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Finally we have the winning proposals for the 8^th KOMAS FreedomFilmFest (FFF) 2011! Through an intensive process held in KOMAS office on Saturday 30^th April 2011, the 4 judges finally selected 3 winning proposals out of a total of almost 40 proposal entries submitted for the competition.

Afiq Deen presenting his proposal at the Judging  Interview session.

Afiq Deen, a Penangite is from a broken family and has seen how his mother had struggled as a single parent living in the slum area. Although he has experience writing scripts and making a few short films of his own, this will be Afiq’s first attempt at making a documentary. When asked about the title “The Letter J”, Afiq said that the letter ‘J’ represented the Malay word‘Janda’ (divorcée) and he chose this title to depict the difficulties and discrimination faced by a divorcée in our society.

Liaw Pey Wen discussing her ideas with the Judges.

Liaw Pey Wen, a journalist from Johor wants to depict the struggle faced by the Orang Seletar, an Indigenous tribe living by the river banks in Johor Bharu. They are struggling because their livelihood  have been deeply affected by large development projects taking place around them. Pey Wen hopes to uncover and document their stories of strength and survival.

The three winners will be producing their films from May till September and the three films will be premiered in early October in Selangor, Penang, Johor and Sarawak respectively.

Please check into our website or facebook regularly to see latest updates and to follow the  production blogs of the winners.