UK Malaysian Film Festival 2025 - 4th Film Screening

The Garden of the Evening Mists (2019)
Director: Tom Lin Shu-yu

Synopsis

A 2019 Malaysian English-language historical drama film directed by Tom Lin Shu-yu from the screenplay of Richard Smith and adapted from Tan Twan Eng's 2012 novel of same name. A woman, still haunted by her experiences in a Japanese internment camp as a child, travels to Cameron Highlands during the Malayan Emergency and becomes the apprentice of a mysterious Japanese gardener.

Supported by Astro Shaw

Astro Shaw is a Malaysian film studio that has produced films for the local and regional markets and is pursuing expansion into international film investments. It also provides a marketing and distribution services for theatrical and non-theatrical release in Malaysia and abroad.

Date: Friday 14 November, 2025

Time: 7:00pm start

Venue:  Lecture Theatre, King’s College London, Strand Campus, Strand, London WC2R 2LS

Nearest tube station: Temple