Mustafa K. Anuar

Mustafa K. Anuar is Associate Professor who teaches communication studies at the School of Communication in Universiti Sains Malaysia. He was recipient of the British High Commissioner’s Chevening Award (1995-96) and of Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals (2002–03). Mustafa co-authored with Eric Loo a book, published this year, called Journalism in Good Faith: Issues and Practices in Religion Reporting, Subang: Marshall Cavendish Editions. He now leads a USM research team on ‘The Politics of Environmental Reporting: Three Case Studies of Environmental Degradation and Pollution in Malaysia’.

Leow Puay Tin

Leow Puay Tin is one of Malaysia’s finest writers for the theatre. Her writings – most notably Ang Tau Mui, Three Children and Family – delve insightfully and incisively into the Malaysian psyche through the lives of individuals. In addition to creating texts for performance, she also devises performances through collaborations with theatre practitioners, students and non-performers to come up with shows such as Bags of Stories and Tikam-tikam: Merdeka! Merdeka. Merdeka? Currently Puay Tin heads the Department of Performance & Media at Sunway University College.

Martyn See

Martyn See is a documentary filmmaker and editor with over 15 years of experience in video post-production, including editing credits for 5 feature films. In 2005, his directorial debut ‘Singapore Rebel’ became the subject of a 15 month long police investigation over alleged violation of Singapore’s Films Act, which prohibits the making of political films with “bias references.” In the following year, See made yet another political documentary, “Zahari’s 17 Years”, which remains banned in Singapore today. As the first Singaporean participant of the Freedom Film Fest, See believes that the courage to document injustices on film can act as a catalyst to social and political empowerment of any community. Aside from his filmmaking exploits, See is also the co-founder and Executive Secretary of newly formed NGO Singaporeans For Democracy.

Anna Har

Anna Har specializes in developing community-based audiovisual units and support services for grassroots. Anna served as KOMAS Programme Coordinator for four years before pursuing her postgraduate to obtain a Masters in Visual Anthropology from Goldsmiths College, London. She has extensive experience in producing social documentaries about Malaysia and other Southeast Asian countries. Anna was formerly the Creative Director of a Malaysian television production house and has since then established her own company Big Pictures Production.