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Sylvia Chang Joins Malaysian Drama About a Family After Their Daughter’s Murder
One Fine Day is a Malaysian drama directed by Tan Seng Kiat, with Sylvia Chang as executive producer.
It follows a family after their nine-year-old daughter is sexually assaulted and murdered, leaving the case unsolved.
The father focuses on finding the killer, the mother turns to religion, and their teenage son carries a secret.
The film is about how the family lives with grief in everyday life, rather than mainly about solving the crime.
Tan says he was inspired by a real child murder in Malaysia and wanted to show how people can grieve differently, even when they love one another.
The script is still in development, and the team is working with Malaysian and Taiwanese partners.
At the Busan project market, they are seeking financing, co-producers and international partners to help move the film toward production.
Sylvia Chang is executive producer of “One Fine Day,” a Malaysian drama about a family coping with their young daughter’s unsolved murder.
The film is directed by Tan Seng Kiat and is being presented at the Asian Project Market in Busan.
The story follows the father’s search for the killer, the mother’s turn to religion and the teenage son’s hidden untruth.
The filmmakers say the film focuses on the family’s ordinary days after the loss rather than solving the murder.
The script is in development, and the team is seeking financing and international partners.
- Who
- Director Tan Seng Kiat is making the film, with Sylvia Chang as executive producer. Elyce Chin, Lim Shu Jia and E.N. Lee are producers.
- What
- One Fine Day” is a Malaysian drama about a family grieving after their nine-year-old daughter is sexually assaulted and killed.
- When
- The project is being presented at the Asian Project Market in Busan. The article was published on October 12, 2026.
- Where
- Malaysia; the project is part of the Asian Project Market at the Busan International Film Festival’s Asian Contents & Film Market.
- Why
- Tan drew on a real child murder in Malaysia and wants to explore how people live through unbearable loss while facing everyday routines.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
I wanted to explore how people live through something unbearable, while still having to face the ordinary routines of everyday life
Even within the same family, people can experience the same loss but cope with it in very different ways. They may love each other deeply, yet struggle to understand one another
Above all, I hope audiences will see these characters not just as victims of tragedy, but as ordinary people trying to find a way to live with something they cannot change
both deeply personal and universal
Tan has wanted to make the film for over five years, according to Chang and producer Elyce Chin.
The script is in development.
The team is seeking co-producers, financing and pre-sales.
- Film
- One Fine Day
- Director
- Tan Seng Kiat
- Executive producer
- Sylvia Chang
- Daughter’s age
- Nine
- Market
- Asian Project Market, Busan
- Story basis
- A real child murder in Malaysia
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