EVENTS
WONDER NO MORE, EXPERIENCE IT YOURSELF
National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) is Malaysia’s leading film agency and authority entrusted with the responsibility of developing the film industry. Established in 1981, it is a statutory agency under the Ministry of Communication and Multimedia. FINAS is responsible to promote, preserve and facilitate the development of the film industry in Malaysia. FINAS is the first point of contact that provides information, advice, support services and incentives for creative content production in Malaysia. FINAS is also the agency that facilitates all foreign film production work in Malaysia.
Since the establishment of FILMKITA in 2013, the organization had numerous counts of educational trips to FINAS headquarters based in Hulu Kelang, Ampang. Recently, 20 young filmmakers with the best video submissions, were given a chance to visit the headquarters on the 22nd of November 2014. The primary goal of having this trip was to provide valuable insight to the young and hungry start up filmmakers as well as giving them early exposure into how the professional industry operates. A trip to FINAS is organised once in three months; only those talented and outstanding were able to gage valuable experience that other aspiring film makers out there can only dream off. Throughout the years to come, FILMKITA aspires to maintain this partnership with FINAS and keep on discovering fresh, raw talents who will contribute to the local film scene.
FINAS headquarters, situated in Hulu Kelang, Ampang.
20 aspiring young film makers getting familiarised on how the industry works from the experts at FINAS.
Since our establishment, FILMKITA has been organising a series of workshops such as Writing From Scratch, Adobe Premier Pro For Beginners and Understanding Online Film Marketing for those who are interested. Priority was given to those who submit their videos to us as this workshop aimed to educate and most importantly sharpen the existing skills of these rising stars to become major industry players in the future. Recently, a five-day Intensive Film Making Workshop took place from 3 to 7 November 2014. A number of 30 participants attended the workshop.
Intensive Film Making Workshop
Various guest speakers were invited to hold a talk at the workshop :
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Experienced Lecturers from Multimedia University
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Guest speakers ranged from active industry players, important stakeholders from credible filmmaking organisations, actors & a list of FAMOUS FILM-DIRECTORS in Malaysia today.
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Just to name a few, the film-makers who were a part of the workshop were James Lee, Datin Paduka Suhaimi Baba, Michael Ang, Nik Amir Mustapha and Shamsul Yusof.
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Actors turned filmmakers such as Bront Palarae and Dato’ Rosyam Noor also made a debut in the workshop.
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" I am so glad that I joined this workshop. I almost missed the registration deadline! This workshop is really insightful and I actually got to learn a lot of things from these amazing film makers. And I get to meet James Lee whose work I really admire, and it feels great! "
General Feedback
- Nadia Rosnan
A lecturer from Multimedia University, Mr Faisal Khalid sharing his knowledge and experience in film-making to the participants.
Participants giving their fullest attention during the workshop. Knowledge is gained by learning and with learning, then only you will grow.