19 Aug – Even though the silat-themed "Geran" failed to achieve a big box office collection in its home country, the Layar Pictures and Tree of Hopes Productions film managed to make Malaysians proud when it nabbed an award at the 19th New York Asian Film Festival (NYAFF). "Geran" received the Daniel A. Craft Award for its excellence in action, placing its director Areel Abu Bakar on the same level as other renowned directors such as Dante Lam ("Operation Red Sea"), Yue Song ("The Bodyguard") and Jung Byung-gil ("The Villainess"), who previously won the same award. "We never expected to receive outside recognition. This is the first award received for the movie "Geran", which is also my first film," said the director, as quoted by Bernama.