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Thursday, August 17, 2017

Freedom Film Festival to highlight social issues

The weeklong festival which kicks off on Sept 2 will showcase 40 documentaries from local and international filmmakers.
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PETALING JAYA: The Freedom Film Festival (FFF) is back again, with this year’s weeklong festival to be held from Sept 2 at PJ Live Arts theatre here.
The festival will showcase 40 documentaries from local and international filmmakers related to social issues.
It will also highlight the values of freedom and equality in dignity and rights, enshrined in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights.
The festival, which is being held for the 15th year since its inception in 2003, is expected to gather some 6,000 people throughout the week.
FFF organiser Brenda Danker said the purpose of the film festival was to promote critical thinking on issues affecting humanity while gathering the perspectives of marginalised communities.
FFF currently has a social film bank of 30 short documentaries on topics that are not covered by the mainstream media. Danker said these issues should be documented as they are real and will keep resurfacing if left unresolved.
“What we have achieved thus far from FFF is the film grant which is given to filmmakers for the first time, or to those who are interested in making a social film, or even those who are concerned about highlighting a certain issue.
“Every year, there are two to four documentaries that are made on Malaysia,” she said.
Aside from the screenings, audiences will also be able to enjoy talks on topics related to the degradation of the environment, ageing, food activism and countering extremism.
Homegrown Freedom Film Network (FFN) filmmakers such as Norhayati Kaprawi and two other winners of this year’s FreedomFilmFest Grant will delve into local issues such as the consequences of unilateral conversion (“Diary for Prasana”), rapid development and its effect on the flora and fauna in Penang (“The Hills and The Sea”), the plight of Rohingya refugees in Malaysia (“Selfie with the Prime Minister”) and the policies surrounding the next general election (“Saving Malaysia”).
Nurul Ain Huda contributed to this article. -FMT

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