Your Favourite MCMC Deputy Minister Is Planning To Create A ‘Road To Oscar’ Programme

It seems that Deputy Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin can’t stay out of the limelight as of late.

From Veveonah Mosibin’s issue to taxing online purchases, comes another statement from the minister – a campaign to promote local films internationally.

The campaign, named ‘Road To Oscar’ (yes, without the ‘s’ after Oscar) is aimed to market local TV shows and films globally to reach a wider audience.

What kind of 'Oscar' are you looking at...

According to Bernama, Zahidi said the ministry wants more historical themed films and dramas to be produced to instil patriotism among Malaysians..

“We want new young directors and actors to be featured in these films and dramas through this programme.”

"KKMM will help them to produce the films and dramas, where we would like them to garner good response from abroad," he told reporters after the Merdeka @ Komuniti ceremony here at Pasir Mas on Tuesday.

Well, one can dream... dreams are free anyway.

The ministry is already in talks with Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) to produce such content.

Although the campaign may have put together with good intentions, some Malaysians feel that there are a lot more pivotal things to focus on right now.

Its 'road to oscars' by the way. Ada 's' kat belakang oscar. Grammar pun ke laut, ada hati nak ke peringkat antarabangsa ??‍♂️
— tony eusoff (@tonyeusoff) September 10, 2020

Road to Oscar ka Road to Pasang Internet for Veveonah? ??? https://t.co/NhgAMTRqF8
— YONAQORNNN™ (@yonaqornnn) September 10, 2020

Ada banyak yang perlu di pertimbangkan sebelum kita nak fikir pasal "Road to The Oscars".Paling ketara, payment system, which doesn't exist coz it's like the wild west when it comes to paying people in the Industry. https://t.co/V0T1VfsbFB
— Amir Rahim (@amirizwanrahim) September 9, 2020

How to " road to oscar " , when Malaysian film makers make a film about political genre and based on true story films, but you all said it is sensitive and controversial. https://t.co/CNKhOqPPwU
— lady syafinaz ???? (@JamainSyafinaz) September 9, 2020

berangan la nak road to oscar.industri filem pun tengah kucar kacir https://t.co/wPGhuwsa3f
— zoran?? (@zooooorann) September 9, 2020

Road to Oscar ... Isaac? Oscar de la Renta? OSCAR House?Kalau nak menang Academy Awards, namanya "Road to the Oscars". https://t.co/dMiX3vB4yG
— Daud Suratman (@DaudSuratman) September 9, 2020

So, what do you think?