Kongsi Dalam Gelap
by Melissa Saila
2007 | 12mins | Bahasa Malaysia with English subtitles
What happens when two people are trapped together in a unit? Bare confessions and truth meet two strangers sharing the same fate. Where are they? Will their newfound mission take off? All to be answered in the DARK.
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Hide and Seek
by Lim Hendry
2009 | 10 mins | Burmese with Bahasa Malaysia and English subtitles
This is a documentary about Burmese refugees in Malaysia where they share their painful, courageous life experiences and hopes for the future.
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Half Social, Half Individual
by Mohammad Reza Shams
2008 | 3mins | English with Bahasa Malaysia subtitles
This short art film explores the concept of democracy using colors as a base of exploration and expressions of individuality and unity.
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8760 Jam Pasca 8 Mac
by Ahmad Mukhlis Bashah / Fariz Zainudin
2009 | 27mins | English with Bahasa Malaysia subtitles
There is hope now for Malaysia. We ‘rakyat’ wanted change. A progressive and democratic society among others, we wanted a new political culture, where feudalism, corruption, nepotism, hypocrisy and double standards are done away with once and for all. In other words, we wanted our ‘broken democracy fixed’.
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Di Bawah Langit
by Fiqtriey-al Haqimiey
2009 | 20mins | Bahasa Malaysia with English subtitles
How does an urban poor community successfully withstand 5 demolitions and 3 years of endless harassment from various local authorities and developer? The people of Kg. Berembang in Ampang, Selangor, tells their gritty struggle in claiming their right and aspirations.
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Why Democracy is Better?
by Mat Blackwell
2007 | 2mins | English with Bahasa Malaysia subtitles
A short animation film on the irony of governments and power.
I Am Muslim Too! Heading To The Border
by Zan Lee
2009 | 65mins | English
Zan Azlee is a Malay Muslim documentary filmmaker living in Kuala Lumpur. Being a lazy cook, he often has his meals in the many Thai/Kelantanese food stalls known as Tom Yam Kung stalls. While eating dinner one day, he remembers a news report saying that the South Thailand insurgency in Patani was mainly supported financially by Tom Yam Kung stalls in Malaysia (the Thai military government made the claim but the Malaysian government says it is absurd). The news story amused him and seeing that the people in South Thailand are Malay Muslims just like himself, he decides to pack up his video camera and head on up to South Thailand to see what is going on there.
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Burma VJ
by Anders Østergaard
2008 | 85mins | Burmese with English & Bahasa Malaysia subtitles
Though risking torture and life in jail, courageous young citizens of Burma live the essence of journalism as they insist on keeping up the flow of news from their closed country. The film offers a unique insight into high-risk journalism and dissidence in a police state, while at the same time providing a thorough documentation of the historical and dramatic days of September 2007 that gave the world iconic images of Buddhist monks marching.
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All That You Can’t Leave Behind
by By Choon Hiong Ho
2009 | 28mins | English with Bahasa Malaysia subtitles
John Moe is an ordinary Burmese national who left his home country in search of a better life. He ended up living and working in Singapore for over eleven years. Little did he and a few other Burmese realize that their future became irrevocably altered when they decided to stand shoulder-to-shoulder in Singapore for a series of peaceful protests and activities against the Burmese military Junta.
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Al-Fatehah Memali
by Rahmat Haron
2009 | 30mins | Bahasa Malaysia with English subtitles
Recipient of FFF2009 Justin Louis Award:
Al-Fatehah Memali portrays the journey of singer-songwriters, Black and Meor, trying to comprehend a massacre that happened in 1985 in Kg. Memali, Kedah. Their journey brings them to the village where they meet survivors and witnesses of the tragedy to uncover a forgotten story of injustice for most of Malaysia, but one forever etched in the hearts of those in Memali.
Al-Fatehah Memali memaparkan perjalanan dua orang penyanyi penulis dan penggubah lagu, Black dan Meor yang menyingkap peristiwa pembunuhan beramai-ramai di Kg. Memali, Kedah. Perjalanan ini membawa mereka ke kampung tersebut dimana mereka bertemu dengan mangsa-mangsa dan saksi peristiwa berkenaan. Sungguhpun tragedi ini kian dilupai oleh masyarakat Malaysia, ianya tetap diingati oleh mereka di Memali.
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No Silver Lining: The Perak Crisis
by The S-ploited
2009 | 20mins | Bahasa Malaysia with English subtitles
Recipient of FFF2009 Justin Louis Award:
What happens when “frogs” jump over to the other side? In Perak, when 3 elected representatives of the Pakatan Rakyat ‘hopped” over to become Barisan Nasional friendly, it started a political wrestling match for power between the two opposing political alliance. No Silver Lining seeks to make sense of the issue, and the aspirations of the people of Perak.
Apa terjadi apabila 'katak-katak' melompat? Apabila 3 wakil Pakatan Rakyat telah melompat untuk menjadi penyokong Barisan Nasional, ianya telah mencestuskan pergaduhan politik untuk muasa antara dua persekutuan politik yang bertentangan ini. No Silver Lining berusaha untuk memahami isu ini dan juga aspirasi-aspirasi rakyat Perak.
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Kayuh
by Soh Sook Hwa
2009 | 30mins | Bahasa Malaysia with English subtitles
Recipient of FFF2009 Justin Louis Award:
Kayuh is a first-hand account of a 100-strong contingent of cyclists who rode from Alor Setar and Johor Baharu to Kuala Lumpur for 16 days in order to address 6 major concerns of marginalized groups in Malaysia. The filmmaker, a participant in the cycling campaign herself, attempts to put a human face to the 6 demands contained in a memorandum that was handed over to the Parliament at the end of the journey.
Kayuh adalah kisah pengalaman 100 orang pengayuh basikal yang berkayuh dari Alor Setar dan JB ke KL selama 16 hari untuk menyebar kesedaran tentang 6 isu-isu utama yang menjadi prihatin rakyat Malaysia terpinggir. Pengarah filem ini, yang juga merupakan peserta dalam kempen ini berusaha memberi makna dari segi kehidupan bagi setiap usul yang dibentangkan dalam memorandum yang diberikan kepada Parlimen pada akhir perjalanan.
