EPISODE 01
Sewing Songkok for Old Men
A father’s expectations. A son’s refusal. And a younger brother caught between them.
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A Rantau Films original
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A small shop. A father’s legacy.
A son who wants a different life.
KAMPONG GLAM, 1970
On the eve of Hari Raya, one son refuses the family trade. Another is still too young to choose.
Singapore, 1970. Customers fill Ahmad’s songkok shop. He sees a future for his sons at the workbench. Rashid sees his future somewhere else.
Watching from the doorway is twelve-year-old Salim. In a shop built on the work of generations, a family begins to pull apart.
Short-form drama
Malay · English subtitles

Some things are passed down.THE HANDS THAT MAKE. THE LIVES THEY HOLD.
Others stay with us.
EPISODE 01
A father’s expectations. A son’s refusal. And a younger brother caught between them.
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With Ahmad resting upstairs, Salmah holds the household together. Salim wants to help. A visit from Rahman raises new questions.
Watch on YouTubeWe tell stories rooted in Southeast Asia, about the things that connect us wherever we call home.
Family. Belonging. The lives we choose, and the ones we inherit. Rantau Films brings local perspectives to the screen through intimate, cinematic short dramas.
Small stories. Lasting echoes.