MALAYSIA MICRO FILM COMPETITION 2016 MEDIA CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED BY Dato' KP Finas

The Director General of Finas, Dato' Kamil Othman launched Malaysia Micro Film Competition 2016 Media Campaign organized by StarMode Entertainment and Snips College of Creative Art in collaboration of Sabah Institute of Art with the support of Finas. Dato' Kamil Othman has highlighted important points in his officiating speech;

1. Micro film or relatively known as short or small film is highly essential for every film maker to start with
2. This MMFC is very significant in discovering and identifying new talents in film industry regardless their background and age.
3. Malaysian film industry provides room to make money as proven by encouraging box office success by some prominent films namely Ola Bola, BoboiBoy The Movie and Munafik in the first quarter of 2016.
4. Finas highly support talent development program with great collaboration of higher learning institutions.
5. Branding of films should be more empowered and enhanced to drive the commercial success of film industry.
6. Various content from games and comics can also be transformed into powerful films.
7. Participation in Oscar signifies the industrious effort to produce good scripts and consequently, good movies that can be exported internationally.
8. Finas will build more international strategic partnership including with Taipei Golden Horse Awards organizer who is represented by Mr Wen Tien Shang, the CEO of this award.

The event was also joined by guests of honour Dato' Mike Loh, organizing chairman of MMFC 2016, Ms. Joanne Tien, Director of Taiwan Film Office, Mr. Benjamin Ee, Vice President of Asian Retail Franchise Federation and Ms. Azlin from Community College Department.

For further details of Malaysia Micro Film Competition 2016, the interested participants can log into Malaysia Micro Film Competition

written by: Shazli

photo by: Zara Jeffry

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3 DAYS FILMMAKING LAUNCHED AT KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA

The Director General of Finas, Dato' Kamil Othman launched The ActionCut Print 3-Day Film Making Seminar and Workshop organized by InfoMedia Network Sdn. Bhd. with the support of the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia Malaysia, FINAS, Tourism Malaysia and Taylor's University. This interactive seminar and workshop is held from 25 - 27 March 2016 which aims to impart and exchange knowledge in film making by the international award winning film makers.

The speakers such as Peter Marshall, Mark W. Travis and assisted by three exceptional film makers - Geoff Schaaf, Michael Bruce Adams and Randy Finch are here in Kuala Lumpur at the said event for three days. Kamil in his opening remarks expressed the high importance of this masterclass in building and transfering knowledge of film making by award winning experts." Take this class seriously by acquiring as much inputs and share with them about our good Malaysian movies too".

In the new transformation of Finas, he further explained on the essential need of producing good scripts that can be sent internationally.

by : Admin

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SENIWATI NENG YATIMAH MENINGGAL DUNIA

Seniwati Filem Melayu Klasik era-50an, Neng Yatimah atau nama sebenarnya Buntat Ahmad, 92 tahun meninggal dunia di Singapura, awal pagi Sabtu 19 Mac 2016 kira-kira jam 10.00 pagi akibat barah kolon dan masalah jantung.

Primadona terkenal era Studio Jalan Ampas itu membintangi hampir 20 buah filem melayu antaranya, Takdir Ilahi, Nilam, Patah Hati, Ibu, Seri Mersing, Batu Belah Batu Bertangkup, Mama oh Mama dan banyak lagi. Bintang filem air mata itu akan disemadikan di Pusara Abadi Singapura selepas solat Zuhur, dan beliau merupakan ibu kandung kepada Seniwati tersohor Allahyarhamah RoseYatimah dan anak menantunya adalah seniman veteran Allahyarham Datuk Mustafa Maarof.

Salam takziah buat keluarga Allahyarhamah, moga rohnya ditempatkan di kalangan mereka yang beriman dan dicucuri rahmat.

AL FATIHAH

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KOMPOSER TERKENAL, DATUK ADNAN ABU HASSAN MENINGGAL DUNIA

Komposer terkenal, Datuk Adnan Abu Hassan, 57, menghembuskan nafas terakhir pada jam 2.17 pagi tadi di Hospital Selayang , Selangor. Allahyarham dimasukkan ke Unit Rawatan Rapi( ICU) di hospital berkenaan tengah malam semalam kerana serangan angin ahmar, kegagalan buah pinggang, diabetes dan hanya bergantung kepada alat bantuan pernafasan.

Jenazah Allhahyarham telah disembahyangkan di Masjid Al-Falah dan dikebumikan di Sungai Ramal, Kajang pada jumaat ( 18 Mac ). Dalam industri perfileman, Allahyarham merupakan pemenang skor muzik untuk filem Rahsia dan Ali Setan. Selain mencipta skor untuk filem Anak Sarawak, Matinya Seorang Patriot, Ujang dan lain lain. 

Di samping itu, Allahyarham merupakan seorang komposer hebat beberapa penyanyi tanah air antaranya Dato' Siti Nurhaliza, Liza Hanim, Azlina Aziz dan sebagainya. Semoga roh Allahyarham terus dicucuri rahmatNya dan ditempatkan di kalangan orang yang beriman. Al Fatihah.

by: Admin.

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