Comms ministry to expand MY film industry throughout SEA, says Fahmi Fadzil

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The communications ministry will be focusing on expanding the Malaysian film industry throughout the Southeast Asian market, minister Fahmi Fadzil reportedly said.

Fahmi observed that the Southeast Asian film industry has huge potential based on the population of the region, according to Bernama.

The minister reportedly added that the Southeast Asian market is a big market and that his ministry would review the digital content fund to develop the country's film industry.

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Fahmi also reportedly said that his ministry has instructed the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) to have a meeting with its strategic partners in the region.

This includes meeting with film distributors and inviting speakers so that the government's efforts and aims towards the ASEAN Cinema can be achieved.

In November last year, Amazon Prime Video released its first Malaysian Amazon Original, Budak Flat.

Budak Flat is a first full length feature film debut for Lim and centres on the brotherhood of gang life at the public housing area in Kuala Lumpur. It follows two brothers Aman and Riz who find themselves pitted against each other.

It is made by Skop Productions and stars Zahiril Adzim, Pablo Amirul, Nabila Huda and Datuk Aaron Aziz.

In a statement, Malaysian director Eugene Lim reportedly said he wanted to highlight the notoriety of the flats and feature the multicultural life in Malaysia.

The film also pays homage to and is a reflection of Lim's personal childhood memories being raised by his grandmother in a flat along with six other family members.

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