"I am optimistic and sentimental to the point of being annoying, especially to people who think that being cynical and…"

"I can't say for certain if my static camera influence came from the cinema of Japan, Iran, or certain cinematic tradi…"

"Chaplin always infuses humor with great drama. I think that what life is. Life is never just humorous, never just tra…"

"I never look for trouble, just making a film."

"For me today, the most important filmmaker alive, for me personally is Pedro Almodóvar. Because he takes people on th…"

"I don’t make films specifically for Malaysia, but I make films to tell you something about humanity."

"If some people in power here were to think, oh no you’re smaller and you’re weaker, my job is to take care of you, th…"

"People of-course, only ever people. (How she finds inspiration for her stories and her characters?)"

"It's rare to find a woman filmmaker in Muslim society, and even rarer when she is an outspoken talent unafraid of con…"

"Ahmad's films are deeply inspired by the Japanese director Yasujiro Ozu and display scenes of everyday life with a de…"