Andy Darrel Gomes

Andy Darrel Gomes is a Malaysian director, writer, actor and educator in film and theatre. A graduate in English Linguistics & Performing Arts from Universiti Putra Malaysia, his writing credits include "My Ba's Radio" (2017), screened at Short Shorts Film Festival, Japan and won Best Film at the Mantova Lovers film festival, Italy. "Hawa" (2016) won the grand prize at BMW Shorties, Malaysia's longest running and most prestigious film competition. As an actor, he appeared in Chiu Keng Guan's "Ola Bola" (2016) and Edmund Yeo's "Aqerat, (We the Dead)" (2017). His recent projects include providing the American Blu-Ray commentary for Tsai Ming Liang's "Rebels of the Neon God" (1992) under Vinegar Syndrome and Yeo Joon Han's "Sell Out!" (2008) under Kani Releasing. His ongoing endeavor is "Transitional Cinema", a mode of filmmaking with some of the country's emerging directors while lecturing at different universities in Kuala Lumpur.