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Filem Negara Malaysia
The National Film Department of Malaysia (), abbreviated FNM, sometimes ''Jabatan Filem Negara'' (JFN) or informally the Malaysian Film Unit; was a Malaysian film production house and the government department under the Malaysian Ministry of Communications and Multimedia. It is responsible for the filming and documentation of national events as well as producing factual and unscripted narrative contents. The film department, which headquartered at Petaling Jaya, Selangor, uses a jumping Malayan tiger as its logo.Among the main functions of FNM was to spread the information about the policy, programme and achievement of the government and to promote the country through the films produced. Other than that, FNM was tasked to produce and supply high quality documentary films, public service announcement (PSA) and trailers to its clients. FNM was to be the official government film producing organisation with the high international level. Being the first film studio to be established in British Malaya (now Malaysia), Filem Negara Malaysia produces around 100 hours of television programming, making it, for much of its history, the largest documentary production house in the country. It earning them numerous local and international awards.
Since 2013, its archives are with the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (FINAS) following its merger with the latter to form a standalone film regulatory body. Until its merger with FINAS, Filem Negara Malaysia employs over 10,000 staffs in total, of whom approximately 5,000 worked in creative industry. Provided by Wikipedia