PAST EVENTS

Event: Gadoh Public Screening (5pm), Launch and Official Screening (8pm)
Date: Friday, 22 March 2009
Venue: Theatrette, HELP University College,
BZ-2 Pusat Bandar Damansara, KL

Gadoh is a 70-minute feature film that explores our perception of identity and challenges our hatred of the “other”. It is directed by Brenda Danker and Namron and produced by Big Pictures Production for KOMAS. Starring: Namron, Zahiril Adzim (Bob), Nicholas Liew Davis, Amerul Affendi, and Maya Tan Abdullah.

Up until today, the 5pm screening seats are fully booked! Please email gadohthemovie@gmail.com to book for the next screening. The official launch and screening at 8pm will be officiated by Datuk Mohd. Zaid Ibrahim, the founder of .myFuture Foundation.

Event: FreedomFilmFest (FFF) Screening in Nasi Bungkus Cinema Monash
Date: 22nd April 2009
Venue: Plenary Theatre

FreedomFilmFest will be holding a screening at Monash University’s Nasi Bungkus Cinema. This is your chance to know more about FreedomFilmFest and watch two of 2008’s winning films!

For more information, check out: http://freedomfilmfest.komas.org/

Date: Saturday, 14th February 2009 (10.00 am - 12.00pm)
Venue: The Annexe, Central Market
Event: FreedomFilmFest 2009 Launch

This year the FreedomFilmFest2009 (FFF2009) will carry the theme “Real Change?” With the unveiling of our new theme, Pusat KOMAS hopes to unearth stories of real change which Malaysians have experienced over the past year since the results of the March 8, 2008 General Elections.

The launch, which signals the opening of the ‘Dare 2 Document’ competition, will be followed by an interactive discussion regarding our theme this year.

Guest commentators are YB Charles Santiago, MP of KLANG and Mr. Jeffrey Phang, Friends of Kota Damansara – Member of Coalition for Good Governance.

Do come and join us at the launch!

Date: Sunday, 15 th February 2009 (2.00 pm – 6.00 pm)
Venue: The Summit Hotel, USJ
Event: First REAL Cit Ed Content ­­­development Consultation
(By invitation only)

The “REAL Cit Ed Programme” (Relevant, Empowering and Active Learning - REAL Citizenship Education) was developed in response to the need for promoting a human rights based approach to good governance and active citizenship education especially after Malaysia’s 12th General Elections on March 8th 2008.

The main aim of this programme is to ultimately raise awareness of citizens on local governance, power relations and division of responsibilities of the local, state and federal level of governance. It is also aimed at equipping local community leaders, government officers, local councilors and elected representatives with the perspective and knowledge in their engagement with their communities.

However at this beginning phase, the programme is aimed at developing content for designing the training module on citizenship education through a series of consultations. The first consultation will be conducted in the Municipality of Subang Jaya.

Download the pdf here - REAL Cit Ed Page 01 | REAL Cit Ed Page 02

Date/ Day: Monday, 16 February 2009 (6.00pm)
Venue: Bar Council Auditorium
Event: Launch of the Redbook Pamphlet

A booklet on ‘Police and Your Basic Rights’ (popularly known as the ‘Red Book’) was launched in April 2006. The Red Book contains, in simple language, an elaboration of people’s rights vis-à-vis the police.

With new amendments to the Criminal Procedure Code and demands for more

copies of the Red Book, the Human Rights Committee of the Bar Council have published the Red Book as a pamphlet. It is now easier to carry and store, and printing costs have been reduced.

All are invited to the launch of the Redbook Pamphlet.

The Bar has invited Dato’ Seri Mohamed Nazri, the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department in charge of Law, to launch the Pamphlet.

Do attend and be among the first Malaysians to get a copy of the new Redbook Pamphlet.

Event: A Call for Short Films
Deadline: 12 th February 2009, Thursday

The Consortium for Women and Research and Film Studies at UC Davis are requesting artists' film submissions for the 4th annual Davis Feminist Film Festival. Selected entries will be shown in the festival in Davis, California on April 16th & 17 th 2009.

Films will be chosen based on their artistic quality, as well as their ability to address social justice and gender issues. Filmmakers and media topics that are independent and/or typically underrepresented in mainstream media are strongly encouraged to apply. The deadline for submissions is February 12th, 2009.

For more details & submission guidelines, go to http://femfilmfest.ucdavis.edu or contact us at (530) 752-8205 or femfilmfest@ucdavis.edu

Date/ Day: 11 February 2009, Wednesday (9.30 pm – 12.30 am)
Event: Webcast: Universal periodic review of Malaysia by the UN Human Rights Council

Malaysia's human rights record is coming under review by the Human Rights Council of the United Nations. Malaysia 's review will be facilitated by 3 countries (the troika): Egypt , Qatar and Nicaragua . During that review, the three main documents they will be referring to are:

1) the national report (prepared by the Government of Malaysia);
2) the UN agencies' report (a compilation report prepared by the UN based

on their interaction with Malaysia through e.g. UNFPA, UNDP and the CEDAW Committee);

3) the stakeholders' report (a compilation of reports from 11 organisations that submitted reports to the Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights (OHCHR) in September last year. From Malaysia, we have the main NGOs report - COMANGO's, then one from MWG-JUMP, JOAS and another from the Malaysian Bar. SUHAKAM submitted a report as well.

The great thing about technology is that now we get to watch the review live! The link to watch the live webcast is on the website of the OHCHR:

http://www.un.org/webcast/unhrc/index.asp

The Government of Malaysia is led by Tan Sri Rastam (Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs). His delegation includes more than twenty people.