Publicist for Academy Award-Winning ‘Birdman’ Backs ‘Lelaki Harapan Dunia’

THE Lelaki Harapan Dunia camp announced yesterday that public relations expert Sabrina Taylor has officially joined their team. As Birdman‘s publicist, Taylor helped coordinate the film’s Oscar campaign.

She’s had extensive experience as an event planner, and some of the events she’s produced include Naomi Campbell‘s City of Gold Nelson Mandela annual Cannes charitable event, P. Diddy and Andre Harrell‘s 2005 Grammy party, and the City of West Hollywood‘s Annual Pride Parade & Festival. She was also an event coordinator for the Sundance Institute for two years.

Taylor currently leads PR film Pomp & Plastick with Tori Kyes.

Lelaki Harapan Dunia had a string of festival screenings in October — the film played at Romania’s Comedy Cluj International Film Festival, South Korea’s International Intangible Heritage Film Festival, the Kaohsiung Film Festival in Taiwan, and the Asian World Film Festival in Los Angeles.

Directed by Liew Seng Tat, the film depicts the lives of Malay villagers thrown out of balance when they suspect a ghost has entered their village. The film was screened last night at the historical Raleigh Studios for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.