FREEDOMFILMFEST
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FreedomFilmFest, also known as The KOMAS Freedom Film Festival (FFF), is the first annual documentary film festival
in Malaysia. Established in 2003, it adopts the themes encompassed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
(UDHR), pioneering a documentary film competition method in Malaysia which encourages first-time film makers to turn their winning proposals into films.
FreedomFilmFest (FFF) is organized by KOMAS (Pusat Komuniti Masyarakat), a popular communications human rights center set up in August 1993 to service the organizing needs of grassroots communities and civil society organizations.
FFF was held in Penang for the first time in 2006 and subsequently have been brought to Johor and Kuching, Sarawak.
A retrospective of the winning films were also screened in London in 2009
Documentary film festivals
Documentary film festivals are film festivals devoted solely to documentary film, which is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality....
in Malaysia. Established in 2003, it adopts the themes encompassed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Universal Declaration of Human Rights
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a declaration adopted by the United Nations General Assembly . The Declaration arose directly from the experience of the Second World War and represents the first global expression of rights to which all human beings are inherently entitled...
(UDHR), pioneering a documentary film competition method in Malaysia which encourages first-time film makers to turn their winning proposals into films.
FreedomFilmFest (FFF) is organized by KOMAS (Pusat Komuniti Masyarakat), a popular communications human rights center set up in August 1993 to service the organizing needs of grassroots communities and civil society organizations.
FFF was held in Penang for the first time in 2006 and subsequently have been brought to Johor and Kuching, Sarawak.
A retrospective of the winning films were also screened in London in 2009