Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia: Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival
Digital film activism as a popular alternative platform is used for the publication and dissemination of information, ideas, and views deemed too sensitive for the state controlled mainstream media. Such forms of activism have been actively carried out through the annual Freedom Film Festival (F...
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| author | Ahmad, Mahyuddin Lee, Yuen Beng Wang, Lay Kim |
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| description | Digital film activism as a popular alternative platform is used
for the publication and dissemination of information, ideas, and views
deemed too sensitive for the state controlled mainstream media. Such
forms of activism have been actively carried out through the annual
Freedom Film Festival (FFF). Held since 2003, the FFF exhibits films
and documentaries with hopes of spreading justice, peace, equality, and
democracy. The FFF exists not only as a site of exhibition and
distribution that bypasses state legislation and censorship in
delegitimising the oppressive forces of censorship and state control, it
also encourages the production of such films that would either be
prohibited or subjected to strict cinematic, cultural or political controls.
This paper critically examines the development of digital film activism
and the FFF along the theoretical formulation of Third Cinema to analyse
if indeed cinematic space in Malaysia has begin to become democratised |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-387332018-02-08T03:55:09Z http://eprints.usm.my/38733/ Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia: Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival Ahmad, Mahyuddin Lee, Yuen Beng Wang, Lay Kim PN1993-1999 Motion pictures TR845-899 Cinematography. Motion pictures Digital film activism as a popular alternative platform is used for the publication and dissemination of information, ideas, and views deemed too sensitive for the state controlled mainstream media. Such forms of activism have been actively carried out through the annual Freedom Film Festival (FFF). Held since 2003, the FFF exhibits films and documentaries with hopes of spreading justice, peace, equality, and democracy. The FFF exists not only as a site of exhibition and distribution that bypasses state legislation and censorship in delegitimising the oppressive forces of censorship and state control, it also encourages the production of such films that would either be prohibited or subjected to strict cinematic, cultural or political controls. This paper critically examines the development of digital film activism and the FFF along the theoretical formulation of Third Cinema to analyse if indeed cinematic space in Malaysia has begin to become democratised Han Chiang College 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/38733/1/Democratisation_of_Cinematic_Space_in_Malaysia-_Digital_Film_Activism_and_the_Freedom_Film_Festival.pdf Ahmad, Mahyuddin and Lee, Yuen Beng and Wang, Lay Kim (2017) Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia: Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival. Journal of Han Chiang College, 9. pp. 123-147. ISSN 1823-0229 |
| spellingShingle | PN1993-1999 Motion pictures TR845-899 Cinematography. Motion pictures Ahmad, Mahyuddin Lee, Yuen Beng Wang, Lay Kim Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia: Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival |
| title | Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia:
Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival |
| title_full | Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia:
Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival |
| title_fullStr | Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia:
Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival |
| title_full_unstemmed | Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia:
Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival |
| title_short | Democratisation of Cinematic Space in Malaysia:
Digital Film Activism and the Freedom Film Festival |
| title_sort | democratisation of cinematic space in malaysia digital film activism and the freedom film festival |
| topic | PN1993-1999 Motion pictures TR845-899 Cinematography. Motion pictures |
| url | http://eprints.usm.my/38733/1/Democratisation_of_Cinematic_Space_in_Malaysia-_Digital_Film_Activism_and_the_Freedom_Film_Festival.pdf |
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