Kuala Lumpur – FINAS (National Film Development Corporation) continue to receive criticisms form various parties for segregating films based on Language.
MIC President, Datuk Seri Dr S Subramaniam, has slamed FINAS for segregating movie awards based on language. The Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director categories will only be given to movies in Bahasa Malaysia in this year’s Festival Film Malaysia (FMM) according to a decision made by FINAS.
“Why such segregation? Do not create segregation in culture, sports and other fields that are used as a medium of unity” said Dr Subramaniam in a brief statement released today.
“It was surprising that influential films like “Ola Bola”(multi-lingual) and “Jagat” (Tamil) were not nominated under Bahasa Malaysia category. Do not separate categories according to language. The Arts industry should be seen as an example to other industries to unite Malaysians” Subramaniam further commented in his statement.
Art, whatever forms it takes should cherished and honoured for its creativity and not for its language and in this regard several groups have strongly condemned FINAS for its decision.
