ABOUT US
Greenlight Pictures is a boutique production company, with bases in Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur. We have produced films selected for Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, Tokyo, and Busan, as well as for major platforms like Disney+, Amazon Prime and Netflix.Woman on Fire Looks for Water (2009) and The Tiger Factory (2010) premiered at the Venice and Cannes film festivals. Girl in the Water (2011), won Denmark’s Academy Award for best short film. In 2016, Greenlight Pictures co-produced Pigeon, which premiered at the Tokyo International Film Festival.Aqerat (2017) won Best Director at the Tokyo International Film Festival. Barbarian Invasion (2021), won the Grand Jury Prize at the Shanghai International Film Festival.Stone Turtle (2022), won the Fipresci Prize at the Locarno International Film Festival. The Fox King (2025) premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival.
FILMS
Fraternal twins Ali and Amir are forced to fend for themselves when their father abandons them after remarrying a younger bride. The arrival of a new teacher, Lara, further complicates matters, and puts their brotherly bond to the test.
FILMS
Island-dwelling refugee Zahara (Asmara Abigail) and an intrusive outsider (Bront Palarae) play out repeated versions of a cautious standoff: She deals in precious leatherback turtle eggs; he claims to be a wildlife researcher but pursues her with a passion that suggests other priorities.FESTIVALS
Fipresci Prize, Locarno International Film Festival
Montreal Festival du Nouveau Cinéma
Hamburg Film Festival
Busan International Film Festival
Glasgow International Film FestivalGoteborg Film Festival
Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Black Movie Festival
Lima Alterna Festival Internacional de Cine
International Film Festival Mannheim-Heidelberg
Singapore International Film Festival
Golden Rooster Film Festival
Kosmorama Trondheim IFF
FILMS
After the death of his wife and having to raise his mute daughter on his own, Joe accepts a handyman job in a remote home nearby run by a Javanese woman. Wrecked with survival guilt over his wife's death, and his ambivalence towards his daughter, Joe tries to put his best foot forward. But father and daughter soon begin to experience mysterious and terrifying visions, forcing each to confront their worst fears and regrets, while trying to outrun the sinister fate that awaits them.FESTIVALS
Bucheon Fantastic Film Festival
Chicago Asian Pop Up Cinema
Malaysian Film Festival - Opening Film
FILMS
19-year-old Ping works in a pig farm and cleans dishes in a rundown restaurant but longs to go to Japan to work in a car parts company. She’s under the guardian of her aunt, Madame Tien, who shuffles her between her two jobs. Tien is also involved in a secret “baby factory” scheme, pairing young women with illegal migrant workers and then selling the babies for money. In need of funds to fulfill her dream, she decides to go through with her aunt’s scheme. The two women survive with each other in a symbiotic love-hate manner, until the true nature of her aunt is revealed to Ping.FESTIVALS
Cannes Film Festival, Directors' Fortnight
Tokyo International Film Festival (Special Jury Mention, Winds of Asia)
Busan International Film Festival
Hamburg Film Festival
Vancouver Film Festival
Warsaw Film Festival
Hawaii Film Festival
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival
Nantes 3 Continents
Rotterdam International Film Festival
FILMS
Woman on Fire Looks for Water tells the story of a father and son, and their relationship
with the women in their lives. Ah Fei sells frogs from his motorbike, while his father, Ah Kan, is part of a dying breed of fishermen in an old coastal village. They share a quiet, but strong relationship. The film follows these two characters as one of them faces death, while the other is only becoming a man.FESTIVALS
Venice Film Festival (Horizons)
Busan Film Festival
Cinemanila Film Festival (Special Mention Award)
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival
New Era Horizons
San Francisco Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Denmark CPH:PIX (2010)
World Film Festival Amsterdam[29]
L’Alternativa Film Festival[30]
Films From the South FF
Asian American Film Festival New York
Haifa International Film Festival
Vienna International Film Festival
Pyongyang Film Festival
Munich Film Festival
FILMS
Woman on Fire Looks for Water tells the story of a father and son, and their relationship
with the women in their lives. Ah Fei sells frogs from his motorbike, while his father, Ah Kan, is part of a dying breed of fishermen in an old coastal village. They share a quiet, but strong relationship. The film follows these two characters as one of them faces death, while the other is only becoming a man.FESTIVALS
Venice Film Festival (Horizons)
Busan Film Festival
Cinemanila Film Festival (Special Mention Award)
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Hong Kong Asian Independent Film Festival
New Era Horizons
San Francisco Film Festival
Los Angeles Film Festival
Denmark CPH:PIX (2010)
World Film Festival Amsterdam[29]
L’Alternativa Film Festival[30]
Films From the South FF
Asian American Film Festival New York
Haifa International Film Festival
Vienna International Film Festival
Pyongyang Film Festival
Munich Film Festival
FILMS
Zombitopia is a 2021 Malaysian post-apocalyptic action-horror film. It centers on a zombie apocalypse caused by a mysterious virus that turns humans violent.DISNEY+ Original Movie
FILMS
A celebrated award-winning actress has become a full-time mum and divorcée since retiring. She decides to star as a lead in a martial arts film to regain her confidence, but the director decides to cast her ex-husband as the male lead.FESTIVALS
Shanghai International Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize
New York Asian Film Festival
International Film Festival Rotterdam
Singapore International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
FILMS
A coastal town is turned upside down by the construction of a radioactive rare earth plant. An idealistic teacher and a group of high school students in her recently formed activist group find themselves battling for the soul of their hometown.FESTIVALS
Tokyo International Film Festival
Rotterdam International Film Festival
Singapore International Film Festival
Vancouver International Film Festival
Cambodia International Film Festival
FILMS
An elderly Japanese man (played by Masahiko Tsugawa) living in Penang, has a strained relationship with his son and develops a bond with his young Malaysian caretaker (played by Sharifah Amani). The film explores themes of memory, dementia, and postwar reconciliation.FESTIVALS
Tokyo International Film Festival
coming soon
After an earthquake, a girl on a rural koi farm bonds with a deformed fish, only to discover a brutal truth about her grandfather’s trade.
projects in development
These projects are currently in various phases of development.
the ceo
Ming Jin (MJ) Woo is a producer and director based in Tokyo and Kuala Lumpur. MJ's Monday Morning Glory (2005) screened at The Berlin International Film Festival. Elephant and the Sea (2007) won 15 awards in festivals like Torino, Rotterdam and Seoul, Woman on Fire Looks for Water (2007) premiered at The Venice International Film Festival, while Tiger Factory (2010) premiered at the Director's Fortnight in Cannes.Stone Turtle (2022) was in the Main Competition at the Locarno Film Festival and won the Fipresci Prize. His latest film, The Fox King. (2025), premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival in the Centerpiece program.As producer, MJ has spearheaded filmes such as Aqerat (We the Dead, 2017), which won the Best Director Prize at the Tokyo International Film Festival, and Barbarian Invasion (2021), which won the Special Jury Prize at the Shanghai International Film Festival.At Greenlight, he heads development, managing a slate of projects with co-producers across Japan, Taiwan, and the US.
vision
At Greenlight Pictures, we believe that the marketplace and the artist can thrive in unison. Our goal is to produce elevated content across all genres that resonates with audiences while maintaining a distinct, director-led creative pulse.CONTACT
EMAIL: [email protected]
IG: https://www.instagram.com/greenlightpictures/