Fikri and Ezzah finally get to a long-gestating episode on select films from the Fat Bidin COVID-19 Mini Docs competition.
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Thoughts on Films – Episode 69: Of Oscars, Princesses and Islets
Fikri and Ezzah talk about Roh as the Malaysian Oscar submission, Puteri Gunung Ledang on Netflix and the controversies of The Story of Southern Islet and Babi.
A Spring of Stories – The Flowering of Online Film Festivals
Adi Iskandar logs on to see the tree from the forest of online film festivals.
Class in Session – Film Schools in Malaysia
Queried on the matter recently, Fikri Jermadi shares his thoughts on film education in Malaysia.
Thoughts on Films – Episode 68: The Buzzing of BEEs and Crickets
Malaysian filmmaker Cheng Thim Kian drops by for a chat about his films, BEE, My Friend and When the Crickets Sound.
Gemstone in the Rough – Closure
Coming across her other film recently, Fikri Jermadi tracks back to Ling Low’s first effort.
A Cathartic Kernel – Not Watching Tenet
Fikri Jermadi explains why a night of unease led to an avoidance of Tenet… for now.
Of Streamers, Female Filmmakers and the Future – 2020 in South East Asia Open Doors Roundtable (part two)
Fikri Jermadi concludes his reflection and summary of a 2020 Locarno Film Festival discussion with Southeast Asian filmmakers.
