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Bleat! film image; close on a goat

Bleat!

கத்து!

VIFF Short Forum

An elderly couple faces a dilemma when their male goat, destined for ceremonial slaughter, turns out to be pregnant.

Director
Cast

Tharmasegaran MS Maniam, Panneerselvam Evarani, Dhanesh Reubben Alagarsu, Charvine Mailvaganam

Credits
Country of Origin

Malaysia/Philippines/France

Year

2025

Language

In Tamil with English subtitles

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Content Warning

Animal cruelty

18+
16 min
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Credits & Director

Producer

Choo Mun Bel, Bradley Liew, Dominique Welinski

Screenwriter

Ananth Subramaniam

Cinematography

Adrian Wong

Editor

Gogularaajan Rajendra, BK Lee

Ananth Subramaniam headshot

Ananth Subramaniam

Ananth Subramaniam is a Malaysian filmmaker of Tamil descent whose works often explore his ancestral identity and family. He co-founded Idio Sync Inc., a production house created to develop genre stories championing Tamil culture. Subramaniam was selected to participate in the 2020 Locarno Open Doors program and Southeast Asian Film Lab, and his recent filmmaking credits include The House of Brick and Stone (2022), which premiered at Fantasia & BIFAN, and Liar Land (2019), which won a Special Mention Prize at Locarno. He is currently working on his debut feature film The Passport.

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