Malaysian cinema

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Malaysian cinema is the national film industry of Malaysia, encompassing movies produced in the country across its various languages and cultural communities.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film industry
national cinema
abbreviationOfRegulatoryBody FINAS
award Best Film (Malaysian Film Festival)
Malaysian Film Festival awards
censorshipBody Film Censorship Board of Malaysia
commonGenre action
drama
horror
religious drama
romantic comedy
social realism
continent Asia
country Malaysia
distributionChannel Malaysian multiplex cinemas
streaming platforms
television
exportMarket Brunei
linked to: Brunei Darussalam

Indonesia
Singapore
regional diaspora audiences
festival Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival
Malaysia Film Festival
Malaysian International Film Festival
governmentOversight Ministry of Communications and Digital Malaysia
hasSubsector Chinese-language Malaysian cinema
linked to: Malaysian cinema

Malay-language commercial cinema
Tamil-language Malaysian cinema
independent art-house cinema
historicalPrecursor Malayan cinema
linked to: Malaysian cinema
language Bidayuh
Cantonese
English
Hokkien
Iban
Kadazan-Dusun
Mandarin
Punjabi
Tamil
Teochew
majorEthnicRepresentation Chinese Malaysian
Indian Malaysian
linked to: Indian Malaysians

Malay
indigenous peoples of Malaysia
notableDirector Dain Said
Ho Yuhang
James Lee
Liew Seng Tat
Mamat Khalid
Namewee
P. Ramlee
Saw Teong Hin
Syamsul Yusof
U-Wei Haji Saari
Yasmin Ahmad
notableEarlyStudio Cathay-Keris
Shaw Brothers
notableFilm Bunohan
Crossroads: One Two Jaga
Hantu Kak Limah
Jagat
KL Gangster
Lelaki Harapan Dunia
Mukhsin
Ola Bola
Sepet
Talentime
The Journey
The Kid from the Big Apple
notableMovement independent Malaysian cinema
notableStudio FINAS Studio
primaryLanguage Malay
productionCenter Johor Bahru
Kuala Lumpur
Penang
Petaling Jaya
region Southeast Asia
regulatoryBody National Film Development Corporation Malaysia
relatedIndustry Indonesian cinema
Philippine cinema
Singaporean cinema
Thai cinema
theme family relationships
multiculturalism
national identity
race relations in Malaysia
religion in Malaysia
rural-urban migration
timePeriodOfSignificantGrowth 2000s
2010s

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Malaysian Tamil cinema partOf Malaysian cinema
Malaysian cinema historicalPrecursor Malayan cinema
linked to: Malaysian cinema
Malaysian cinema hasSubsector Chinese-language Malaysian cinema
linked to: Malaysian cinema