| Malaysia Film Festival / Festival Filem Malaysia (FFM) | |
|---|---|
| Awarded for | Excellence in film achievements |
| Country | Malaysia |
| Presented by | FINAS, GAFIM |
| First awarded | 13 April 1980 |
| Website | https://www.finas.gov.my/festival-filem-malaysia/  |
Malaysia Film Festival (FFM; Malay: Festival Filem Malaysia) is an annual awards ceremony organized by the Entertainment Journalists Association of Malaysia to honour excellence in Malaysian film.[1] It is considered to be Malaysia's own equivalent to the Academy Awards and it is one of the major entertainment awards presented in Malaysia, alongside the Anugerah Bintang Popular for the entire entertainment industry (similar to the Anugerah Skrin) and Anugerah Industri Muzik for the music industry.
The events used to be hosted by the Persatuan-Persatuan Kebudayaan mainly in Singapore to recognise excellence in the film industry especially Malay films. Upon the establishment of the Entertainment Journalists Association of Malaysia, FFM was appropriately schemed and outlined in a way to help and oversee the progress of Malaysia's own Malay films, in which their production and direction by the Malaysian people itself would be able to compete with those of international films brought into the nation.[2]
The first Malaysia Film Festival (or FFM1) ceremony was held on 11–13 April 1980, at the Nirwana Ballroom, Hilton Hotels in Kuala Lumpur to honour outstanding film achievements during the period. The most recent ceremony, honouring films made in 2014 were held at Plenary Hall, KLCC, Kuala Lumpur on 5 September 2015.
- ^ "About FFM". Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (FINAS). Archived from the original on 10 November 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ "Festival Filem Malaysia Kini Membanggakan". Perbadanan Kemajuan Filem Nasional Malaysia (FINAS), Kementerian Penerangan, Komunikasi Dan Kebudayaan, I-Insan Multimedia SDN BHD. Archived from the original on 22 January 2011. Retrieved 19 January 2011.