Seems that Malaysia is a more open society than Singapore. Imagine a film festival unhindered by regulations and laws that undermine freedom of expression. Imagine Singapore showing not just international films related to freedom but 'local' films.
Freedom Film Festival
Culminating to the awards night are film screenings of local and international films from July 6 onwards. Don’t miss out on awe inspiring films like ‘Life On The Tracks’ from the Philippines and ‘Garuda Deadly Upgrade’ from Indonesia; also included are local delights such as Osman Ali’s ‘Malaikat di Jendela’.
Young aspiring filmmakers also should take this opportunity to meet internationally renown filmmakers like Lexy Rambadeta (Indonesia), Nana Buxani (Phillipines), Martyn See (Singapore) and many more.
8.00 - 10.00pm | Theme: Freedom of expression.
Singapore Rebel by Martyn See (30 mins)
Singapore Rebel chronicles the tribulations of opposition activist Dr. Chee Soon Juan from his initial fear to acts of civil disobedience .
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2 comments:
Malaysia is indeed a more open society when it comes to political opposition. The Opposition such as DAP members are not jailed and unfairly destroyed by defamation lawsuits through the corruption of the legal system. The opposition has sufficient access to the media and elections are conducted fairly unlike singapore where the use of threats such as upgrading of public housing to force the voters to support the authoritarian govt.
While there is the problem of corruption in Malaysia, they are making progress of cleaning up the system.
Malaysia is making political progress and is leaving Singapore far behind when it comes to political development.
haha... as a malaysian i am extremely proud of my own country . as a matter of fact everyone in my country is extremely proud that malaysia had long surpass singapore economy and its sociology. we always think that because singapore has been so jealous of our success that they intend to sabotage our stability, by saying all kinds of shit things about my country.
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