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Carrying the personal and collective experience of the internet shutdown in Bangladesh, Taosin Md. Bahadurshah Zafar went on to create The Black Kite, a film produced under EngageMedia’s Tech Tales Youth film collection and mentorship program.
Hai Anis, by Azura Nasron, is not just a film. It is a warning. A refusal to look away. A confrontation with a truth too many refuse to acknowledge: that grooming does not begin with violence—it begins with kindness.
For filmmaker Intan Sakinah, stories hold the power to unravel prejudice. Her film A Jar of Light (Balang Terang), part of Tech Tales Youth 2, takes a critical look at how racial bias spreads in digital spaces and its tangible consequences in the real world.
Ishtiyak Ahmed Zihad, a young filmmaker based in Bangladesh, captured the chaos and uncertainty of the July uprising in Bangladesh in his short film “Whispers of the Ink”. A Film and Media Studies
Bangkok's Lumina Film Festival partners with EngageMedia to showcase compelling digital rights stories from young Southeast Asian filmmakers.
One hour is all it takes—that's how little time it takes for a predator to infiltrate a child's world. Social media becomes a tool for manipulation, a window into the lives of the vulnerable. But the question that remains unanswered—or perhaps one that many lack the courage to confront—is this: How do we start a conversation about something shrouded in silence while the very idea of grooming, sexual harassment, and child exploitation is still considered taboo4 in Malaysia?
The latest edition of Tech Tales Youth showcases powerful stories about digital rights from Malaysia and Bangladesh, produced by young filmmakers.