{"id":642873,"date":"2026-05-01T14:16:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/642873\/"},"modified":"2026-05-01T14:16:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T14:16:11","slug":"indonesian-action-thriller-queen-of-malacca-boarded-by-blue-finch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/642873\/","title":{"rendered":"Indonesian Action Thriller ‘Queen of Malacca’ Boarded by Blue Finch"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tBlue Finch Films<\/a> has taken worldwide sales rights to Indonesian action crime thriller \u201cQueen of Malacca<\/a>,\u201d excluding select Southeast Asian territories. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe U.K.-based outfit unveiled the acquisition ahead of the Cannes Film Market, where the Visinema<\/a> Pictures production will debut its first footage at the Fronti\u00e8res Buyers Showcase<\/a>. The project was\u00a0first revealed by\u00a0Variety\u00a0<\/a>at the Cannes Film Market 2025. <\/p>\n

\n\tA selection of the Fronti\u00e8res Platform, the film traces the arc of Rafah, a woman who moves through a world built on ritual and violence and transforms herself into a figure of power. Characters from the \u201cRatu Malaka\u201d universe made their public debut at the Jogja-Netpac Asian Film Festival 2025<\/a>, drawing significant interest from industry delegates and audiences.<\/p>\n

\n\tAngga Dwimas Sasongko<\/a> \u2013 known internationally for \u201cStealing Raden Saleh\u201d and \u201c13 Bombs\u201d \u2013 directs from a script he co-wrote with Irfan Ramli. The film is produced by Sasongko and Kori Adyaning, with Michael Rainheart and Janice Angelica as co-producers.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast is led by Claresta Taufan, Dion Wiyoko, Ganindra Bimo, and Faris Fadjar, with supporting roles from Jihane Almira, Lutesha, Wulan Guritno, and Marcella Zalianty. Fight choreography is handled by Chan Man-Ching alongside Indonesian martial arts practitioner Reza Hilman.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018Queen of Malacca\u2019 is a gripping crime epic told through a bold Southeast Asian female lens, where survival demands reinvention, and power comes at a brutal, irreversible cost,\u201d said Sasongko.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWe were enthralled by the concept and the filmmaking power behind \u2018Queen of Malacca\u2019 \u2013 a martial arts epic which ties together thrilling wuxia action, brutal violence, and the occult. We can\u2019t wait for wide audiences to witness the bone-crunching, mind-blowing action world that Angga Dwimas Sasongko is creating,\u201d added Mike Chapman of Blue Finch Films.<\/p>\n

\n\tBlue Finch\u2019s current slate includes Rotterdam title \u201cBowels of Hell\u201d from Oscar-winning production company RT Features, SXSW selections \u201cAmerican Dollhouse\u201d and \u201cImposters,\u201d and Tribeca pick \u201cRecluse.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Blue Finch Films has taken worldwide sales rights to Indonesian action crime thriller \u201cQueen of Malacca,\u201d excluding select…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":642874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[311232,64,63,244306,134,344,311233,161927],"class_list":["post-642873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-angga-dwimas-sasongko","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-blue-finch-films","tag-entertainment","tag-movies","tag-queen-of-malacca","tag-visinema"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=642873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/642873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/642874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=642873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=642873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=642873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}