Writer/Director

A Malay Muslim family struggles to be one in the final moments of Ramadan. The film documents the final ten minutes of their preparation for Eid in real time.

Buka explores the dynamics of familial relationships in a semi-neorealist fashion through an ensemble cast. It observes and illustrates insecurities and kinship amongst individuals in a familiar everyday situation. It also investigates the role of faith consciously and otherwise in a home. A sermon plays throughout, acting almost as an omnipresent character and another subject of contest between the family members.

The bulk of the film is shot in one take where the camera doubles as an observer and a judge of character.