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I was on BFM’S A Bit of Culture in an episode called ‘Criticism, Tropes and Cultural Export’

January 19, 2022by fatbidin Leave a comment

We talked about online film criticism in Malaysia, common film tropes and the export of South Korean culture.

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The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 76) – Bodies for Sale

November 11, 2016by fatbidin Leave a comment

First hand accounts of Rohingya human traffickers and survivors in Mahi Ramakrishnan’s documentary.

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JOM KITA KE LAUT IS NOMINATED FOR BEST DOCUMENTARY AT FFM35!

JOM KITA KE LAUT which was in Malaysian cinemas in July 2026 has been nominated under the ‘Best Documentary’ category at Festival Filem Malaysia 35! Our film is the first Malaysian documentary to ever receive the Skim Wajib Tayang (Mandatory Screening Programme) by Finas. Winning or not doesn’t matter (err… sure!), because what we we really want to do is to create a culture of watching non-fiction in the cinemas in Malaysia!

Tune in to TV2 at 8:30pm on Saturday, 21st November 2026, and see if you can catch a glimpse of us!

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FAT BIDIN YOUTUBES!

The Fat Bidin Film Club (Ep 395) – Kacau
A group of friends start dying in gruesome ways after a game of Spirit of the Coin goes wrong. The survivors try to save themselves but one of them has something to hide.

Fat Bidin Knows Everything (Ep 50) – Malaysia drops in Press Freedom Index
How is the state of our press freedom in Malaysia?

SAYA BEKAS EKSTREMIS! (EP 6 – KELUARGA AHMAD)
Di dalam episod 6, Zan Azlee bertemu dengan KELUARGA AHMAD. Mereka cerita bagaimana pengalaman mereka ketika Ahmad ditangkap kerana IS/Daesh dan usaha mereka untuk memberi sokongan kepada beliau selepas dibebaskan.

BERITA BUSTERS (EP 8) – BOLEH KE EKONOMI NAK PULIH SELEPAS COVID-19? / CAN THE ECONOMY RECOVER AFTER COVID-19?
Berita Busters adalah rancangan berita dan hal ehwal semasa yang bertujuan memberi maklumat pada orang ramai tentang Covid19 dan Coronavirus. Setiap minggu, hos Zan Azlee dan Sheril A. Bustaman akan berbincang dengan wartawan-wartawan yang sedang membuat liputan di lapangan tentang isu dan berita terkini.
Isu minggu ini – Pemulihan ekonomi.
Wartawan: Hadi Azmi (Benar News), Ian Johan Ariff (Astro AWANI), Soo Wern Jun (Malay Mail)

Just Chit Chat Lah (Ep 10) – Khai Aziz
Zan Azlee has a chat with punk rocker and anti-drug activist, Khai Aziz.

We Are Animals
Journalist and documentary filmmaker, Zan Azlee, spends several weeks in Kutupalong, Bangladesh. It is the world’s largest refugee camp, housing close to a million displaced Rohingya. He catches a glimpse of life in the camp through the residents, assists a group of medical volunteers there, and even heads to the border and witnesses a group of several hundred Rohingya pleading for refuge who have just crossed the border from Myanmar.

FAT BIDIN PODCASTS!

Fat Bidin Knows Everything (Ep 50) – Malaysia drops in Press Freedom Index
How is the state of our press freedom in Malaysia?

Just Chit Chat Lah (Ep 10) – Khai Aziz
Zan Azlee has a chat with punk rocker and anti-drug activist, Khai Aziz.