[Jalan Saloma Padi] A Sonic Screening: A Film Screening & Live Performances

​Some films take years to make. Jalan Saloma Padi took three, not because of production delays, but because a single song by P. Ramlee remained out of reach.

​When the rights could not be secured, the project did not stop. Instead, it opened the door to a new direction. A collaboration formed with musicians and composers from Singapore and beyond, leading to the creation of an original seven-track soundtrack written entirely from scratch. That necessity reshaped the film, giving it a renewed voice.

​The evening features a screening of the film, followed by an intimate live performance by Shazza, Wirda Hanee, and Ahmadul Amin, and a conversation with the director and musicians on the making of the film, the creative detour that shaped it, and the community behind its completion.

​Jalan Saloma Padi is a celebration of music’s role in filmmaking, and of what becomes possible when we let go of the original plan to make space for something new.

​Doors open at 6pm. Tickets are available now.