freedomfilmfest

FreedomFilmFest 2022: Coming back with a bang to inspire change, build communities

During the post-screening discussion of Fafa: Perjuangan Yang Tak Didendang, Sam (not his real name), who was in the audience, stood up to share how the film inspired him to open up about his own...

December 21, 2022

News

Documentary Pitch on crumbling public school wins FreedomFilmFest Grant for 2022

About one of every three school going child from a low income family in Malaysia did not have the resources for online learning during the many lockdowns the nation endured over the past two years. ...

June 24, 2022

News

Pelukis Grafik Amirul Ramthan memenangi Geran Filem FreedomFilmFest

Sejak dari kecil lagi, Fafa sering mendengar suara bisikan dan bunyi loceng yang mengganggu fikirannya dan menjadikannya muram dan susah untuk berinteraksi dengan keluarga, rakan-rakan dan guru-guru sekolah. Semasa Fafa membesar, keluarganya selalu mengadu tentang...

June 17, 2022

News

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...

June 7, 2021

News

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...

June 7, 2021

Stories

How does a documentary change lives?

What happens after you win the FFF Grant? Making an impact in their communities and beyond, we speak to four winners ahead of our Pandemik Dua Darjat call for entries running right now. Read these...

March 9, 2021

News

Smaller Festival, Bigger Love

About 10 minutes into the first online screening of “Meniti Senja” – part of the 2020 FreedomFilmFest – a chat box meant for the audience to comment on the film blew up. Accolades, comments and...

December 22, 2020

News

Stories of Sex Workers as told in Shades of Love

As Covid-19 rages across the world, lives have been upended, institutions left in panic and entire industries affected. From tourism to aviation, food and beverage to the creative industries – livelihood and normalcy desperately needed...

August 11, 2020