KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Filming activities, be it for film, drama, documentary, animation and music production in a studio are allowed during the movement control order period, which took effect nationwide from Wednesday (May 12) until June 7.
Malaysian National Film Development Corporation (Finas) in a statement said that the filming activities are allowed with a minimum number of crewmen, without an audience, and with prior approval of their application for the special filming certificate (SPP), subject to compliance with standard operating procedures (SOP) for the creative industry set by the National Security Council (NSC).
However, cinema operations were still on the negative list during the MCO.
12 May 2021 / 13:31 H. Pix for representational purpose only
KUALA LUMPUR: Filming activities, be it for film, drama, documentary, animation and music production in a studio are allowed during the Movement Control Order period, which took effect nationwide from today until June 7.
Malaysian National Film Development Corporation (Finas) in a statement said that the filming activities are allowed with a minimum number of crewmen, without an audience, and with prior approval of their application for the special filming certificate (SPP), subject to compliance with standard operating procedures (SOP) for the creative industry set by the National Security Council (MKN).
However, cinema operations were still on the negative list during the MCO.
KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 ― Filming activities, be it for film, drama, documentary, animation and music production in a studio are allowed during the movement control order (MCO) period, which took effect nationwide from today until June 7. Malaysian National Film Development Corporation (Finas) in a.
A still from Cinema Bandi | Photo Credit:
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Debut director Praveen Kandregula talks about the Telugu film ‘Cinema Bandi’, in which village folks chance upon a camera and try to make a feature film
“I was in Class VII when I tried making films using my dad’s video camera,” says Praveen Kandregula, “My friends and I did all sorts of
jugaad. There was no YouTube back then; but we made short films and watched them.” Praveen makes his directorial debut Kandregula with
Cinema Bandi, which
will stream on Netflix from May 14. The film is about an autorickshaw driver who chances upon an expensive video camera and tries to make a feature film with the help of folks from a nondescript village.