Legendary actress Datuk Dr Sarimah Ahmad has regained the original tapes of four of her films, thanks to help from the Communications Ministry and the National Film Development Corporation (Finas).
Deputy Minister Teo Nie Ching said the original tapes of the films -Dia Ibuku, Jejak Bertapak, Kabus Tengah Hari and Detik 12 Malam -were "taken” from her under a screening agreement with a certain party in 1989.
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Deputy Minister Teo Nie Ching said the original tapes of the films -Dia Ibuku, Jejak Bertapak, Kabus Tengah Hari and Detik 12 Malam -were "taken” from her under a screening agreement with a certain party in 1989.
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00:00Good morning.
00:02Good morning.
00:04How are you?
00:06Good, good, good.
00:10The purpose of our visit today
00:12is to bring good news
00:14to Dato' Sarimah
00:16because the Ministry of Communications
00:18together with FINAS
00:20has helped her to get
00:22four films back
00:24that she
00:26previously took
00:28under an agreement
00:30to be screened
00:32in 1988.
00:34The four films
00:36are
00:38Ibu Ku,
00:40Jerjak, Bertapak,
00:42Kabus Tengah Hari,
00:44and Detik 12 Malam.
00:48So the company that owns
00:50these films
00:52has handed over
00:54the HDD format to
00:56FINAS for restoration purposes.
00:58And this allows
01:00these films to be handed over
01:02to Dato' Sarimah
01:04in the future.
01:06And this is part
01:08of the effort
01:10to restore our country's
01:12artistic heritage.
01:14So the company will also
01:16give the money to
01:18Dato' Sarimah
01:20as a token of appreciation
01:22for her contribution
01:24to the restoration of our country's films.
01:28For your information,
01:30we have been running
01:32Jara Seni Mandari
01:34for several years.
01:36Last year, we handed over
01:38the film to 49
01:40artists
01:42and their families.
01:44And this year,
01:46this is the first program
01:48to celebrate Ramadhan
01:50and International Women's Day.
01:52We want to show
01:54appreciation
01:56and recognition
01:58to our actors
02:00and actresses
02:02who have contributed
02:04so much.
02:06The target audience
02:08for this year's Jara Seni Mandari
02:10is 100.
02:12Dato' is the first recipient
02:14for this year,
02:16but throughout Ramadhan
02:18and Hari Raya,
02:20we will hold
02:22two more programs.
02:24One will be held
02:26on 17 March,
02:28where the Minister of Communications
02:30will present
02:32or deliver the donation
02:34to 50 recipients.
02:36And also,
02:38on 9 May 2025,
02:40which will be held
02:42on 21 March,
02:44where 20 recipients
02:46will also receive
02:48the donation from the Minister.
03:18We have received
03:20certain information
03:22about who owns
03:24the four films.
03:26Actually,
03:28the four films have been
03:30negotiated
03:32with another party.
03:34And that party
03:36has sold to another party.
03:38So,
03:40what we have traced
03:42is that
03:44the owner of
03:46the four films
03:48has agreed
03:50to hand over
03:52the copyright
03:54to the four films.
03:56And also,
03:58Dato' Sarimah
04:00has agreed
04:02to hand over
04:04the fee
04:06to Dato' Sarimah
04:08as well.
04:10And also,
04:12Dato' Sarimah
04:14has agreed
04:16to hand over
04:18the fee
04:20to Dato' Sarimah
04:22as well.