How teacher Dinnie makes award-winning films in rural Sarawak
MALAYSIANSKINI | Like most auteurs, Wan Zulfadli Ad-Dinnie Wan Azmi is more comfortable behind the camera.
He obliges to an interview anyway, reeled in by the opportunity to speak about his two favourite things - teaching and a unique animation technique called rotoscoping.
Cikgu Dinnie, as his students call him, recently made headlines for "B.B. - Batuh Bijanji" - the animated short film that won "Best Film by Popular Jury" at a Brazillian film festival for student work.
His day job is as an art and physical education teacher at Sekolah Kebangsaan Temong, a rural primary school in Serian, Sarawak. After school hours, he makes films with and of his students.
Dinnie produced the award-winning film with fellow teacher Mohd Reduan Patah along with their 11-year-old students Macgres Sawet and Nabiatul Dania Zulfiqa Mohd Zulfadhli...
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