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Why We Need To Speak Up Against Injustice

For almost 20 years, members of the Freedom Film Network (FFN) have been sharing stories on poverty, inequality and injustice in Malaysia. These stories of ordinary people are important, even more so today as we...

Grey Scale by Evelyn Teh wins FreedomFilmFest Grant

We all have them: a precious elderly relative who’s living alone, and we have all worried about them over the pandemic. With restrictions on travel, these elderly folk are socially isolated now more than ever...

Can’t Run, Can’t Hide, wins FreedomFilmFest Grant

While the country went into lockdown for the first time last March for our own safety, families in Sungai Manggis, Kuala Langat were not safe in their own homes: they were locked up at home...

If social change takes time, take your time

If you know social change doesn’t happen overnight, how do you enable change and create impact? Meet the director who devised a five-year plan for an eight-min film. Kartika Pratiwi, director of A Daughter’s Memory, shares...

4 Tips for Social Filmmakers Hungry For Change

Making a great social film is like serving up a flavourful, piping hot dish of nasi lemak with all the toppings. Yet, the work doesn’t end after a film is released.   At the recent Using...