: The Ministry of Communications today announced an allocation of RM13 million for Tamil creative industry practitioners through the Creative Content Fund 2024 under the National Film Development Corporation Malaysia .
“The RM13 million allocation under FINAS will cover five categories, namely Script Development Fund, First Time Amateur Filmmaker Fund, TV Programmes Fund, National Documentary Fund, and Co-Pro Fund. Applications will open in September 2024,” she said in the post. “The airtime for local songs on MINNALfm will also be increased. Currently, 450 minutes of local songs are aired weekly, and this will be raised to 1,005 minutes starting from Nov 1, 2024,” she added.
“My call to action is for industry practitioners to seize this opportunity and apply for the initiatives introduced by the ministry,” she said.