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Stay Home & Watch: Absent Without Leave on Pesta TUT

Lau Kek Huat, Filmmaker

02-Dec-21 14:00

Stay Home & Watch: Absent Without Leave on Pesta TUT

We continue our coverage of Pesta TUT, which is a curation of creative events to tackle film censorship. TUT stands for “Tak Diluluskan Untuk Tayangan”, a classification for films that are banned from public screenings by Lembaga Penapisan Filem, but this festival would like to change that to - “Tak Usah Tutup-Tutup” - not necessary to censor. Today, we speak to Lau Kek Huat, a Taiwan-based Malaysian filmmaker, who has had two of his films, including “Absent Without Leave” banned by the local authorities. He joins us to talk about his life as a filmmaker, the ideas behind his films, and to also share his thoughts on film censorship.

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Produced by: Juliet Jacobs

Presented by: Juliet Jacobs


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Categories:  FilmEducation

Tags:  The Bigger PictureLive and LearnLau Kek HuatAbsent Without LeaveLembaga Penapisan Filemfilm censorshipMCPMalayan Communist PartyPesta TUT





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