Mall hosts 19th Mini Film Festival and Arts Festival

BY NEVILLE TIMOTHY SANDERS & AWANG MUHAMMAD SYAHMI KOTA SAMARAHAN: The 19th Mini Film Festival and Arts Festival are now underway with La Promenade Mall as the host. From July 6 to 9, there will be free screenings of over 60 films in three different halls at the mall in addition to the art exhibition. […]

Six short films receive awards

KUCHING: Six short films out of 20 competing in the 17th Mini Film Festival (17thMFF), organised by the Cinematography Programme, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) were bestowed awards in the Malaysia’s longest running short film festival. The festival director Yow Chong Lee said this record of high awards number is unprecedented in the festival’s history. He […]

Unimas film fest back to wow from July 17

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) longest running short film festival, Mini Film Festival (MFF), will meet audiences online from July 17 to 25. Organised by students and lecturers from the Cinematography Programme, Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, it offers 47 carefully curated short films and three webinars featuring filmmakers and juries from Malaysia, […]

Unimas to hold webinar

KOTA SAMARAHAN: The 17th Mini Film Festival (MFF) organised by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts will hold its second webinar on Thursday (May 20). The university, in a statement on Tuesday (May 18), said the webinar, dubbed ‘Shaping the Destiny of Filmmakers: Are Film Associations Relevant Today? will feature four […]

Webinar on impact of pandemic on film industry

KOTA SAMARAHAN: A webinar entitled ‘Post Covid-19 Film Consumptions: Then, Now and The Future’ will be held on 29 April (Thursday), which will feature panel members with broad experience in the film and media industry. The event is organised by the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) in collaboration with TVS […]

Unimas Mini Film Festival moving online this year

KUCHING: The longest running short film festival in Malaysia, the Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Mini Film Festival, is moving online this year, setting a record as the first on-site film festival that moves entirely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Unimas Mini Film Festival programmer Yow Chong Lee said the festival which entered its 16th […]

Unimas film festival goes online

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Mini Film Festival is set to be the first onsite festival to move entirely online due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The festival, which is entering its 16th edition, is also Malaysia’s longest running short film festival, said Unimas in a media release yesterday. “Organising film festivals online is nothing […]

Mini film fest sets for second webinar

KOTA SAMARAHAN: Mini Film Festival (MFF), organised by the Cinematography Programme under the Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) is set for its second webinar featuring regional film festival directors and programmers to discuss the topic ‘Regional Film Festivals Go Online: Are We Ready?’ at 8.30pm on Tuesday (June 30) — […]

Singapore’s best short films for screening

SAMARAHAN: Universiti Malaysia Sarawak’s (Unimas) Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts is organising ‘Duduk dan Tonton’, a film screening event under its Mini Film Festival. ‘Duduk dan Tonton’, which will be held on March 10, will feature four best short films from Singapore. Registration will commence at 7.30pm and screening will start at 8pm at […]

Short films chance to win recognition

KUCHING: Opportunities are now open for filmmakers to participate in a short film competition organised by Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) Mini Film Festival (MFF). With many exciting opportunities and prizes up for grabs, all Malaysian filmmakers are welcomed to participate in the competition. Filmmakers can submit their short films under the following categories: ‘All Current […]