Set in Ipoh, Malaysia, Sepet explores the inter-racial love between a Malay girl, Orked, and Chinese boy, Jason, and reveals social attitudes towards mixed race relationships. The film tells of the friendship that blossoms between two teenagers coming from different socio-economic backgrounds. Orked, free-spirited and opinionated, comes from an affluent Malay family and Jason, though from a turbulent, dysfunctional working class background, loves poetry. As we follow Orked and Jason’s story, the social pressure they are put under slowly grows and Jason and Orked eventually separate. Sepet is a moving yet painful story about love that ends in uncompromising tragedy; it was censored in Malaysia and shown only to the public after Ahmad edited out some scenes. However, it was already making waves internationally. Sepet won the Best Asian Film at the 18th Tokyo International Film Festival in 2005 and Best Film in the 27th Créteil International Women's Film Festival in France in the same year.