The FreedomFilmFest is now accepting entries for FFF 2009 with the theme “Real Change?”.
The outcome of March 8th 2008 Malaysian General Election had everyone from mamak stalls to corporate boardrooms talking about the reawakening of people’s power. But has this political transformation resulted in real changes to our lives as Malaysians?
KOMAS FreedomFilmFest (FFF09) is once again looking for human right stories about Malaysia .
Three of the best proposals will be awarded a grant of RM5,000 each and will be supported by KOMAS to make it come to life! This year, we will also be accepting completed films whereby the best one would be awarded RM 2,000.
Winning films will be premiered at the annual Freedom Film Fest screenings in October 2009. Winners will also receive the Justin Louis Award in honour of the first KOMAS coordinator who was killed in a boat accident while on a fact finding mission to investigate abuse of Penan indigenous peoples by security forces in Sarawak , Malaysia .
KOMAS (Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat), a human rights popular communications media center was established in 1993 to support human rights issues especially among the grassroots communities and NGOs in Malaysia .