YOU ARE NOT ALONE

This story is about a struggling artist and an optimistic neighbour who collide from a distance as their eyes meet. They validate the famous saying by Carl Rogers “Empathy is in itself a healing agent. If a person is understood, he or she belongs." Khairul; the main lead fighting loneliness and defeat in his quiet world is aware of the measures to be taken within his means to help himself find his breakthrough. Khairul never lost faith and always worked towards being a better version of himself. This short film acknowledges tenacity, persistence and faith being rewarded with genuine victory of being able to resurface from the engulfment of alienation. Witness the change in emotions seen in Khairul as his life is graced by joy in the form of a beautiful friendship with his opposite house neighbour. It is one of the many simplest forms of describing humanity within the human race, united and bringing out the best in each other.

  • HARINTHIRAN MANOHARAN
    Producer
  • RENUKA BALASUBRAMANIAM
    Director
  • RENUKA BALASUBRAMANIAM
    Writer
  • RENUKA BALASUBRAMANIAM
    Screenplay
  • THAYALAN Subramaniam
    Assistant Director
  • HAVEENASH
    Assistant Director (Iconic Roles Recreation)
  • Dustin Riduan Shah
    Music Composer
  • HARINTHIRAN MANOHARAN
    Cinematography
  • HARINTHIRAN MANOHARAN
    Editor
  • HARINTHIRAN MANOHARAN
    Colorist
  • JESON Gnanapnegasam
    Sound Designer
  • RENUKA Balasubramaniam
    Production Designer
  • SHIVAANI Tarmothran
    Make up & SFX (Role Recreation)
  • Vicky Cazador
    Gaffer
  • Satyen
    Assistant Gaffer
  • Dustin Riduan Shah
    Dialogue Editor
  • RENUKA Balasubramaniam
    Subtitle
  • HAVEE
    Subtitle
  • HARINTHIRAN MANOHARAN
    VFX
  • KERUBANATHAN
    Key Cast
    "KHAIRUL"
  • BANUREKHAA BALASUBRAMANIAM
    Key Cast
    "BANU"
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    29 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    February 23, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    3,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Malaysia
  • Country of Filming:
    Malaysia
  • Language:
    English, Malay
  • Shooting Format:
    DIGITAL
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
Director Biography - RENUKA BALASUBRAMANIAM

My kickstart in the video production journey started off in 2019 as the creative content head for a client who had come to us with a song ready to be published to the public in the form of a music video. It was ecstatic to watch every scene tick off during production as planned in pre-production, that too having achieved the envisioned production design. The motive is for the state of art and craftmanship to shine, even if the storytelling is only for 5 minutes. In the span of three years till date, I have directed 5 music videos, 6 property-related promotional videos and 1 short film.

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