This year’s Freedom Film Festival (FFF) takes inspiration from the Malaysian phrase
“Harga Naik, Gaji Maintain” (“Soaring Prices, Stagnant Wages”) and will be host to 35 films from the very best of local, regional and international filmmakers.
With this year’s theme in mind, FFF highlights that the UN Declaration on Human Rights declares,
“Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care.” The film lineup aims to spark debate, identify problems and look for alternative solutions to issues of wealth inequality. Two documentaries focus on German and European perspectives on housing and belonging.
draußen / outside
Dir: Johanna Sunder-Plassmann and Tama Tobias-Macht, 80 min, Germany, 2018
Synopsis: This portrait was screened during the Berlinale and concentrates on the belongings of four homeless people from Cologne. Each of them tell their story based on their belongings. Matze, Elvis, Filzlaus and Sergio live on the streets of Cologne. How did this happen? They look back into their past, into the problems with their families, bad decisions and traumas. Every piece of their belongings is a piece of memory and has a multilayer of meanings.
22 September 2019 | 04:00 – 07:00 pm | 10 RM |
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Push - Für das Grundrecht auf Wohnen / Push
Dir: Fredrik Gertten, 92 min, Schweden, 2018
Synopsis: The question of housing policies has been around for quite a while now. Leilani Farha, a special reporter for the UN is doomed to find out, why people are expelled from the cities. The documentation accompanies her through a journey around the world, with a special emphasis on Germany’s current housing situation.
21 September 2019 | 10.30am – 12.30pm | RM 10 | Tickets
The festival will also screen some new Malaysian social films. They were supported by the German-French Cultural Fund, the Alliance Francaise Kuala Lumpur and the Goethe-Institut Malaysia.
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