{"id":8269,"date":"2026-02-10T17:08:47","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:08:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/8269\/"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:08:47","slug":"sean-bakers-short-film-stars-michelle-yeoh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/8269\/","title":{"rendered":"Sean Baker’s Short Film Stars Michelle Yeoh"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ever since Sean Baker<\/a>\u2018s historic night at the Academy Awards in 2025 \u2014 when he won Oscars for Best Original Screenplay, Best Director, Best Editing, and Best Picture for \u201cAnora\u201d<\/a> \u2014 cinephiles have been waiting to see what he would direct next. Now we have our answer, as Baker now takes a new short film<\/a> to Berlin.<\/p>\n

Written and directed by Baker and produced by the London fashion house Self-Portrait, \u201cSandiwara<\/a>\u201d stars Michelle Yeoh<\/a> in a slice of life in the Malaysian city of Penang. Notably, Penang is also the original home of Self-Portrait founder Han Chong.<\/p>\n

An official synopsis described the project as \u201ca bold, immersive celebration of womanhood, cultural identity, culinary heritage and the spirit of independent cinema.\u201d Press materials also noted that \u201cnamed after the Malay word meaning \u201cdrama, theatrical performance or play,\u201d the title captures the essence and spirit of the film which is an exploration of Malaysian culture through the lens of food, music and womanhood.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"L–R,<\/a> \"We<\/a> <\/p>\n

While Baker has yet to announce his first post-\u201cAnora\u201d feature film, he has stayed quite busy in the year since his Oscars sweep. In addition to working on \u201cSandiwara,\u201d he co-wrote and edited Taiwan\u2019s official Oscar submission \u201cLeft-Handed Girl,\u201d<\/a> which was directed by his longtime collaborator Shih-Ching Tsou. <\/p>\n

Baker has also made it clear that when he is ready to make another feature, it will be on a scale similar to his previous works. Speaking to The Hollywood Reporter<\/a> in 2025, the director explained<\/a> that he is not interested in giving up his independence to make a larger movie. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to happen,\u201d he said when asked about the prospect of making a franchise blockbuster. \u201cI\u2019m intentionally going to stay in the same wheelhouse and with the approximate same budget. I think that I enjoy working in this space of 100 percent independent.\u201d <\/p>\n

Yeoh, who recently concluded a two-film arc playing Madame Morrible in \u201cWicked\u201d and \u201cWicked: For Good,\u201d will next be seen in Amazon\u2019s \u201cBlade Runner 2099\u201d limited series.<\/p>\n

\u201cSandiwara\u201d will have its world premiere as a special screening at the 2026 Berlin International Film Festival. Watch the trailer below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ever since Sean Baker\u2018s historic night at the Academy Awards in 2025 \u2014 when he won Oscars for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8270,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[99],"tags":[112,1138,190,4027,6926,4028,6927],"class_list":{"0":"post-8269","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-berlin","8":"tag-berlin","9":"tag-film","10":"tag-germany","11":"tag-michelle-yeoh","12":"tag-sandiwara","13":"tag-sean-baker","14":"tag-trailers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8269"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8269\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8270"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8269"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8269"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8269"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}