aiwan/France/Austria 2006, Malay, Mandarin and Bengali with English subtitles, 35mm, 115 min
Director: Tsai Ming-Liang
Screenplay : Tsai Ming-Liang
Cinematography: Liao Pen-Liang
Cast: Lee Kang-Sheng, Chen Siang-Chyi, Norman Bin Atun, Lee Long-Yu
Print Source: New Crowned Hope
After seven features set mainly in Taipei , director Tsai Ming-Liang returns to his birthplace of Malaysia with a film unlike anything he has done before.
I Don't Want to Sleep Alone features a cast of multicultural characters set against the crowded, neon-lit streets of Kuala Lampur. After being robbed and attacked one night, Hsiao Kang, a homeless Chinese man, is taken in by a group of Bangladeshi workers. One of them, Rwang, allows him to share her mattress with him while Chyi, a waitress at a local coffee shop, is filled with lust for him. As Hsiao recuperates, he finds himself caught between the two women, as well as Chyi's female boss. At the same time, a haze of humidity is rising in the city, becoming so thick that it begins to stink of its population's perspiration.
Tsai Ming-Liang's latest film extends his exploration into the connections, desire and love that unites people in the multicultural cities of the 21st century.
The Cape Winelands will again at the 2012 edition of this festival present a series of Masterclasses and workshops. These events are sponsored by the City of Cape Town and Wesgro.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, 
