To our 14 shortlisted candidates, we are still in the midst of finalizing the Top 5 proposals. We will be informing you shortly. We seek for your kind cooperation and patience. Thank You!

The FreedomFilmFest Competition 2011 is now officially closed. Pusat Komunikasi Masyarakat (KOMAS) would like to take this opportunity to thank all of you for supporting us and also to those who sent in their proposals, you are all fantastic. We have shortlisted 14 top proposals and it will be narrowed down to 5 on the 26^th of April 2011. These top 5 will be called in for an interview to present and explain more about their proposal and also to convince the panel judges that their proposal should be one of the winning 3 proposals to receive the Justin Louis Award.

Being the most anticipated film festival here in Malaysia, We made sure that we got the most experienced in judging as well. This year, we once again have 4 judges from various backgrounds and job experience to assist us in judging and selecting the top 3 films for the year. They are Ms. Lina Tan who is the Managing and Creative Director of Red Communications, Y.B. Charles Santiago the Member of Parliament for Klang, Selangor. Shufiyan Shukur a Senior Producer with Malaysiakini.TV and Ms. Anna Har who is the director of Big Pictures Production and also a Board Member of KOMAS.

The top 3 winners for this year will be announced at the end of this month, so do continue to support us and also follow us on facebook, twitter and constantly visit our website http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org for future happenings and updates about the FreedomFilmFest.

Lina Tan

Managing & Creative Director for Red Communications

Upon graduating with a Film and Television degree from USM (Malaysia Science University) in 1991, Lina entered into the world of television commercial production, working in production houses in Malaysia as Producer.

In 1999, Lina founded Red Communications to focus on creating innovative and meaningful content. She has created a variety of television programs and commercials, specializing in youth, kids and women issues. Lina believes that content can provide entertainment for the masses and yet be socially responsible, making her company’s mission to inspire change through innovative content. T

In 2004 Lina formed a subsidiary company called Red Films which produces feature length films. Beginning with Visits: Hungry Ghost Anthology, followed by Gol & Gincu, “KAMI the movie” and recent release “Pisau Cukur” (Gold diggers).

Y.B. Charles Santiago

Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Klang, Selangor

Charles Santiago is a Malaysian politician and is currently Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Klang constituency in Selangor. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) party in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition.

Santiago was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 election winning the seat of Klang from the governing Barisan Nasional coalition. Prior to his election, Santiago was an economist and worked for non-governmental organisations such as the Coalition Against Water Privatisation and Monitoring Sustainability of Globalisation Malaysia.

Shufiyan Shukur

Senior Producer at Malaysiakini.TV

Shufiyan’s background has been in public relations and journalism (The Leader, The Sun, Cambodia Times). Shufiyan’s involvement with web video started in 2002 as content provider for Cyberjaya.tv and Malaysia.tv, the two pioneering initiatives for video ‘broadcast’ through the internet.

At the end of 2006 Shufiyan joined Malaysiakini to manage Malaysiakini.tv. Malaysiakini.tv’s primary focus is to provide audio visual support for Malaysiakini.com though they have played a prominent role in covering issues that concern the Indian community temple and settlement demolition, displacement of former estate workers and so forth.

Anna Har

Director of Big Pictures Production and Board Member of KOMAS

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 specializes in developing community-based audiovisual units and support services for grassroots. 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. She is also the advisor supporting all the productions of winners films since the FreedomFilmFest competition started.

We’re EXTENDING the closing date for the FreedomFilmFest 2011!!

For those who thought they’ve missed it, here is your last shot at it this year!!

DEADLINE : 18^th APRIL 2011 (Monday)

Wait no longer, send in your proposals NOW!!

For entry forms, tips on writing a good proposal or to watch past winners’ films go here.

Kami akan MELANJUTKAN tarikh tutup FreedomFilmFest 2011!!

Inilah peluang terakhir anda untuk menyertai pertandingan tahun ini!!

TARIKH TUTUP : 18^hb APRIL 2011 (Isnin)

Mengapa tunggu lagi, hantarkan kertas cadangan anda SEKARANG!!

Untuk borang penyertaan, tips menulis kertas cadangan yang baik atau menonton filem pemenang tahun-tahun lepas, pergi sini.