri and ‘penunggu’) submits her whole being to an old yet charming kampong house and vows to remain devoted for better or worse. Every once a month, Suri performs a ritual that she believes will strengthen the bond between her and the house. In return, the house blesses her with beauty and grace. As she ages, Suri loses her sense of identity and starts to give in to temptations. The story then follows how Suri battles between facing her personal desires and tending to the house.

Suri

2017

Spotlight poster
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Two friends try to open up to each other and talk about their insecurities.

Spotlight

2016

Mandang poster
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On the last night of Ramadhan, three cousins share ghost stories, convinced that spirits are chained away. But as the night deepens, eerie truths about one of their family members unravel.

Mandang

2025

Setting Moon poster
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In the very end, once a soul has been cleansed of its past, it will take one last journey to the deepest of the abyss for a new beginning. To fulfil her filial piety, a young woman accompanies her mother on the journey to the end of her being. Under the setting moon, they reminisce about the past.

Setting Moon

2019

Setting Moon poster
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In the very end, once a soul has been cleansed of its past, it will take one last journey to the deepest of the abyss for a new beginning. To fulfil her filial piety, a young woman accompanies her mother on the journey to the end of her being. Under the setting moon, they reminisce about the past.

Setting Moon

2019

Kopi 'O' Kosong poster
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A young man reconnects with his deceased mother through their mutual love for plain black coffee.

Kopi 'O' Kosong

2025

Kopi 'O' Kosong poster
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A young man reconnects with his deceased mother through their mutual love for plain black coffee.

Kopi 'O' Kosong

2025

Mourning Visit poster
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On her way home from work, Keen encounters a mysterious woman from “somewhere far away” in the midnight bus, who reveals to her that she is on a one-day trip to visit her family who she has not seen for a long time. As Keen finds out more about the mysterious woman in the bus, she reflects on familial values and the meaning of separation.

Mourning Visit

2024

Mourning Visit poster
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On her way home from work, Keen encounters a mysterious woman from “somewhere far away” in the midnight bus, who reveals to her that she is on a one-day trip to visit her family who she has not seen for a long time. As Keen finds out more about the mysterious woman in the bus, she reflects on familial values and the meaning of separation.

Mourning Visit

2024

Weeping Birds poster
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An elderly couple approach old age and death light-heartedly as they prepare for each other's departure from life. The husband scavenges to earn money for his dying wife's funeral, while she slowly realises that separation is imminent.

Weeping Birds

2018

Weeping Birds poster
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An elderly couple approach old age and death light-heartedly as they prepare for each other's departure from life. The husband scavenges to earn money for his dying wife's funeral, while she slowly realises that separation is imminent.

Weeping Birds

2018

The 46th Moon poster
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Transitioning into womanhood without a mother, a 21-year-old woman looks through her late mother's old belongings to capture the last drop of warmth she left for her.

The 46th Moon

2023

The 46th Moon poster
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Transitioning into womanhood without a mother, a 21-year-old woman looks through her late mother's old belongings to capture the last drop of warmth she left for her.

The 46th Moon

2023

No artwork available
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A Covid-19 omnibus film by students of Multimedia University (Malaysia).

The Act of Loneliness